25th January 2006 Archive

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Code: Scripting

• Eclipse buffs up BI tools More style for PHP developers

Comms: Mobile

• 3 'free calls' scheme not 'revolutionary', say readers Really? Do go on...
• 3 in 'free' calls giveaway WePay, TheyPay, EitherWay, SomeonePays

Comms: Networks

• Europe to embrace triple play It's a digital home thing
• Swiss Govt to flog its share of Swisscom Small investors offered 'people's shares'

Comms: Wireless

• Seattle plans library Wi-Fi network Potential conflict with any City WLAN? WiMAX?

Hardware: Servers

• IBM buys virtual billing firm CIMS Lab Pay per use tech slots into Tivoli
• Lotus collaboration suite blossoms Lotusphere Anytime, any place, anywhere – except Seattle
• Microsoft opens Windows for EC compliance Is it enough?
• Second quarter loss for Sun Underestimates own popularity
• Sun switches back to blades in '06 Twice the charm

Hardware: Storage

• Former Veritas chief quits Symantec Boardroom exodus continues at security software giant

Management: Financial News

• Jobs sells Pixar to Disney for $7.4bn Kerching!
• Vodafone stands up to shareholders US strategy stays for now

Management: IT Director

• CIOs face even more pressure in 2006 IT set as key challenge

Management: Public Sector

• Government scrambles Intellect code Badge of honour unravels

Music and Media

• Anti-scam website saved by MEP Politician walks walk, doesn't talk talk
• Google kowtows to China How low can you go?
• Motion Picture Ass. of America makes ass of itself Caught pirating DVD

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel 'on track' to debut 45nm CPUs in H2 07 Cites working memory chip as proof
• Intel ships 1m 65nm dual-core chips That's a lot of MacBook Pros

News: Consoles

• MS responds to Xbox execution claim 'Console will still be on sale through 2006'

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Navicore updates Symbian smart-phone GPS navigation pack Bundles free traffic, safety camera downloads

News: Phones

• O2 pre-announces XDA Neo PDA phone Full details at CeBIT, apparently

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Oz flying car launch site: exclusive pictures Google Earth mystery deepens

R&R: Books

• Effective Java Book review A classic work on Java programming

Reseller

• Elcom IT founder sells up and steps down Changing of the old guard

Reviews: Cameras

• Nikon D200 digital SLR body Review A long time coming, is it worth the wait?

Science

• Europeans don't much like nuclear energy Solar and wind popular options, survey shows
• Isle of Man to become 'Switzerland of Space' Good Heavens
• Scientists 'microlens' Earth-like exoplanet Smallest one to date

Security

• Malware potency increases as numbers drop Less is more
• StopBadware.org to name and shame spyware scumbags Backing from Google, Sun and Lenovo

Software

• English court refuses to confirm software's pedigree Judge takes cautious approach to Point's claims of innocence