20th October 2005 Archive

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Code: Scripting

• Zend scripts industry PHP push More open source then ever

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Apache cause celeb for Sun and BEA Jini and WebLogic in same week

Comms: Mobile

• O2 pushes ahead with super-fast mobile service Manx for the memories

Hardware: Servers

• Intel's Paxville: too slow, too hot, too dumb Opteron killer - back to the drawing board?

Hardware: Storage

• CA lights up storage with iLumin capture Analysis Global rollout looms

Management: Financial News

• AOL erases 700 workers You have a pink slip.
• Colt shunts more jobs overseas Narrows losses though
• eBay names beancounter for top Skype job Someone to count on
• ITV trials broadband TV It's local TV for locals
• Microsoft becomes Wembley Stadium sponsor Blue screen, green turf tie-up
• Netflix hits pause on movie download plan Chopped down by Hollywood
• Nokia ships beastly number of phones in third quarter And still the people scream for more
• OFT objects to Visa transaction fee pact It was always on the cards
• Phone buy puts Adobe head-to-head with Microsoft Flash the stealth killer platform, all along?
• Starry future for broadband movies We'll all be at it, apparently

Management: IT Director

• Secret tracking codes in laser printers cracked Big brother does dot-to-dot

Music and Media

• Publishers join forces to sue Google It's what all the cool kids are doing

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Animal lovers slam Choke-A-Chicken toy Oz kids encouraged to strangle dancing poultry
• Chinese babies for sale on eBay tentacle Shanghai police probe illegal ads
• David Copperfield to attempt stage impregnation Magic wand will put bun in oven
• Irate Chinese threaten Google boycott Taiwan controversy rumbles on

Science

• ISS astronauts see Wilma intensify Lots of cloud
• US Navy sued over dolphin-stranding sonar Ouooooop... click... phweeeeeeep

Security

• Webroot guesstimates inflate UK spyware problem Paint it black

Security: ID

• US regulators mandate extra eBanking security Feds eye two-factors

Software

• New software lobby group to target EU politicians Let's get associated

Software: Applications

• Firefox hits 100m downloads Updated Up, up and away
• OpenOffice challenges Microsoft on XML standards Freedom versus Function