18th January 2006 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Developers asked to queue for Windows IM beta test If your name's not down...
• Microsoft greenlights 'live' use of WinFX beta code Caveat developer

Comms

• Health Dept. to review high hospital phone charges Makes you sick

Comms: Mobile

• 'Clear demand' for mobile TV, says O2 No escape from Celebrity Big Brother
• 3G overhyped, says tech pioneer Mobile broadband? Pah
• Dbtel preps iPod-like phone White, MP3-playing M50 even driven by clickwheel
• T-Mobile walloped for 'dangerous driving' ad Road warriors beware
• Walkman brand drives Sony Ericsson to record quarter Camera phones helped, too

Distribution

• Northamber gets case maker Should mean more retail for ENlight

Hardware: Data Networking

• ZigBee bursts onto wireless PAN Mesh tech links monitoring and control

Hardware: Servers

• HP tired of being a mere JBoss supporter Prepare to resell!
• I'm dreaming of a utility data centre Nothing but a dream?
• Intel stuns market with Q4 sales miss Can the Apple Effect trump the AMD Effect?
• SAP exec caught praising Oracle's Larry Ellison Promises on-demand CRM by March too

Information: Databases

• DB2 - the secret database IBM trumpets not blowing

Management: Financial News

• Google buys into digital radio ads Henry, can you hear me?
• IBM serves mixed grill in Q4 PC biz hurts, currency helps
• Japan nervous as officials probe Livedoor Allegations surface of financial jiggery-pokery
• Yahoo! lowers! outlook! Bulls mar record quarter

Management: IT Director

• IBM plans executive sweetener Supplements

Management: Public Sector

• Councillors demand explanation for outsourcing 'fiasco' Fujitsu, employees and councillors hoodwinked over end to £500m deal
• Local Directgov goes live Deep-linking to boost access to council websites

Music and Media

• Consumer group calls for anti-DRM laws Fight the power
• Data protection used as smokescreen Pestered by nosy do-gooders? Use the privacy defence
• ID cards jinxed by lefties Big companies are bound to bodge it
• Napster claims 100 per cent year-on-year subscriber growth Total passes 550,000

News: Useless... but Cool

• Cool your cup with USB

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• GoldenPalace.com buys Captain Kirk's kidney stone Load of old Shat

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Sony Rootkit: electronic Black Death Letters DRM pandemic rattles readers

Odds and Sods: Site News

• iPod t-shirt hits the shelves Cash'n'Carrion Top new offering from TechnoDepot

PC Builder

• Improving Intel chipset supplies to push up DDR 2 prices Clone PC makers increasingly favour 945-based mobos

Personal: Consoles

• MS says no to Xbox 360 Blu-ray support Company fully committed to HD DVD, apparently

Personal: PCs

• Dell offers dual-core desktop replacement rig Monster Core Duo-equipped Inspiron 9400 goes on sale

Reseller

• DSG dreams of 'digital Christmas' 'Cos rest of year sucked

Science

• Readers crack Google Earth photo challenge Too easy, eh? Hmmm...

Security: Enterprise Security

• Million $ pixel site blackmailed Floored by DDoS attack

Security: ID

• HMRC tax debacle spreads Treasury: Tax crisis? What tax crisis?

Services

• LogicaCMG cites operating profitability Hits market targets

Software: Applications

• Google accused of being the next SAP Clunky middleware empire brewing?

Software: Operating Systems

• Third XP Service Pack slips to boost Vista sales tools Delayer becomes delayee