27th February 2006 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Agitating Java and testing Windows Combining manual and automated testing

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Perpetual motion with Apache Column A tale of Apache support

Comms

• BT plays down 'free broadband' report Signs up Powerpuff Girls
• C&W braces itself for 'year of hell' Jobs on the line
• Kingston pulls plug on IPTV service Neither tuned in nor turned on

Comms: Mobile

• Vodafone takes £28bn hit Warns of tough times ahead

Hardware: Data Networking

• Germans want to charge Google Sound of sabres rattling...

Hardware: Servers

• Sun says, 'No THX' to HTX 'Our slots will stay free'

Management: Financial News

• Would you buy food off eBay? Thought not...

Management: IT Director

• Women kept in their place by new study Fat cat men can relax

Music and Media

• Adventures with a Nigerian email fraudster Book review Scamming the scammers
• Dutch police target 23 Nigerian gangs Only the beginning?
• Google Video censors Iraq footage - for US only Updated Censorship comes home?
• NSA searches for advanced data mining tech Silicon Valley shopping spree
• US stops joining the worldwide web - official Flatlining in Flatbush
• Yahoo! link confirmed in second Chinese dissident case 'Auxiliaries of Beijing'

News: Accessories

• Epson sues inkjet cartridge importer Medea Alleges patent infringement

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel specs up next-gen chipset GPU Viiv friendly
• Lawsuit claims Micron fixed memory prices After the period probed by the DoJ, too

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Sony unveils shake-resistant Cyber-shot cameras 6-8mp digital SLRs and compacts too

News: PCs

• Boffins tout world's first single-chip digital microphone Akustica develops MEMS-on-standard-CMOS process
• MS, Intel gear up to unveil ultra-mobile tablet PC Taking the fight to Apple's iPod and Sony's PSP?

News: Smartphones

• NTP, RIM spar over proposed tech licence US Patent Office issues rejection notice

News: Storage

• Sony, NEC to merge optical drive teams Blu-ray backer forms JV with HD DVD supporter

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Enigma message cracks under distributed computing Code breaking help sought
• US paras fingered over gay porn Makes a change from torturing Iraqis...

R&R: Books

• The Computer - An Illustrated History Book review Coffee table book for computer geeks?

Reviews: TVs

• TerraTec Cinergy 2400i DT dual-tuner card Review Digital TV on your PC... times two

Science

• Animal testing supporters go on offensive Plan for London demo
• French farmers suffer bird flu woes Deadly disease digest

Security

• Politically motivated attacks soar in 2005 Turkey tops cracker chart

Security: Anti-Virus

• Triple threat to Mac OS X largely academic But more likely...you have been warned

Security: ID

• FTC settles with CardSystems over data breach Forced to tighten security measures and undergo audit