23rd March 2006 Archive

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Code

• Borland CEO promises 'caring' IDE overlord Won't go Lex Luthor on ya'll
• IBM mulls support charges for Eclipse developers Where did they all go?

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Subversion versus Perforce Popular source code management tools go head to head

Comms

• BT targets broadband hogs 4,000 face the chop
• Pipex buys Caudwell's fixed line phone biz One million punters and counting

Comms: Mobile

• 3 cracks open bubbly after winning O2 court case O2 mulling appeal
• Mobile TV nightmare Window of opportunity smaller than your phone screen
• O2 recalls incendiary X1 Phone spontaneously combusts

Comms: VoIP

• Wanadoo UK chalks up 150K VoIP users 'Telephony revolution'

Distribution

• Ingram flashes Sandisk to European dealers No flash-in-the-pan

Hardware: Data Networking

• Hackers put the futility back in Sun's grid utility DOS attack - or the Slashdot effect?
• Lucent fends off Ericsson for Riverstone Tripleplaytastic!
• NHS N3 network over hurdles Claims Granger

Hardware: Storage

• IBM and EMC move API goodwill to iSeries Symmetrix takes hold

Management: Financial News

• Dell embraces high-cost model with Alienware buy Opens AMD shop
• NEC accuses hungry, thirsty worker of stealing $300m A man has to eat
• PayPal goes mobile In brief Preps bills via text messaging
• Three Samsung DRAMers prepare for life behind bars A dirty dozen

Management: Public Sector

• Capita chairman quits over Labour loan row Reputation of Capita 'questioned'
• You open? We're Certified! Combatting technology lock-in in local government

Management: Small Biz

• UK.gov ditches home PC subsidies Who did they benefit anyway?

Music and Media

• £10,000 damages awarded for internet libel Mind your language
• Nature mag cooked Wikipedia study Britannica hits back at junk science
• MPs pick at ID threads Will industry lead gov by biometric nose?

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD confirms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ And dual-core Turions due early May, apparently
• Intel launches 3.73GHz Extreme dual-core Pentium Sssh! PEE 965 shipped quietly
• Nvidia fills out GeForce 7 line-up New 7300, 7600 models

News: Consoles

• Wireless stereo coming to PSP Bluetooth headphone adaptor, anyone?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Sony to ship Mac-compatible MiniDisc Walkman MZ-RH1 to let MDs be archived on computer

News: PCs

• Gateway updates all-in-one PC line with easy-open case Trusted Platform chip on board too

News: iPod

• BenQ exec claims Apple's iPhone 'definitely coming' Analysis Confirmation?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Black helicopter lands on eBay Longbow Apache, pre-owned, £49m
• Septuagenarian drag queen caught in the act Enough!
• World Cup live on your mobile Plus drop dead gorgeous DAB radios and kids' MP3 players

Reviews: Storage

• LaCie Skwarim 30GB pocket hard drive Review Is storage really this funky?

Science

• Engineers tweak scramjet Oz test set for Saturday
• European tech innovators honoured And the IST Prize goes to...
• NASA deploys satellite swarm How's the 'space weather'?

Security

• 'Firefox flaw wrecked my relationship' Sex, lies and browser bugs

Security: Enterprise Security

• 40,000 BP workers exposed in Ernst & Young laptop loss Exclusive Sun, IBM and Cisco welcome BP to club
• Microsoft sets Apple straight on security Do as I say, not as I do
• Sendmail flaw poses critical hacker risk Kill the messenger

Software: Operating Systems

• New mgt. please, demands star Microsoft blogger Heads must roll for Vista death march