24th February 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Of Java Annotations Drawbacks and drawfronts

Comms

• Orange offers SMEs fixed line phone service Kicks off NeXT restructuring
• Thus acquisition of Your Comms gets green light Hello and goodbye

Comms: Mobile

• Vodafone UK deploys mobile-vending machine Hold on, that sounds familiar...

Comms: Networks

• EC approves plans for broadband aid in Wales 'Fibrespeed' still awaits final go-ahead
• Zen snatches three gongs at ISPAs Congrats

Hardware

• Sun finds safe hands in R&D reshuffle Exclusive Farewell, digital ectoplasm, as Sproull takes charge

Hardware: Data Networking

• Telcos collaborate for IMS NetEvents But will it actually work?

Hardware: Servers

• IDC's missing Itanium report found at rival analyst firm Clabby gets crabby

Management: Financial News

• Services carry BEA in Q4 In Brief As expenses grow

Market News

• 3Dlabs to concentrate on mobile graphics Workstation arena too crowded

Music and Media

• Data Retention Directive receives rubber stamp But support not universal
• Durant takes data protection battle to Strasbourg The case continues...
• MPAA strikes in Europe, targets search engines eDonkey network downed
• US government dangles internet control contract Mind games over IANA

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Koreans prep cylindrical media-playing HDD case Bin there, done that

News: Networking

• Netgear readies 200Mbps powerline Ethernet QoS for video built-in

News: iPod

• California wants green iPods No hi-tech dumpage allowed

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Being root Episode 8 Seminar sabotage

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• America can lick the Asian peril by training Mexican smarties And ninthly Stronger, faster and with papers
• Colombians cage arse-grope bicycle courier Buttock-fondling ne'er-do-well gets four years
• Dyslexic eBayer punts bird flu licence plate Excelent investtment for ther futur!
• Machines poised to invade pubs The end is nigh for the humble landlord
• Sugar wins the ratings war Geek TV And loads more from TV land

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Oz set to run on Microsoft time Letters Plus mind-expanding statistical shenanigans

Reseller

• Lenovo unveils 3000 series notebooks, desktops First globally marketed own-brand systems
• US judge allows Rambus evidence inclusion request While Micron sues Rambus in Italy

Reviews: Cameras

• Olympus Mju 700 7.1 megapixel digicam Review Weatherproof and anti-shake

Science

• Astronomers spot weird near-Earth explosion Fundamentalism ruled out
• Pond life: the future of energy Hydrogen-producing algae breakthrough
• Top Indian scientist turned away by US immigration Any chemical weapons to declare?

Security

• UK awarded net villain gong Pesky data retention

Security: Anti-Virus

• Avecho goes titsup RIP: Controversial anti-virus service

Services

• Broadband driving e-retail boom Signs point to a bumper year ahead