15th February 2006 Archive

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Comms

• Orange and Wanadoo spared job cuts in UK France Telecom confirms numbers will remain 'stable'

Comms: Mobile

• China to Qualcomm: er, you and whose army? 3GSM 3G IP royalty war heats up
• HSDPA puts 3G on steroids 3GSM Mobile operators feel the need for speed
• Mobile content - it’s not just porn you know 3GSM Mainly porn admittedly…
• Nokia and Sanyo team up for CDMA 3GSM A problem spun-out is a problem solved?
• US tops download charts 3GSM They just love their ringtones…

Comms: Networks

• Aramiska flickers back to life Service may be switched on soon
• Aramiska network up and running again Okay, so what happened?
• Wanadoo trails Tiscali for UK broadband numbers Race is on for magic million

Comms: VoIP

• Skype goes 3G 3GSM Star-VoIP and Hutch

Comms: Wireless

• Varsavsky's Folly: the precedents ain't good One man's blog-beatified Wi-Fi adventure

Distribution

• Bates back at Azlan Longtime coming
• Ingram still straining for profit IT distributors risk hernia

Hardware: Data Networking

• Network Technology acquires Madge assets Becomes Lord of the Token Rings

Hardware: Servers

• Higgs Boson a-go-go Successful test drive for particle physics mega-grid
• Sun hopes open equals interest with GPLed chip Give us your tired, poor and SPARCless masses
• XenSource clears mind of CEO Ex-Veritas man steps in as new master

Management: Public Sector

• 'Pentagon hacker' wants to see Bush's John Hancock Nothing less will do
• DCA outlines local election pilots Electoral modernisation
• E-government whitewash continues Comment It's all so spiffing, says Soctim

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD slashes Opteron prices by over 50% Way paved for DDR 2-supporting successors
• Microsoft testing 'Core Duo power drain bug' fix BIOS update and patch in the pipeline

News: Mac

• Apple posts Mac OS X 10.4.5 update Intel and PowerPC versions tweaked
• Apple pushes MacBook Pro ship dates back to March Exclusive Shipping slipping?
• Patch posted to run Mac OS X 10.4.4 on 'generic PC' A work in progress

News: PCs

• Intel looks to SIM cards for universal wireless access Diplomatically ignores WiMAX in 3G-oriented press statement

Odds and Sods

• Second Freeview box signals alien invasion fleet Sinister transmissions continue

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• California ordered to improve its execution experience Customer comfort paramount
• Racial abuse silences BBC sports message board It's just not cricket

PC Builder

• ATI R590 said to ship next month Pre-CeBIT debut?

Science

• Climate change gets SETI-style simulations Global warming begins at home
• Stars discovered flashing Lab RRATs

Security

• Privacy and anonymity Just how far does Big Brother's eye see?

Security: Enterprise Security

• Seven patches for St Valentine's patch Tuesday Say it with vulns

Software

• Linus: read-up on your GPL 3.0 When is a derivative not a derivative?
• Microsoft prolongs row over EC manuals Pity the poor bureaucrat who has to check them

Software: Applications

• Open source ISVs must side with SAP to survive - SAP That or be bought by Oracle
• Oracle eats Sleepycat In Brief Still hungry?