11th January 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• IntelliJ IDEA 5.0: can it survive the Eclipse onslaught? Review Sometimes less is more

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• 'Live' Visual Studio on drawing board Looking for features

Comms

• BT cuts ribbon on new Openreach biz Warm white wine and canapes all round
• Sky unveils VoD service BB access due later in the year

Comms: Mobile

• EC waves through O2 buy-out Telefonica agrees to leave roaming group
• Google and Yahoo step up mobile ambitions Beyond the button

Comms: Wireless

• Sprint Nextel in Clearwire spectrum swap Stepping up RBOC challenge

Hardware

• Thin-client firm offers fat margins IGEL comes to UK

Hardware: Servers

• Investors toy with Sun and HP The science behind Wall Street
• Sun and Oracle promise to work together for 10 more years McNealy celebrates with free databases for all

Lifecycle: Execute

• Mercury buys Systinet for SOA goodness From application to service optimization

Management: Financial News

• Another computer factory to close in Scotland Firm announces the loss of 370 jobs
• AOL buys video-search firm Truveo joins the big boys
• Downloads, iPods make music more 'disposable' 'There are simply too many notes, Herr Mozart'
• Google and CBS release embarrassment of a video store Review I know Apple, and you're no Apple
• Hungry CA takes a bite out of PC protection Hits Control-F1
• Official: iPod owners are not thieves Macs all right then...
• Oracle helps Ashcroft board the terror gravy train Cover up those nudes, Larry

Management: IT Director

• Booming Infosys feels growing pains Call an outsourcer
• European IT spending shrinking Researchers find shrinking market
• IT grads damn university courses And blame government for lack of help

Management: Public Sector

• Cost and confidentiality concerns undermine NHS IT plan Fewer doctors think NPfIT is a priority
• Pinder takes chair at Becta Former e-envoy gets down with the kids
• School data not good enough The public sector gravy train steams on

Management: Small Biz

• Contractors not 'tax dodgers' - PCG Gets the hump over Revenue ad

Music and Media

• Microsoft wins FAT patent case Could use it as stick to beat Linux

News: iPod

• Levi's tailors jeans to fit iPod Is that an iPod in your pocket or... oh, forget it

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Revenge of the Sith is the People's Choice 21 million flies can't be wrong...
• Microsoft drops hotel in English Channel Plenty of cold running water, then
• Spielberg's Munich mired in Bafta awards muddle DRM killed the video star
• Topless car spares wow eBay NSFW What a lovely pair of... badges

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple bitten by iTunes security bugs Musical chairs
• Apple stock price equals Intel's first x86 CPU Today's lucky number is 8086
• Tablet Mac draws bidders on eBay iBook iTweaked

Personal: PCs

• 'Quantum-Optical' chip maker shows 6.8GHz CPU Will open tech to independent evaluation, sort of

Personal: Peripherals

• Griffin EarThumps earphones Review Splendid isolation?
• Neuros preps DVD-quality, HDD-enabled video recorders Open-source systems pitched at geeks

R&R: Stob

• Catch as catch can Stob A light-hearted look at exception handling

Reseller

• Mentec goes completely Mentec Rebrands UK acquisitions

Science

• Face transplant woman hits the streets Public outings for new-look Frenchwoman
• Korean uni 'sorry' for stem cell scandal President apologises
• Papa LSD makes the trip to 100 Hofmann has legions but no lesions
• Vultures under threat worldwide Painkiller abuse to blame

Security: Enterprise Security

• More cracks appear in Windows Never-ending patch cycle

Security: ID

• Scammers offer defunct MS mag to developers Dead stupid

Software

• Systems Union hails record results Nice
• US patents get open-source flavour Listens and learns...

Software: Applications

• SAP beats estimates, but shares fall Strong growth