7th November 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Mobile data too complex, too flakey - poll Price and problem overload
• Palm plans low-price Treo smart phones Going 3G, too
• Qualcomm sues Nokia in patent spat Alleges GSM, GPRS, EDGE intellectual property infringement
• Yahoo! ties up TiVo, eyes cellphone Yodelling ringtones

Comms: Networks

• Regulator fines Welsh firm £100k 'Simply unacceptable' premium rate scam

Hardware

• A new category of storage reaches Europe Analysis Isilion scales walls of fortress Europe
• Apple Intel PowerBooks 'to debut Q1 2006' Widescreen, 13in x86-based iBook just after

Management: Financial News

• Danon takes senior job with JP Morgan Capgemini unpleasantness was so last month
• Dutch record companies say no to podcast licence Only if DRM is in place
• Geac acquiesces to $1bn buyout Cash pours in through Golden Gate
• ITV favourite for Friends Reunited buy-out Bolt on for broadband TV apparently
• MS favourite for slice of AOL Says NYT

Management: IT Director

• Two million Brits bullied at work Costs UK biz dear

Music and Media

• Hong Kong man jailed for movie sharing BitTorrent user gets three months in chokey

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Asteroid hunters honour gay Bulgarian gypsy singer The body formerly known as 2005 UT12
• GM rolls out leg-shaking wireless Cadillac CD player, tints, GPS, threat assessment algorithm
• Whippersnapper launches UK airline Teenager takes to the skies

Personal: Consoles

• Xbox 360 to top PS3, analysts opine Tech Digest Well, it'll be cheaper...

Personal: PCs

• Samsung challenges Japanese fuel cell tech South Korean cell 'smaller, generates more energy'

Personal: Peripherals

• Creative targets Xmas with colour-screen MP3 player JPEG-tastic?

Personal: Reviews

• Alienware Aurora 5000 gaming PC Review Too short?
• Throwback keyboard delivers sounds and feel of yesteryear Review Turn your Fs to Ps

Science

• Boffins chase 'hydrino' super power source Quantum theory called into question, apparently
• China plans moon-walk for 2017 Hunting helium-3
• Pennsylvania intelligent design trial winds up Judge will rule by year-end
• Pictures of booze can make you feisty You lookin' at my pint?
• Satellite shows Greenland's ice sheets getting thicker All down to more snow falling, it seems

Security

• Say hello to Windows Defender Redmond's praetorian guard

Security: Anti-Virus

• Linux worm targets PHP flaw DON'T PANIC

Security: Enterprise Security

• Skype explains why security evaluation omitted bug reports Analysis Security research and marketing don't mix

Software: Applications

• BizTalk 2006 Server to bundle adaptors One-stop-shop
• MS targets developers with familiar integration and scale pitch Ballmer - our sum is bigger than our parts