27th January 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Fishing for POI Creating Excel or Word files from Java...

Comms

• Aramiska pulls plug on sat broadband service Rural broadband users hit

Comms: Mobile

• HP confirms iPaq hw6900 series CE conformity declared

Comms: Networks

• CBN steps in as Aramiska crashes Dozens of community networks hit
• Wanadoo faces ad slap over 8MB service Rival ISPs lead complaints

Comms: VoIP

• BT's VoIP service goes titsup Wot? No dial tone?

Lifecycle: Plan

• Auction planned for 1,000 patents Hammer time for IP

Management: Financial News

• Jobs axed at Telstra Europe Not such a G'day then
• Verizon numbers show some fiber Subs up, but ARPU slips
• Xbox dearth takes edge off Microsoft's record quarter Big sales everywhere else

Management: IT Director

• Lara Croft, Ally McBeal or Missus Beaton? A lesson in social engineering

Market News

• UK goes into reverse on VAT fraud fight Throws spanner in works for carousel scams

Music and Media

• Authorities search German anti-piracy group Anti-pirates baited warez merchants
• Canadian music giant funds battle against RIAA Lawsuits should be shield not sword
• Cingular applies to patent smileys :@ All your emoticons belong to us?
• Google cache not a breach of copyright Use of material fair, says court
• Google pulls 'we don't censor' statement Updated Do be evil!
• Government outlaws Photoshopped passport pics But baulks at debate on representative art
• Norway accuses iTunes of consumer-rights violations Consumer Council complains
• Seven cough to copying Star Wars DVD Revenge of the MPAA
• UK file-sharers told to pay more than £20,000 Music biz heralds anti-piracy legal victory
• UK immigration intros compulsory tags for asylum cases Not volunteering hard enough, apparently...

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD quad-cores to use DDR 2-oriented Socket F interconnect Product demos coming mid-year, says AMD exec
• Intel Core Duo: no balls, just bumps, says analyst First trans-gender silicon?
• Western Digital ships 500GB desktop hard drive Ups notebook line to 120GB, too

News: Consoles

• Los Angeles sues Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas makers Smut controversy continues

News: Smartphones

• HTC Q4 sales, income rocket Making Windows Mobile smart-phone market its own?

News: Useless... but Cool

• Sony's Stringer kills (robot) dog Aibo axed in profitability push

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Automated attendant abuse Episode 4 'I'm sorry, that serial number is not recognised'

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Insurance underwriter trips over accident claim forms Then sues employer

Odds and Sods: Letters

• 97% of readers say surveys are rubbish Letters Evolution and nuclear energy polemic
• Cingular emoticon grab not so serious :-) say experts Letters Keys and palettes

R&R: Books

• Framework Design Guidelines Book review Conventions, Idioms and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries

Reseller

• Insight holding out Can't see the forest for the GAAP in Q405

Reviews: Cameras

• FujiFilm FinePix F11 Zoom digital compact camera Review Does it fix the F10's faults?

Science

• Astronauts turn spacesuit into satellite ISS prepares to launch 'SuitSat'
• Malaysians seek jungle Big Foot Hantu Jarang Gigi, come on down

Security

• Researchers say rootkits are headed for BIOS Flash warning

Security: Anti-Virus

• Kama Sutra wipeout Warning over 3 Feb viral payload explosion

Security: ID

• Cellcos and senate vs social engineering Your call record for sale
• ChoicePoint fined $15m over data security breach 800 hit by ID theft

Security: Spam

• Police collar AOL phishing suspect Billing update scam