1st March 2006 Archive

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Code

• Driven to test-action Comment A practical view of unit testing

Comms: Mobile

• Suicide prompts South Korea mobile data cap Call to action

Comms: Networks

• IPTV: killer apps and dead horses Industry comment Proceed with caution...

Comms: VoIP

• UK punters avoid VoIP in droves Awareness does not equal usage

Hardware: Storage

• HP-OuterBay merger shows market nous Comment Packing the storage portfolio

Information: Databases

• MySQL close to SAP certification Good for business

Lifecycle: Execute

• BEA fires up for Fuego BEAtification for middle wear firm
• Managing the RFID opportunity Don't let hype overshadow risk

Management: Financial News

• Napster blames Microsoft shortfalls for its problems With friends like these...
• Online CD sellers may lose offshore haven VAT dodge may be ending

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• Access and authentication: the big Reg survey Reg Reader Studies Please click here to tap IT barometer

Music and Media

• 'Fake' emails MP hits reply Right stink over Writetothem.com
• Four plead guilty in US piracy case Pirates smell porridge
• ICANN approves dotcom contract 9-6 in favour. All hell about to break loose
• Songwriters to blame for digital music's pothole DMF We'd have got away with it - if it wasn't for those pesky publishers
• UK parents to get online check of 8m child workers records Monumental security and privacy disaster ahoy...
• Universal music chief blasts Slashdot DMF 'Pie throwers'

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI unwraps dual x16 CrossFire Xpress 3200 World's first single-chip dual PCI-I x16 implementation
• ECS touts eco-friendly, Viiv-benign mobo RoHS compliant 945G-M3 ships

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Olive works 400GB into Opus digital music centre Holds more ripped CDs than you can shake Karajan's baton at
• TomTom redesigns Go in-car GPS kit Shipping 1 April, apparently

News: Mac

• Apple end-of-lifes G4 Mac Mini And other snippets from the Steve J Show

News: PCs

• Feed your PC free-to-air satellite TV Sky-less DVB-S

News: Phones

• 'World's smallest' Windows phone to debut next month Step forward, Malaysia's Axia 308
• Moto touts salmon SLVR Carphone Warehouse gets pink product

News: TV

• JVC tunes in to mid-size LCD HDTVs New DynaPix models support HDMI, HDCP

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Colon family in exploding toilet ordeal Ay caramba!
• Fore-get space exploration Let's play extreme golf!
• Lip-reading footie fans spot racial abuse Police probe Liverpool player

R&R: Books

• Provocative paperbacks from chez Reg Cash'n'Carrion Here we go again...

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset Review Asus' A8R32-MVP Deluxe mobo probed

Science

• Bird flu: your painful death not inevitable Top virus expert launches investigation
• Flying China saucer Storm in a teacup?
• NASA plans three shuttle launches this year 'We've fixed it this time, honest'

Security: Spam

• AOL sues mystery phishers for $18m Trawl
• Opposition to AOL's 'email tax' grows AOL annoys gun owners, greens, farm unions...almost everyone...
• Sting nets two spam scam suspects Double jeopardy

Services

• LogicaCMG revives in 2005 Mixed continental performance
• Serco results grow Revs and profits up

Software

• Oracle opens embedded business unit It all comes together

Software: Applications

• MS boffins develop foot-powered interface Nothing to do with Ballmer putting the boot in