5th January 2006 Archive

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Comms

• Phone scams top list of UK cons Dial our premium rate number to hear this story
• Yorkshire boasts blanket broadband Public cash wires up final 24 exchanges

Comms: Mobile

• Nokia scores hit with wireless internet device Two-week wait for wireless wonder
• Samsung, SanDisk prep iPod Nano clones CES Yet more small, black 2GB and 4GB MP3 players...

Comms: Networks

• West Midlands picks Avanti to fill broadband gaps Deal done

Comms: Wireless

• Lampposts wired for Wi-Fi Strike a light!

Distribution

• Santa good to Fayrewood Or at least as good as he said he was going to be

Hardware: Data Networking

• Linksys wrestles with wireless webcam Tackles 'remote power' problem, still needs a socket

Hardware: Storage

• HD DVD to debut in US in March CES Toshiba produces players; studios, content
• OpenOffice supports U3 'portable Home folder' Flash drives CES Run productivity app on any PC
• Toshiba turns 90° to boost 0.85in HDDs to 10GB CES And finally ships late, non-perpendicular 4GB version

Information: Databases

• Oracle Raptor takes bite out of complexity Step forward for Oracle developers

Lifecycle: Manage

• The outsourcing commandments Comment Development outsourcing: tips, tricks and pitfalls

Management: Financial News

• Judge dismisses Hynix 'unclean hands' claim Rambus patent infringement claims to come to trial in March
• McAfee and Applix agree SEC settlement terms Dialling for dollars
• TomTom offers compensation over service outage Route cause analysis

Management: IT Director

• Four fired for strip club visit - WSJ Morgan Stanley elbows tech boys

Management: Public Sector

• RM to handle pupil data You boy

Music and Media

• Bloggers have killed Official Secrets Act, claims Murray Not exactly. But they're not exactly in prison, either...
• DNA pixie dust fails to solve all UK crime, shock horror So if it's as wonderful as the Home Office says, how come?
• eBayer bids £1k for photo of 42in plasma Updated Auction pulled after Reg vigilante action
• Sex chat doctor struck off 'Katie Beckinsale' unfit to practice

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Are you an idiot? Click here A fool and his money...

Personal: Consoles

• Xbox 360 to get HD DVD drive CES Externally, naturally

Personal: PCs

• HP benches iTunes and promotes Real's Rhapsody CES Spits out Apple

Personal: Peripherals

• Another day, another gadget buffet CES Cool VoIP and PSP apps and gadgets galore
• Give me a lipstick MP3 player or give me death CES OK, digital binoculars will do
• HD DVD to come to Europe this year, hints studio CES Studio Canal spills beans
• JVC to ship 2x dual-layer DVD-RW discs next quarter CES 4x version to follow, apparently
• Samsung to ship Blu-ray 'first' with April player launch CES At twice the price of an HD DVD rig, though...
• Sony Blu-ray Disc player coming 'this summer' CES Philips to ship H2, too
• Sony launches true electronic book CES Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy for real?
• Sony touts Bluetooth camcorder mic CES Record 5.1-channel soundtracks up to 30m away
• What do you get if you cross an iPod with a DVD player? CES An eVU that you can't buy
• XM friends bring MP3s to satellite radio devices CES Let our powers combine

Science

• Science cans stem cell paper Further disgrace for Hwang Woo-suk

Security

• Zero-day holiday Sobering up fast

Security: ID

• Spear phishers target eBay Slimy

Security: Spam

• Florida spammer fined $11bn Iowa ISP scores symbolic victory

Software

• Windows beats Linux - Unix on vulnerabilities - CERT Good news and bad news

Software: Operating Systems

• Gates makes case for Windows in consumer world CES All play and no work
• Microsoft begs for Windows Vista feedback Have a go if you're hard enough