16th March 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 10m Vodafone Live! punters signed up Hey, some good news from Voda for a change
• 3 disappoints Irish roamers Ah, well

Comms: Networks

• MHP licensing terms finally create havoc Told you so

Distribution

• Centerprise signs up BFG BFG Technologies not the Big Friendly Giant

Hardware: Data Networking

• Global Knowledge becomes largest Cisco trainer Claims Azlan buy puts it in class of its own

Hardware: Servers

• HP celebrates a decade of love for AMD Hands out Geode and Opteron party favors

Information: Knowledge

• IBM and Oracle to get physical over Eclipse SOA projects Exclusive We'll see you in hell or Santa Clara

Management: Financial News

• Amazon poised for film downloads assault If it's serious, it's game over
• Beyond the Oyster End of an era for smart cards?
• Google sets up Base for retailers Supermarket sweep
• Horizon sees rise in revenues, earnings And investment set to drive figures in 06 too
• OFT fingers online grocers over pricing Every little helps
• uSwitch.com switched for £210m Europe bound

Management: IT Director

• Cybercrime costs biz more than physical crime Lock up your servers, thar be hackers about
• Middle-class peeves cost more money than exists Statistics confirm our worst fears
• Tube to reject passenger scanners Bomb detectors 'too impractical'

Music and Media

• Anti software patents lobby agrees with arch enemy What? And hell didn't freeze over?
• Disabled people check out site usability New guidelines introduced
• ID Cards compulsory again Oh no they're not, oh yes...oh, shut up
• Judge upholds PlayStation controller ruling Sony's witness not credible, judge says
• Nominet loses all three EGM votes UK registry owner undermined by biggest shareholders
• Registrars urge rejection of VeriSign's .com deal GoDaddy slams 'outrageous' agreement
• US authorities bust P2P child porn chat room Attacks were streamed live

News: Mac

• Ex-Apple execs hop on the Spac track Acquicor raises $150m to buy tech firms
• Mac-boots-Windows contest won WinXP successfully run on MacBook Pro

News: Phones

• Motorola unveils Ming Linux phone for China Dynastic pretensions?
• Vodafone eyes 3G TV phone for Japan A Sharp Aquos LCD TV in the palm of your hand, apparently

News: Useless... but Cool

• Memorex revives 1970s tape look for Flash disk era Is it reel or is it..?

News: iPod

• Archos readies twin-tuner handheld PVR Watch digital telly in a fast car

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Celebs tremble as stalkerQuest takes off Call for star spotter map site to be shut down
• London Underground sets lawyers on tube spotting geek Blogger bashed for map mashup
• Priapic pensioner becomes garlic-powered porn star More from our Russian geriatric filth bureau

Reviews: MP3 players

• Pebble micro MP3 player First UK Review Does it rock?

Science

• Friends and families deal with drug trial fallout Victims 'screamed'
• Get your drugs over wireless Implant offers pill-free future
• The Curly Wurly nebula at the centre of the Milky Way Twisted logic

Security

• Say Hi to the mouse click capturing Trojan Sting in the tail

Security: ID

• US bank approves ripped-up credit card application Follow the money

Software

• Gates mocks Negroponte's $100 laptop Why pay less when you can pay more?
• Microsoft hunts pirate auctioneers In brief Issues eight lawsuits in US