15th December 2005 Archive

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Comms

• BT Retail to increase line rental charges from January WLR given final sign-off

Comms: Mobile

• From your living room to your pocket Europe to relax rules on TV product placement
• Orange does Wi-Fi And why not...
• Visto razzes RIM with NTP alliance All the data, none of the IP fuss

Comms: Networks

• NTL rejigs senior management Sights set on Telewest merger

Comms: Wireless

• Next-gen Wi-Fi rivals may join forces next month Key 802.11n proposals now '85% aligned'

Hardware: Servers

• Sun ravaged, IBM lauded in Unix server study Bad moon on the rise

Management: Financial News

• Argos.co.uk floored by Xmas rush Normal service now restored
• Microsoft patents Pause 12 year battle
• USwitch.com mulls sale - report Uh-huh...

Music and Media

• Loudeye drops P2P protection baton Falls back on music services

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD unwraps notebook reference platform 'Yamoto' steams in

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Influentials agree: 'Chairman Bill is the bestest' Jobs misses top spot by a Bono
• Umbongo, Umbongo - they code it in the Congo The Rotting Dog Blog Thin client, phat, phat server

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Cash'n'Carrion - last Xmas posting dates Cash'n'Carrion Get yer Reg merchandise here

Personal: Consoles

• MS says 'no' to Xbox 360 HD DVD plan Well, for now...

Personal: PCs

• BMW Sauber wins Intel sponsorship Car group to use Intel-based kit, too

Personal: Peripherals

• Xbox 360: not big in Japan And the PS3 is on its way too

Security

• The enemy within Geeks, squatters and saboteurs threaten corporate security

Security: Anti-Virus

• Dasher worm targets October Windows vuln Damp squib fails to blast through security hole

Security: Enterprise Security

• Adobe adopts monthly patch cycle No more ad hoc for you lot

Software

• Mendocino - a love that dare speak its name? Inside the Microsoft/SAP affair
• Visto sues Microsoft for sync patent infringement Fit to Burst?

Software: Operating Systems

• IBM in Linux distro love-in Novell and Red Hat snuggle up to Big Blue
• OSDL cautiously optimistic on desktop Linux Meeting of minds?