10th March 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• BrightFlash lights up pixt phone industry Useful night shots in a flash
• High Court to decide O2 - 3 bubble spat soon Lovely jubbly
• National Express trials in-coach Wi-Fi Information superhighway

Comms: Networks

• Be sorry for network snafu 'Inadvertent mistake' blamed
• Level 3 leak leaked Water, water everywhere...
• Wanadoo punter still without broadband Other users victim of LLU migration too

Comms: VoIP

• France Telecom notches up 1m VoIP users Tres bon
• Vonage cries foul over Canada VoIP 'tax' QoS premium causes waves

Distribution

• Centerprise picks up Samsung drives Filling gaps

Hardware: Data Networking

• IBM simplifying the data warehouse Not perfect, but it's a start
• Novell rearranges the brass after Q1 bomb Out with the new

Hardware: Servers

• Intel's talk starts to match rivals' products Analysis The five-year push to marketing parity
• SGI moving to mysterious Altism line Who, what, when, where?

Management

• Your staff will grass you up, warns BSA Bent employers beware

Management: Financial News

• Adult payment firm denies customer records breach Mystery over iBill spam scam

Management: Public Sector

• OGC spreadsheet madness causes dealer uproar Are we in, or are we out?

Music and Media

• Call for disabled internet revolt Being nice has achieved little
• Click here to learn the net's true purpose NSFW Revealed: the awe-inspiring Bounceometer
• How to commission an accessible website The lowdown on PAS 78
• UK plans to make driving licences biometric Darling explains not-an-ID-card-link

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia gets its chips out CeBIT Unleashes a couple of good handfuls of new kit

News: Consoles

• Sony 'running jump' ad derailed Mind the gap

News: Hi-Def

• Blu-ray body confirms format to use 'interim' copy protection code CeBIT Won't limit the consumer, apparently

News: PCs

• PC shipments to slow in 2006 Desktop sales on the decline

News: TV

• Monster TVs slug it out for CeBIT crown CeBIT And the winner is...

News: iPod

• Jabra talks up Bluetooth iPod accessories CeBIT Fewer wires for PSP, DS, MP3 player owners too

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Feral access points Episode 10 Wild, untamed...

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Frisky Fräuleins on your phone CeeBitch and teutonic toilet humour
• Psst, want to be on Dr Who? Geek TV And the best of this weekend's telly

Odds and Sods: Letters

• RIAA to probe Pope's iPod? Letters Benny 16 in illegal copying slur

R&R: Books

• Colossus: Bletchley Park’s greatest secret Book review Told in full for the first time

Reseller

• IBM talks software value with partners Channel of flannel

Reviews: Storage

• LaCie Two Big 1TB eSATA drive Exclusive Review A terabyte of hot-swappable storage... on your desk

Science

• Kenyan farmers save for a rainy day Case study Whatever the weather

Security: ID

• Europe tagging along on RFID Opinion Mind reading
• Reding to report to EC on RFID CeBIT Brussels and chips
• UK extends airport iris scan scheme The eyes have it

Software: Applications

• Google takes on MS Office with Writely buy Beta attack, of course
• Linus, GPL 3.0 and sharks with lasers on their heads Yeah, baby
• Only in a bubble is Google's web WP an Office-killer Analysis 'Lightweight, high-velocity and very connected'