16th December 2005 Archive

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Code

• Imagine a cup Microsoft's annual student compo

Code: Java/J2EE

• With SCA, reality bites J2EE again Analysis But is that the whole story?

Comms

• Toucan cuts BT line rental bill Your Comms warns WLR not ready yet

Comms: Mobile

• Apple axes 'iRingTones' project Exclusive Screw the carriers. OK, we won't
• Orange France touts video spectacles But don't expect spectacular videos...

Hardware: Servers

• Intel India earns chance at Xeon redemption Second multi-core project begins
• Opteron beats 'Dempsey' Xeon in performance- per-Watt test Intel's 'Bensley' platform benchmarked

Lifecycle: Plan

• Mere think-tanks not welcome in EC MS anti-trust case Abstract academics can go elsewhere

Management: Financial News

• Adobe beats targets for Q4 But CFO heads home
• AMD forced to be more modest with Spansion IPO Price target trimmed
• Onetel still looking for a buyer It's good to talk
• Oracle's Q2 nicked by income drop Larry is happy PeopleSoft users are happy
• Spansion settles for IP Low $500m ain't bad
• Typepad goes titsup Dilbert falls silent, thousands of posts missing

Management: IT Director

• Spending on compliance and corporate governance soars One man's red tape is another man's gravy

Management: Small Biz

• Arctic Systems tax ruling is victory for family businesses Keeping up with the Joneses

Market News

• Equipment recycling law delayed again Still waiting
• Samsung chairman in clear on bribery charge Insufficient evidence

Music and Media

• Government moots ID card links for new UK voter database Honey, I broke the democratic process...
• NSA uses ECHELON against US citizens Washington Roundup And the Pat Act is off for now
• Wikipedia science 31% more cronky than Britannica's Excellent for Klingon science, though

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD wins access to Japanese Intel anti-trust 'evidence' AMD vs Intel Fair trade probe data can be used in lawsuit

News: PCs

• Rock beats Widow to ship first dual-core notebook Reg readers on receiving end

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Can you call me a cab? Episode 35 Of course, sir - you're a...

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Got the clap? Email a friend STD e-postcard

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Kill Bill: attack of the phone monkeys FoTW Bill Robinson takes a kicking
• Virtual War: readers fire back Letters Plus German Wiki, Dutch maths and Swedish nymphs

Personal: Reviews

• Fuji FinePix S5600 Zoom Review A worthy upgrade?

R&R: Books

• The Build Master Book review One for the Microsoft shops

Reseller

• IT sellers urged to tighten up distance selling rules OFT issues DSR guidelines
• Microsoft sues resellers over MAPs 'abuse' Here be treasure!

Security: Anti-Virus

• Dasher update pierces Windows flaw Keylogger variant works second time

Security: Enterprise Security

• Researchers: Flaw auctions would improve security That's eBaytastic!

Security: ID

• £15m+ lost in tax credit fraud Government payroll records used to steal IDs

Software

• MS and Google team to fund net lab RADical research
• Open Source in the mainstream Comment Isn’t it all just software?