8th November 2005 Archive

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Code: Scripting

• Zend tempts PHP developers' corporate desires with refresh Studio database embrace

Comms: Mobile

• Nokia's Linux Tablet due stateside Thursday Looking for a few good hackers
• NTT DoCoMo buys music retail chain Getting ready for CD-to-download sales shift
• Razr phone gets iTunes-lite 'It sure is good to be out of that CROCKR'

Comms: Networks

• AOL preps LLU broadband launch Begins UK trial, places exchange orders
• BBC to offer High Definition TV Cable and satellite viewers can tune in next year
• Broadband management buoys Plusnet Hogs tied
• C&W continues LLU investment despite ISP woes The Bulldog spirit
• Wanadoo LLU live in Leeds Tres bon

Hardware: Servers

• Fabric7 bets on Opteron smackdown with Unix giants Analysis I/O, I/O, it's off to work we go
• HP trades in Transmeta chips for Athlons in PC blades Dial-A-Quote dials in

Hardware: Storage

• IBM taps NetApp for midrange gear In Brief Protocols galore

Management: Financial News

• Apple iPod Nano lawsuit spreads Plaintiffs in the UK and Mexico join the fray
• C&W/Energis merger to be finalised shortly Mixed bag of numbers though
• Dot-coms' VAT-swerve hurts small biz Ecommerce giants not paying tax
• South Korean P2P service powers down Court-ordered closure

Management: IT Director

• Ex-Microsoft man takes Borland's helm Just don't mention developer numbers
• The crap IT circle of abuse and despair Apoplectic users, sobbing helpdesk staff

Market News

• In case of emergency, VoIP users can send smoke signals No 911, no new customers

Music and Media

• Grokster closes, goes legal This P2P has ceased 2B
• Holocaust denier faces German court Internet material provokes raft of charges
• When Smurfs Attack! Father Abraham hires an IP attorney

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Doctor Who Children in Need ETA revealed VCRs on stand-by
• BT ex- CTO 'for sale' on eBay Bidders wanted
• Burglar kidnaps talking parrot 'I didn't want it grassing me up'
• PETA seeks Europe's hottest veggie Cruelty-free phwooooar!

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Science is all rubbish, let's go live in caves Letters It could only be letters. Patent pending, of course

PC Builder

• AMD's Opteron-oriented Socket F surfaces on web Eye-spy 1207 pin connectors
• Nvidia pitches GeForce 6800 GS at Xmas buyers Mid-ranger shipping
• Taiwan's DRAM makers see fastest market growth But Samsung still top of the tree

Personal: Consoles

• Sony to end PlayStation game region-coding? Come PS3, HDTV, we may, says exec
• Xbox 360 to play songs off iPods But not DRM-protected tracks, natch

Personal: PCs

• AMD ups market share Growing in Europe, outsells Intel in US

Personal: Reviews

• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T5 digital camera Review Slim and sweet

Science

• ISS crew stretches legs in space First time out since Shuttle's return

Security: Enterprise Security

• Cisco's 'Black Hat' nemesis joins Juniper For a Few Dollars More
• Flash, bang, wallop - you're own3d Macromedia patches 'critical' security bug

Security: ID

• Card fraud grows online But ID theft falls...
• My BOFH is a bogus Baron Mystery over ID of security consultant who posed as a Duke

Services

• DTI hands Serco £125m IT deal Lots riding on this one

Software: Applications

• CA divests Ingres database Sail away