17th January 2006 Archive

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Comms

• TalkTalk getsgets newnew MDMD Splendid

Comms: Mobile

• BenQ launches first BenQ-Siemens handsets Pledges aggressive 3G, multimedia product strategy
• Major cellcos aim to keep brand control of music services Customer loyalty key to branding battles

Information: Knowledge

• Actuate gets busy Comment Buys performancesoft, releases BIRT 2.0

Lifecycle: Execute

• IBM acquires Bowstreet for composite application development Analysis Primed for blue-washing

Lifecycle: Plan

• Software patents loom large again Forced back on agenda

Management: Financial News

• NTL / Virgin Mobile deal inches forward Negotiations 'drawn-out'
• Tesco.com posts 'record year' Cellco business passes milestone

Management: Public Sector

• Housing Corp dumps Elonex Flagship public sector contract killed off
• Union mourns Walsall's aborted IT privatisation Questions over council decision

Management: Small Biz

• BT boss bigs up broadband for SMEs Someone has to...
• Chip and PIN forces scammers to switch focus Izzy whizzy, let's get busy
• Never email a job reference Comment Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an email
• Taxman wrongly fines 10,000 UK businesses Oops

Music and Media

• 'Tell us the truth about ID costs' - Lords harpoon the ID Bill Thrice, with more Government defeats in the pipeline
• Cingular accuses two firms of stealing customer records Hello. Is it me you are looking for?
• Privacy guardian to examine Shoreditch CCTV scheme Home-view CCTV may offend privacy safeguards

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Hitman jailed for lack of death Kent: you can't even trust the hired killers
• Jesus favours rock on His iPod Hip-Hop not big in Heaven, poll shows
• Kidnapped footballing sheep transferred to eBay 'Give me your money, or the sheep gets it'

PC Builder

• DDR 2 prices on the rise Strong demand, tight supply

Personal: Consoles

• Gizmondo parent secures debt with Smart Adds IP Back-up if it can't raise $75m by March

Personal: PCs

• Nvidia expands nForce 4 Intel line-up Budget SLI part and mainstream PC chipset to ship later this month
• VIA ships 90nm Eden low-power processor C7 CPU transformed for silent PCs.

Personal: Reviews

• Evesham Voyager C550 Core Duo notebook Review The price is right?

Science

• Google Earth: the photo interpretation challenge WMDS and black helicopter facilities

Security: Spam

• 419ers offer Russian oil fortune As email fraudsters exploit US mining disaster
• Phishing fraudsters target Apple Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables

Services

• 7global buys Fairbridge It's a mini-merger for managed services...

Software: Applications

• Salesforce pitches to become the 'iTunes' of enterprise apps Sharing, ripping, charging for CRM