5th December 2005 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• IBM goes open with office suite Microsoft doc questions linger

Comms: Mobile

• US Patent Office rejects remaining NTP vs RIM patent Preliminary finding, not final judgement

Hardware: Storage

• Quantum prepares for tape storage lock down How not to go postal

Lifecycle: Execute

• IBM mainlines on SOA Comment Theme tune

Management: Financial News

• Analyst blames Intel for missed chip sales forecast But is something more fundamental happening?
• ITV close to buying Friends Reunited Just get on with it
• NTL and Virgin Mobile confirm bid talks Quadruple play - beat that, Sky!
• OneTel sale in doubt What? No interest?
• Swisscom calls time on Eircom take-over talks It's over
• Toshiba wins review of Lexar trial damages May not have to pay out $465m after all
• World chip sales exceeded $20bn in October 'Robust' consumer demand

Music and Media

• Bush administration control will cause net to split Arab warning over ongoing US government control
• ICANN Meeting blog: Indecision and insults Vancouver Riddles, fiddles and diddles in British Columbia
• Intellectual property rights to be reviewed in UK IP dip do
• Investigations into ICANN transparency continue Freedom of information request

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Codename cornucopia reveals Intel's 65nm CPU plans More CPUs, more supported L2 cache sizes
• Hynix readies GDDR 4 samples 512Mb graphics memory chips to ship early 2006

Odds and Sods: About Us

• El Reg launches site for professional software developers Site News Coded message

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Entire porn outfit for sale on eBay Lock, stock and many smoking barrels
• Killer squirrel pack guts dog Russian tree rat horror
• Mutant rats menace Belfast The size of cats and fearless

Personal: Consoles

• 'Game manager' flogs Xbox 360 consoles on eBay Retailer investigating

Personal: PCs

• Asus preps carbon-fibre cased laptop EMI shielded - but what about Wi-Fi?
• Intel's 45nm shift will mean octo-core desktop CPUs From 'Wolfdale' to 'Yorkfield'

Personal: Peripherals

• iPod shuffle voted top 'Chav Gadget' PSP and nano are most wanted though...

Personal: Reviews

• Microsoft Xbox 360 Review It's here. It's impressive

Reseller

• TSG buys Accounting Answers Reseller-tastic
• WStore swallows Inmac France Quadruples in size

Security: ID

• HMRC slams tax credit portal shut DWP staff IDs swiped

Software: Applications

• Adobe completes Macromedia acquisition Goes a bundle
• Eolas patent ruling provokes IE tweak Minor changes
• JBoss goes upscale with Arjuna deal Tuxedo this, sucker