6th March 2006 Archive

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Comms

• AT&T back together again $67bn merger

Comms: Mobile

• Orange puts the squeeze on customers Unleashes ludicrous marketing menagerie

Hardware: Data Networking

• PathScale takes Infiniband cluster booster to Xeon Out of the Opteron HTX shadow

Hardware: Servers

• AMD kicks Opterons up a notch A wee notch
• Cassatt calls for shift from Java manual to an automatic Give us your tired, muddled J2EE masses

Management: Financial News

• MSN promises Google-beating search Holy Grail and moon on a stick, coming soon too
• NBC wraps arms round iVillage TV giant engages with women - millions of them
• Profits and revenues drop at Novell But results 'solid', firm says
• Vodafone shares up on Japan sale Markets welcome confirmation
• Wild ride over for Google? TechScape Gates says so, but is he right?

Management: IT Director

• Reg readers: 'Amazon in Ireland? More like Amazon in liarland!' Speaking in forked tongues?

Management: Public Sector

• Yahoo! boosts Freedom of Information awareness Pay-per-click adverts promoting FoI

Music and Media

• eBay wins against opticians Blind leading the blind...
• Lords fights back on compulsory IDs Tells Blair to back manifesto pledge
• OK, RIM. How about that 'public interest' audit? Opinion We demand Always On Justice

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel US retail desktop market share plummets Swaps places with AMD, says researcher

News: Hi-Def

• LG Blu-ray Disc player to support HD DVD too? Ditched single-format product, apparently

News: Phones

• Samsung to demo 8GB HDD handset Windows Mobile 5.0, too
• Sony Ericsson reveals Walkman phone speaker Dock holiday

News: TV

• Sony beefs up Bravia LCD TV line Seventh-generation panels

News: iPod

• Next-gen video iPod spotted on web If they're fakes, they're good ones

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Couple microwave urine-filled fake penis Attempted drugs test fraud ends in court
• Cruise and Hilton triumph at Razzies I'd like to thank...
• I can't use an iPod, admits Blair Would you trust this man?
• Oscar winner Clooney takes control of Hamas A busy boy, our George
• Pope plugs in to iPod Nano 'Computer technology is the future' says 2-gig Pontiff

Reviews: Cameras

• Olympus E-500/EVOLT E-500 8mp digital SLR Review Anti-dust vs anti-shake

Science

• Beer combats heart disease: official Excellent news
• China delays space walk for six months Shenzhou VII launch off until 2008
• Flypast honours Spitfire maiden flight Classic aircraft marks 70 years

Security

• No backdoor for Vista - MS 'Nonsense', scoffs developer

Security: Anti-Virus

• Anti-virus groups fight over Crossover sharing MARA's 'membership' ruling has industry up in arms
• Cybercrooks spur anti-virus market growth Fear of a black hat
• Email worm threatens lawsuit against victims Tort-uous
• Microsoft versus EC Comment Adequate response - but who remembers the question?
• US man faces IRC Trojan charges Dark dealings on DarkMyst

Security: Spam

• AOL's email tax - charities get reprieve Not-for-profits, not charged