4th January 2006 Archive

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Code

• Postconditionality is dangerous to your English You are an erudite lot

Comms: Mobile

• BlackBerry squeezed by DoS security bugs Three vulns but only one fixed

Comms: Networks

• Mailbox Internet to close London office Jobs a casualty of move

Comms: VoIP

• Skype aims for mainstream with new products Fad gadgets

Management: Financial News

• Analyst cheers Google with $600 per share target 'You can do it!'
• BidPay.com closes its doors A 'strategic decision'
• E-tailers report 'bumper' Xmas Shoppers flock online
• Is it SOX or socks behind drop in class-action lawsuits? Hard to tell yet

Music and Media

• Sex chat doctor faces GMC hearing 'Katie Beckinsale' on gross misconduct rap

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Boffins hop onto King Kong bandwagon Giant apes? It's all true-ish
• Cheerleading can kill: official When pom-poms attack
• iPods can damage hearing, says deaf rock star Well, maybe, shouts Pete Townshend
• Strategy Boutiques: click here for instant bullshit Incubate mission-critical users

Personal: PCs

• AMD in LIVE! sticker frenzy Promises a Sin City in every room of your house
• Google denies plan to enter dying, low-margin PC biz Will focus on easy money for now

Personal: Peripherals

• CES 2006: the first gadgets land Weird shades from Moto, high def cams and more

Reseller

• PC World 'misled' punters over discount lappy 'Happy New Year' from the ASA

Science

• Korean stem cell team 'coerced' to provide eggs TV claims add to Hwang Woo-suk's woes

Security

• Former cyber security chief tapped as new CEO of spook op In-Q-Tel Yoran he's been hired

Security: Anti-Virus

• Sober up as Christmas viruses spiral Unwanted gifts
• Sophos appoints new CEO Changing of the guard

Security: Enterprise Security

• Blue Coat dons Permeo End-point security play
• Symantec acquires IMlogic I'm (security threat) free

Software

• Joint force for UK piracy crackdown The benefits of joined-up government