17th March 2006 Archive

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Code: C++

• Interviewing C++ developers with extreme prejudice Clever ways to find clever people

Comms

• Telecoms spending to decline But broadband still to boom

Comms: Networks

• UK broadband speed clocked at... A stunning Friday factoid

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco's Chambers touched by telepresense Let me hear your body talk, body talk

Information: Databases

• Improving on optimisers Comment 'Clever' enhancers up performance

Management: Financial News

• Voda flogs Japanese arm That's that then

Management: IT Director

• Adobe raids Sun's executive suite, grabbing software chief Best dressed Linux fanboy returns to Sun
• Lenovo wields knife, cuts 1,000 jobs Begins to woo partners

Management: Public Sector

• Doubts over Home Office e-tagging Testing 'woefully inadequate', MPs told

Management: Small Biz

• BT unveils fixed-mobile combo Has a pop at Orange
• BT's new fixed-mobile combo NOT available yet 'Hasn't actually come out yet'

Music and Media

• Asian police target movie downloaders Investigations shifting from servers to clients?
• Date set for global net body's first meeting Athens: 30 October to 2 November 2006
• Google wins Usenet copyright case Search engine allowed to search

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD falls in world chip maker rankings Sales down 23.3 per cent between 2005 and 2004
• eSATA ExpressCard debuts Links fast external drives to new notebooks
• Q1 laptop demand dips below vendor expectations? Buyers said to be awaiting Core Duo price cuts

News: Hi-Def

• Warner HD DVD debut delayed Slipped discs

News: Mac

• Sony unveils 20in LCD TV-monitor combo Movies and games and back again

News: PCs

• Sony names Blu-ray disc kit ship dates Disc player, internal drive and Vaio PCs detailed

News: Useless... but Cool

• Verbatim to offer 'reincarnated floppy disk' in Europe Looks familiar?

News: iPod

• Razer readies iPod dockable keyboard iTunes-friendly media keys included too

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Star Wars TV series in 3D Geek TV Time to get your glasses on
• Frozen French couple go up in smoke Faulty freezer forces cryogenics' cremation
• Nude nonna in roadway romp What on Earth is wrong with Europe's pensioners?
• Swedes plan to colonise Moon Flat-pack lunar base

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Left-handed men are gay: official Letters But do they drink Guinness?

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Samsung SH-B022 Blu-ray Disc writer Preview Blu-ray finally arrives - does it live up to the hype?

Science

• 'Now that we have a map, let's start colonizing outer space' - expert Only women willing to read maps invited
• Astronomers glimpse newborn universe 13.7 billion-year-old microwave
• Raoul blows its top One missing as Ring of Fire rumbles

Security: ID

• US gang members get GPS tagged High-risk parolees tracked

Software

• Ballmer pushes Vista and Office vision to businesses The future is IBM. No - wait, it's people