23rd December 2005 Archive

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Code

• A nice case of Mumps? Mumps, now known as M, is a widely used language in American health care.

Hardware: Data Networking

• Judge orders Lucent to cough up $240m in bankruptcy case Winstar wins

Management: Financial News

• Johnlewis.com reports record sales £100m and counting

Management: IT Director

• Microsoft and Google throw in the Lee Chairs safe for now

Management: Public Sector

• Local councils adopt '24/7 culture' So that's what e-gov is all about
• San Francisco shows world how not to do Muni Wi-Fi Comment Vendors invited to write their own monopoly

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD admits low-end desktop chips in short supply Packaging bottleneck

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Enraged woman vents by swallowing cell phone A mobile mouthful
• Jews for Jesus sue Google Blog kerfuffle

Odds and Sods: Letters

• 'Take out a subscription to The Register. Then cancel it, and sign it Disgusted Wikipedian' Letters Nothing stings like a gift rejected...
• US tracks Xbox chippers via cellphone Letters A mixed Yule mailbag

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Egg nog binge shuts down Reg offices Site news Happy Holidays

Personal: Peripherals

• ATI to launch Radeon X1900 'next month' R580 to debut on 24 January?
• PDA for your pet and other high-tech shaggy dog stories
• Sony to unveil 82in LCD TV Monster

Science

• Hangover cures don't work: official Sobering news
• Korean stem cell pioneer walks plank 'Intentionally fabricated' study results
• TechScape: I'm going to live forever Interview Kurzweil's faith in the future