26th January 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Eclipse targets enterprise IT decision makers 'Much more than just a Java IDE'

Comms: Mobile

• 2005 mobile phone shipments smash record Demand drives sales up 19 per cent
• Date set for Blackberry ban hearing RIM set to ask for royalty payment order

Comms: Wireless

• Bluetooth set to take over wireless from Wi-Fi... Comment ...as IEEE abandons the fight for UWB

Distribution

• Xerox culls European distributors Only three lucky survivors

Hardware

• Oracle in war of words with security researcher 'What David Litchfield has done is put our customers at risk'

Hardware: Servers

• AMD's server share is no chimera Claims one in four desktops, too
• Sun loves Fujitsu, despite SPARC slip What's a few months between friends?
• UK pulls in Cray for nuke testing £20m supercomputer for Sim Apocalypse
• What's standing at Intel's platform Nibbling developers' heels

Information: Knowledge

• SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Would Sir like BI with his database?

Management: Financial News

• Nokia Q4 sales jump but profits unmoved Price erosion continues
• UK is .eu sceptic Germany leads scramble for .eu domains

Management: IT Director

• Airbus creates 650 new Welsh jobs Boost for Flintshire wing plant
• IBM UK pensions in doubt Meetings across the country regarding the final salary scheme

Music and Media

• Home Office pushes tough anti-hacker law 'Hacker tool' ban proposal provokes derision
• Irish ISPs ordered to disclose file sharers' names Download all the Days
• Privacy pledge on Shoreditch CCTV scheme Information Commissioner pays a visit

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia says next high-end GPU due early March CeBIT debut as predicted?
• USI to buy Abit mobo operation for $11m plus shares Wants to expand market share in US, Europe

News: Consoles

• Infinium lent $5m to make Phantom Lapboard On-demand games service still in the pipeline
• Nintendo redesigns the DS Light in colour, light in weight
• Xbox 360 hibernates 'til Spring Where did the console go?

News: PCs

• Creative profits down despite strong sales Looks to high-end products to boost its fortunes

News: Phones

• Pantech pitches 15:9 widescreen phone Sports a panoramic digicam too

News: Useless... but Cool

• Timepiece tells time in binary It's 0101 O'clock and all's well

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Dread public speaking? Have a shag first Sex calms nerves, psychologist shows
• Nintendo funds old-school gaming expo Space Invaders menace Science Museum

Reviews: Accessories

• Sennheiser HD 201 headphones Review Can these budget cans revive your record collection?

Science

• Most Brits don't believe in evolution Updated Shock BBC claim
• The bigger the balls, the smaller the brains In bats, that is

Security

• Lax mobile security leaves UK.biz at risk An accident waiting to happen, apparently
• MS sues over anti-spyware scam Spyware Cleaner misleading and ineffective, alleges Washington state
• The Art of Intrusion Book review The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceivers

Security: Enterprise Security

• Botnet control fears over IP telephony Touching the VoIP

Software: Operating Systems

• EC to Microsoft: not so fast Code licensing may not be enough
• No GPL 3.0 for Linux - Torvalds Back to the source