19th January 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Crazy Frog scapegoat finds solace in porn If you can't beat them, join them
• RIM: US economy up spout if Blackberry shut out Too important for Court to close it, apparently

Comms: VoIP

• PhoneDrive combines VoIP, Flash in USB key Internet telephony in 'your pants pocket', says manufacturer

Distribution

• Tech Data boss splits CEO, chairman roles Raymund keeps chair

Hardware: Servers

• AMD casts off memory shackles and soars Doing great against a 'brutal' rival

Hardware: Storage

• How a missile-building dropout saved EMC Into the Valley From bankruptcy to glory

Lifecycle: Execute

• Oracle claims Fusion and integration milestone But double-checks strategy, just to be sure

Management: Financial News

• Apple cautious after record quarter Osborne sneeze, but no flu
• Digital music sales triple to $1.1bn in 2005 Cash accrued from 420m song downloads
• eBay profits rise, outlook misses estimates Bidding on futures
• Google's botched video store starts coughing up cash Thanks for the loan
• Sex.com sold for $14m In brief Gary Kremen sells up
• US gov demands Google search records Fishing expedition

Market News

• Horizon in line But figures hit by charges

Music and Media

• Blair under fire on ID cards Tory leader attacks cost of ID cards scheme
• Police to hold vehicle licence data for two years Minister confirms retention time for ANPR database
• Universal resurrects deleted albums for digital era CDs too pricey to press
• Wikipedia editing hobby goes nationwide Fun FM steps in

News: Useless... but Cool

• Clock chimes for Pong's finest hour Bip... Bop... Bip... Bop... Tick... Tock...

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Tom Cruise kills South Park episode It won't be coming out over here

Personal: Consoles

• Nintendo Revolution: affordable, shipping by Thanksgiving Company president speaks out

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple adds MiniStore monitor warning to iTunes No data kept, company claims

Personal: PCs

• Laptops continue to drive PC shipments Europe out-ships US

Personal: Peripherals

• Konica-Minolta to quit photography market Can't compete in the digital era

Personal: Reviews

• iRiver U10 media player Review The iPod Nano killer?

Personal: System Builder

• Nvidia ships 90nm, entry-level GeForce 7 GPU No SLI support for 7300 GS

Reseller

• MBO off at Computacenter Year-end spike boosts 2005 figures

Science

• Google Earth fingers CIA rendition flights? Strange goings on at Scottish airport
• Irishman has three million kids Niall of the Nine Hostages - a busy man

Security

• Hey, hey it's Oracle patching day Quarterly update volley addresses 80 vulns

Security: Anti-Virus

• Kama Sutra worm ties security in knots Backdoor code
• PC virus celebrates 20th birthday Analysis Many unhappy returns

Security: Enterprise Security

• Cisco plugs IP telephony and router security holes A patch in time...
• How not to respond to a security advisory Opinion OpenBSD exposes its inconsistencies

Services

• HCL moves in at DSG International Retailer finally strikes an outsourcing deal
• IBM minds the Gap with $1.1bn outsourcing gig Takes on 400 staffers

Software

• Salesforce.com places top-down bets on AppExchange ISVs More interventionist
• Tesco launches VoIP service 'Simplicity, value and no hidden charges'