3rd April 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• JBoss drools over Java business rules Updates to get ahead

Comms: Mobile

• Virgin Mobile heads for France You lucky people

Comms: Networks

• Be Broadband coughs to billing cock-up Then apologises for email snafu
• Pipex to kick off LLU migration Let's be careful out there

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco births 528-port giant Three-year gestation for 4Gbit/s baby
• Pipex unveils plans for UK wireless broadband service Hooks up with Intel

Hardware: Servers

• Fujitsu Siemens CTO: There's more to life than virtualisation There's provisioning as well
• Government backs Europe-beating supercomputer To the tune of £52m
• Microsoft starts supporting, er, Linux Forms gang with open source chum
• No garbage hassles as BT goes Azul New platform overcomes Java VM pausing problems
• XenSource looks to invade Windows base Course correction

Management: Financial News

• Download-only track hits number one The death knell for CD singles?
• MySpace takes down rude profiles Networking site smartens up
• NTL-Virgin Mobile tie-up expected soon...again Get on with it

Management: Public Sector

• NHS modernisation: 'Too much, too fast' Survey paints gloomy picture of reform
• UK FBI fights organised crime Drugs, fraud and ID theft top SOCA's crime-busting list

Music and Media

• Child porn investigators raid NASA Computer seized...
• Man charged over click fraud scheme Robot program takes FreeRide for a ride
• Microsoft patches IE after Eolas ruling Addresses compatibility issues
• UK police roll out mobile scanner psyops teams to railways Ministry of Symbolism hails massive haul of 68 knives

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI next-gen Theater Pro chip wins PCI-E SIG approval As does the RS600 integrated chipset

News: Consoles

• No worldwide Revolution launch? Games Digest Will Europe be last on the list again?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Borders finds shelf space for Sony electronic book Reader, I downloaded him
• Samsung UMPC to cost UK buyers £800 Q1 shipping on 1 June, apparently

News: Hi-Def

• Toshiba unveils world's first HD-DVD player Gets upper hand on rival Blu-ray

News: Media players

• More pay-to-own movie download services debut US consumers get a look-in

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Simpsons film begins production Take your marks, get set, D'oh
• Chinese communists protect virtual property Internet property not theft, unless you steal it
• Enigma machine hits €40,000 Not long to go now...
• Former Microsoft man plans space escape 'Please take Ballmer with you'

Reseller

• TUC welcomes Brown's budget rethink Bring back HCI

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Asus EN7600GT graphics card Review One of the first Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT-based cards out the door

Science

• Explorers stretch Nile by 66 miles Intrepid team fights way to source
• Iran test fires 'world's fastest' underwater missile 233mph 'Whale'
• Oz and China sign uranium deal Not for nuclear weapons, honest

Science: Biology

• The future of medicine: a load of old cobblers Family jewels promise stem cell breakthrough

Security: ID

• Anonymizer looks for gaps in Great Firewall of China Google workaround

Services

• Logicalis buys Alliance Consulting Southwest Adds 70 to headcount
• PFH buys CK Business Electronics 'Undisclosed event' hurries merger

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft claims breakthrough in Brussels It'll all be over by Christmas (unlike Vista)