23rd January 2006 Archive

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Code

• Rexx - the practical programming language Comment Another legacy language which still has supporters today

Comms: Mobile

• Carphone does music download deal Pre-pay cards...
• China takes own path to 3G Let a hundred 3Gs bloom
• Mobile ads to pay for free texting Cellphone owners look to ditch landline

Comms: Networks

• Be secures investment for high speed roll-out It's for LLU
• Claranet punters hit by DSL downtime Service restored now, says ISP
• IPTV and VoD: the great content adventure Industry comment Time for a new deal between ISPs and content owners

Distribution

• Matrix Communications preps distie sale Talks with competing parties

Management: Financial News

• iMesh signs MusicNet for legal P2P downloads 'Unclaimed' tracks available via traditional file-shares
• Internet boss arrested as Livedoor probe continues Three other execs collared too
• O2 chalks up 27m mobile punters Final numbers before Telefonica buy-out

Management: IT Director

• Using IT for business satisfaction Comment Wishes and dreams?

Management: Public Sector

• Civil service mulls move to India Leaked plans suggest Welsh salaries are too high

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• The Big Reg 'Spot the Demographic' Survey Survey Just who are you, our beloved readers?

Music and Media

• Anti-scam website forced offline Heavy legal threats get plug pulled
• Fight Club nasties flood Google Video The first rule of user generated content is, you don't mention user generated content
• Plan B from Petty France - the other UK ID card Analysis Or more properly, the real one?
• Police store DNA records of 24,000 innocent kids You never know when they might come in handy

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD takes axe to Athlon 64 X2, Turion, Sempron prices Up to 32 per cent off
• ATI Radeon X1900 XTX goes on sale in Japan Formal unveiling imminent?

News: Consoles

• Gizmondo Europe files for administration Debt restructure

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• It's like The Register - only harder

News: MP3 players

• Digital music to cover lost CD sales EMI says music industry to bounce back by 2010

News: Mac

• Intel Macs only one fourth, not four times faster - report Comment Snail's pace

News: PCs

• New Time owners start direct sales Time and time again

News: Phones

• T-Mobile to conjure up HTC Wizard smart phone in US SDA music phone to materialise too

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Flying car captured on Google Earth Experimental Oz project packs grav-busting hyperdrive
• Google crushes Apple in battle of the brands But iPod maker most influential in US; Nokia in Europe
• Qinetiq named as nation mourns end of whale's flotation Boffins, RN deny 'friendly-fire' depth-charging
• Russians arrest one in James Bond rock scandal UK diplomats interfaced with Wi-Fi stone, says Rosa Klebb
• Wally rescue team faces £300 parking fines The terrible price of compassion

Odds and Sods: Site News

• El Reg launches hardware site Site News Well 'ard

R&R: Books

• Designing for Small Screens Book review For UI designers with a taste for cool colours and unfeasibly small fingers

Reviews: Networking

• ZyXEL PL-100 Powerline Ethernet adaptor Review Boldly going where wireless and Ethernet can't

Security

• Fear of fraud hampers UK online banking FSA survey

Security: Anti-Virus

• Trojan blitz poses as credit card warning Oh Mother, it's happening again