10th January 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Google turning Canada into mobile software mecca Part of a 'great mission'
• Nokia and Kyocera resolve patent dispute They kept that one quiet
• Verizon switches off MP3 support Microsoft deal results in Microsoft-only player

Distribution

• e92plus does two deals Celestix and SurfControl

Hardware: Servers

• Dell refreshes AMD chip rumor with 'possibility' upgrade 1,356 days of gossip
• Mercury ships PS3 - kind of Evaluate the Cell CPU for data visualisation apps
• Microsoft founder opens PDP fetish site Tap an old box
• OpenSolaris ready to power up on IBM's PowerPC Sun demo looks on with admiration

Management: Financial News

• Downloads hit Christmas peak Record-breaking record sales...
• UMC chiefs indicted over alleged China fab investment Staffers quit foundry then join it again as advisors
• Union takes aim at Big Blue Growing union plans unofficial action

Management: IT Director

• So what the hell is Business Transformation? Ian Watmore spills the beans

Management: Public Sector

• e-Government head's parting shot It was good to talk

Management: Small Biz

• Revenue weighs up Arctic Systems appeal Taxing issue

Market News

• Logicalis completes Avnet reseller acquisition Adds $100m-a-year revenues

Music and Media

• Blears blogs the Home Office defence of data retention Unconvincingly, of course. But hey, it's a start...
• Man sues over chatroom humiliation AOL failed to stop abuse, claims 'victim'
• US phone record sale outrage Cheating spouses beware

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI Radeon Xpress to support HDMI CES Sign of the times...

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• BBC hacks in CES porn kidnap outrage Held in bar for two harrowing hours
• Hey - do you look like Charlie Sheen? Click here for hot Star Estimator action

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Gravity-busting Lanc scrambles black helicopters Letters Much airborne strangeness

Personal: Mac Channel

• 'If you can find a better iPod, buy it,' says Apple's Jobs Macworld Steve Iacocca goes car podding
• Intel Macs stay at non-Intel prices Macworld New iMacs come early

Personal: PCs

• AMD ships dual-core gaming CPU Athlon 64 FX-60 to face Intel's PEE 955

Personal: Reviews

• AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 dual-core gaming CPU Review The best AMD consumer-oriented processor yet?

Reseller

• BSG warns on lost contract Mapeley Estates says no...
• Game sales boosted by Xmas turnaround Hip hip....
• The Computacenter update that isn't Auditors reviewing the situation

Science

• Hubble spies North Star's little brother Actually a triple-star system
• Koreans did actually clone dog, panel declares Some relief for Hwang Woo-suk
• Visiting a black hole? Allow plenty of time 200,000 years - at least

Security

• Dodgy anti-spyware firms to cough up $2m FTC wins pay-out for 'ill-gotten gains'

Security: Anti-Virus

• Avecho sells business to Stylish Controversial anti-virus tech lives on
• Malware on tap scheme draws flak Frame4 flamed

Security: ID

• US keeps cheese-eating surrender monkeys at bay Guantanamo Bay...

Security: Spam

• High Court approves service of a lawsuit by email You've got writ

Software

• Red Hat picks partner for Oracle work Abtech tipped for the top...