8th December 2005 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• BEA to color up apps with classification Graffiti We meet again, IBM

Comms

• BBC tunes into BT's IPTV service Gogglebox-tastic

Comms: Mobile

• Mobile WiMax spec becomes a standard IEEE approves 802.16e

Comms: VoIP

• Yahoo! targets! Skype! with! improved! VoIP! offer! Fab! tastic!

Distribution

• Steady as she goes, says Ingram Micro Same as it ever was

Hardware: Data Networking

• Dr. Strangepackets or: How distributed systems foiled nuclear strikes Into the Valley Precious digital signals

Information

• SleepyCat releases Berkeley DB 4.4 Loadsa new features

Information: Databases

• High Availability with SQL Server Resilience and robustness are key characteristics of Enterprise databases
• Learning from the past Comment David Norfolk has Proustian moment over IMS
• Programmability of SQL Server 2005 The programmibility of a database is often what matters most to developers
• SQL Server and Scalability Is SQL Server 2005 truly scalable? Can it really run big databases?
• SQL Server History Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it (Hegel)

Lifecycle: Manage

• Finding lights under bushels Comment HP has more news than it thinks

Management: Financial News

• eBayer pays £470 for photo of Xbox 360 Box of tricks
• Falling hardware sales hits ComputerLand UK Services revs up
• Intel puts the squeeze on Q4 forecast Somewhere in the middle
• Mail Group buys property site It's a Primelocation.com
• PartyGaming bets on bumper year Waves blackjack at punters
• Six Apart chief's 'nice' speech ends in name-calling Les Blogs From blogfest to slugfest
• Virgin Mobile 'unanimously rejects' NTL offer Update Branson says, 'another £100m and we've got a deal'

Management: Public Sector

• UK government wastes billions, MPs warn That's governments for you

Music and Media

• EFF hatchet job spawns creepy reader love-in Letters Troll on, lads
• Music giant stamps on song lyric search app pearLyrics picked off

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• VIA preps C7-oriented 'mini PC' chipset Low-power part for SFF systems

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Hey, Korea - unbundle this! The Rotting Dog Blog Suck on Media Player, commie scum
• World passes by UK.gov websites Hooliganism a bigger draw than Heritage

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Overstock CEO receives honorable mention as worst exec of the year Letters The Big O Crap

Personal: Consoles

• No free Xbox 360 for Ballmer's kids Dad will just have to buy one

Personal: Peripherals

• Ex-Warner Home Video boss blasts Sony Blu-ray vs HD DVD = PS3 vs Xbox 360

Personal: Reviews

• Creative Zen Vision:M music, video player First Look Watch out, Apple

Reseller

• Ramesys flogs education reseller to management Software pure play

Security: Anti-Virus

• Sober worm plans 5 January attack Nazi party anniversary

Software

• Cut software piracy, boost UK economy So says the BSA