16th January 2006 Archive

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Code

• Unequal equivalence Column When is a number not a number?

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Reasons to be cheerful about Office 12? Low-cost intelligence for the masses

Comms

• BT hires kids' favourites for IPTV service Can Bob the Builder fix it for BT?
• BT Phone Book to be printed in Spain 180 UK jobs at risk

Comms: Mobile

• Asus moots Lamborghini-branded phones Wants to take the marque beyond laptops
• HP readying compact Wi-Fi PDA phone? Signs Quanta to make version of O2 XDA Atom, apparently
• Nokia readies Bluetooth 2.0 clamshell phone Quad-band Nokia 6125 pitched a Europeans

Comms: Networks

• BT hangs up on internet payphone Not so engaging
• Northern Ireland boasts blanket broadband coverage The full monty, 100 per cent, the lot...

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco gets into consumer electronics Or consumer electronics get Cisco'd

Hardware: Servers

• Cutting choice to get more choice Comment Standard platforms move choice to the right place

Management: Financial News

• Etailer bounces back after oil depot fire Insurance covers loss
• Napster rejects restructure reports Not up for sale, either, company claims
• NTL ups bid for Virgin They're chatting again
• Rambus sues Micron Opens second front in Northern California
• UK gov calls for online gambling summit Let's have a heated debate...

Management: IT Director

• Union woos IBM with love hearts Militants spread love not spittle

Management: Public Sector

• Fujitsu loses £500m Walsall Council deal Thanks for all your ideas - we can handle it from here

Music and Media

• The Freedom of Information Act, one year on Picking over 12 months of dirty laundry
• Tory and Lib peers aim to ice ID cards until Blair's overthrow Costings look ball-crushingly tight, apparently...

Odds and Sods: About Us

• The Reg reaches 4m people a month Site news And that's a fact

On the Job

• Tax man asks to appeal Arctic decision Mom and Pop IT biz goes back to court over tax

Personal: PCs

• Intel 'Santa Rosa' Centrino to sport 800MHz FSB Roadmap 802.11n WLAN support in the mix too
• Intel Core Duo T2700 to bring VT to Centrino? Exclusive Chip maker keeps mum on mobile virtualisation support
• Intel readies 65nm 'Yonah'-based Celeron M 4xx series Exclusive Ultra-low voltage Core Duo part too
• Intel readies 65nm Celeron D CPUs Exclusive Faster Presler and Cedar Mills, too

Personal: Peripherals

• Selfridges to sell pricey iPod lessons They're free round the corner at the Apple shop

Personal: Reviews

• Plantronics Pulsar 590A Bluetooth stereo headphones Review Unwired for sound?

Science

• Forget global warming - think boiling oceans The end is nigh, says Gaia scientist James Lovelock
• Galileo satellite gives forth First signals received
• Scottish beach in radium contamination probe Dumped luminous aircraft dials suspected
• Stardust floats gently to Earth Comet-sample capsule successfully recovered
• UK lifts lid on unmanned stealth aircraft 'Corax' surveillance vehicle poses for press

Security

• Researcher: Sony BMG rootkit still widespread 'The global scope is the big mystery here'
• Unipalm ups security range Patch management

Security: ID

• US tests e-Passports Singapore and Australia get in on the act