20th March 2006 Archive

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• COBOL Resartus Comment Revisiting the re-tailored COBOL universe
• Salesforce.com warms to Eclipse Sharing is good

Comms: Mobile

• 3 users get Hotmail on the move MSN Messenger too. Lovely
• TeliaSonera joins Freemove Alliance Comment But is it enough to rescue the group?
• Verisign buys mobile publisher Crazy Frog keeps growing
• Vodafone eyes fixed line service To expand or not expand, that is the question

Comms: Networks

• 'Tube geek' in trouble again TfL goes after ISP
• BT names IPTV service Prepare for an injection of BT Vision

Comms: VoIP

• China loosens VoIP rules Not a lot, just a bit

Hardware: Servers

• HP ships its golden 'Arches' for Itanium servers Waiting for Montecito

Lifecycle: Execute

• A life of service Comment SOA - new developers start here

Management: Financial News

• Camelot fined £90k for online lotto snafu Small bug, not many dead
• Oracle has great Q3, if database growth doesn't concern you Oh yeah. And SAP stinks
• Personal CD players ejected from RPI basket MP3 upstarts get the nod
• Three bidders interested in Phones4U Decision time for Caudwell, says report
• UK online net spending soars As overall ad spending slows

Management: IT Director

• Dell seeks (another) 10,000 Indians Sturdy, talented hands apply within

Management: Small Biz

• London boroughs not sold on small.biz Oh woe is SME

Music and Media

• CCTV staff quizzed over nude art shoot footage Spencer Tunick close-ups 'offered in pubs'
• Oz registrar closes John Howard satire site Iraq 'apology' blocked at PM's behest
• Phew! Google saves US netizens from Gov snoops What's wrong with this headline?

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI unwraps first 1GB graphics card FireGL family updated
• Nvidia pitches physics-on-GPU code Games to get more real?

News: Consoles

• More PS3 details emerge Games Digest Free multi-player gaming on the cards
• Net video confirms Xbox 360 hack Coder pledges not to release modified firmware
• PSP 'base pack' to ship Wednesday for £149.99 £12 cheaper on the Continent

News: Hi-Def

• Euro trade body launches 'official' HDTV logo Mismatch with 'HD Ready'?

News: PCs

• Acer 'readying' HD DVD notebook Following Toshiba's lead?
• AMD grew sales 50 per cent year on year Letters Spansion factor 'hides' expansion between 2004 and 2005

News: TV

• Philips to fix 12,000 plasma TVs House calls planned

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• South Park declares war on Scientology 'The war for earth has just begun!'
• Bus driver sacked for playing PSP Grand Theft Auto, naturally
• Fears for Balkans Eurovision war Musical flashpoint in Serbia-Montenegro
• Quark unveils new, new logo LogoWatch No 'uncanny' resemblance to Scottish Arts Council graphic

Science

• Aussies hit cane toads for six Howzat!
• Brain Academy 2006 launches geek hunt Precocious pubescents win prizes
• Earth may have 'infected' Titan with life Panspermia postulations
• Missing volcano worker 'presumed dead' 'No chance' of surviving NZ eruption
• South Korea sacks cloning prof Woo-suk says adios...
• The science behind the human guinea pig drug trial Two still critical and questions to answer

Security: Enterprise Security

• Forgotten password clues create hacker risk Crackers play battleships with user credentials

Security: ID

• Belgians implant RFID chip in tooth Absolutely dental
• MS lawsuits aim to reel in phishers Hook, line and sinker