21st February 2006 Archive

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Comms: Networks

• AOL to launch AIM for business Uh-huh

Comms: Wireless

• City of London gets Wi-Fi The Cloud gets the gig

Hardware: Servers

• IBM scientists claim chip breakthrough Really microprocessors

Management: Financial News

• Eircom confirms takeover talks - again If at first you don't succeed...
• Nominet faces rebellion over rule changes Extraordinary general meeting next month

Management: IT Director

• NEC to shutter Co. Meath chip plant Updated 350 pairs of eyes ain't smiling
• Sun recycles CFO In Brief Lehman rejects retirement

Management: Public Sector

• Sleuths tangled in NHS-IT can o' worms Comment NAO report due a year late

Management: Small Biz

• BBC Dragon hails UK start-ups Roll-up, roll-up!
• UK SMEs 'penalised' by inflexible licences A patch in time saves nine

News: Consoles

• Commodore rises from the dead Comment Calls itself 'mobile media'... aka Chickenhead

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Nikon puts Wi-Fi, anti-blur digicams in the frame Compact camera cornucopia
• Sony touts 'thrills'n'stills' HD camcorder Take photos while you're shooting video

Odds and Sods

• BT stubs out smoking Telco adopts pub rules

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Fiftysomethings' sexual satisfaction high Old boys still rockin'
• Man reports crap dope to cops In brief 'Absolutely mediocre quality'
• MS avoids Oz PC time shift catastrophe Patch issued, humanity saved
• The ugly face of crime Homely teens more likely to be homies

Reseller

• Intel lines up late May Core Duo price cuts - report Up to 33 per cent off
• RadioShack boss quits for porkies on CV Degree in theology involves degree of untruth

Reviews: iPod

• Logitech Wireless Headphones for iPod Review Bluteooth ends tangled earphone cable misery?

Science

• Bird flu menaces British monarchy Revealed: it's all a dastardly Republican plot
• Creationists want your children The Royal Society strikes back
• Doctors pull plug on California execution Participation 'ethically unacceptable'
• Thwart burglars with sticky DNA Yuck - not your DNA

Security

• Active cookies aim to thwart cyber-crooks Animal pharming
• Broadband soars ahead in Europe, says EU Bless
• Private identities become a corporate focus 'It's going to get scarier'

Security: Enterprise Security

• Chinese hackers allegedly make a game of ID theft Dodgy Lineage
• Google concedes desktop security risk Mind how you go

Security: ID

• BT flogs ID theft insurance But consumer group says firms should pay, not punters

Software: Applications

• An answer to spreadsheet hell Mobius makes life easier
• Microsoft Office Snaps into back office Challenge to SAP

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft leak shows Vista eight-pack Six for you, two for the EC