19th October 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Hola Gringo, can you get me a mobile? Reg reader in Cuban cellular red tape madness
• Macromedia outs Flash on BREW Gunning for Java

Comms: Networks

• BT waking up to unbundling threat Analysis That's why LLU important, says Wanadoo
• Ofcom gives Bulldog the all clear ISP promises to behave from now on

Hardware

• What does Microsoft's new shared source mean for you? Analysis We read the small print

Hardware: Servers

• IBM unsheaths blade PCs Let's get virtual

Hardware: Storage

• Acopia promises to give you a good look at a very broad NAS Virtual Wide Load
• EMC cheers software surge and Q3 sales swell CEO proud and happy to say so

Lifecycle: Execute

• Process in crosshairs at Rational, Borland Rational thinking

Lifecycle: Manage

• Cautious welcome for new MS shared source licences OS community not horrified

Management: Financial News

• DSG speeds up Euro expansion Getting on with it
• Google loses its G-spot Drops Gmail in UK as trademark spat lumbers on
• Nominet votes for Argentinian solution to net ownership No need for regime change here
• Whereonearth is Yahoo!'s Barely a pebble off Yahoo!'s cash mountain?

Management: IT Director

• Men still take lion's share of IT management salaries Exclusive ONS numbers undermine CMI findings

Management: Public Sector

• Leeds City Council scoops technology Oscar Socitim's Excellence in IT awards

Market News

• Fayrewood still mulling bid proposal Trading statement

Music and Media

• Read two biometrics, get worse results - how it works Iris algorithm originator shows how obvious isn't so obvious
• Web 2.0: you're not even slightly whelmed Letters More DOA than SOA

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Boffins hook bone-eating snot flower Dines on dead minke whales, apparently
• Saddam trial set for live webcast Well, almost live
• Tom's Hardware probes the front bottom Boasts a screwless fan bracket, no less
• Woman drops sprog on Dutch Big Brother Another triumph for reality TV

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Tackle Linux kernel programming Site offer Save 30% on top-down guide

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple intros dual core PowerPC Macs PowerBooks polished too

Science

• RAS puts the case for manned space missions Robots can't do everything, you know

Security

• Bullguard signs up Ingram Micro Europe-bound

Security: Enterprise Security

• Bruce Schneier talks cyber law RSA Europe 2005 Make ISPs liable
• Snort plugs Back Orifice as Oracle issues mega-fix Patch roundup Enter the matrix
• Two-factor banking Token statement

Security: ID

• Kaliski not convinced on electronic passports RSA Europe 2005 Better but not perfect…

Software: Applications

• DVD Jon joins MP3tunes.com Project Oboe puts wind up music industry
• Exchange Server SP arrives More mobility, better security
• Fujitsu and Software AG set sail to chart services Be there Dragons out there?