5th April 2006 Archive

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Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Developers get busy with open source bugs How fast?

Comms: Mobile

• BT takes on cellcos in converged services for SMEs Launches Business Plan for Mobile
• EU caps may dent competition But cellcos brought it on themselves: Reding
• Samsung SGH-Z320i 3G i-mode mobile phone Review O2's first 3G i-mode combi phone

Comms: Networks

• BT broadband punters must register for 8 meg upgrade First come, first served
• BT silent on 'green goo' results Readers finger giant maggots for mess
• Verizon email blockade - rebate offered Europeans, Asians need not apply

Distribution

• Unipalm adds to security offering Network Engines get the nod

Hardware: Servers

• Intel and Red Hat team for speed And celebrate increase in resellers
• Unisys sets LinuxWorld alight Literally

Hardware: Storage

• Intel, EMC eye up SMB storage Marriage of convenience begets new kit

Lifecycle: Execute

• IBM takes different track on SOA Resetting the hype?

Management: Financial News

• NY Times administers coup de grâce to crippled website Death by a thousand gimmicks
• Dixons ditches the High Street Brand will live online only
• EC calls time on internet betting bans First step of investigation
• Mastercare to be folded into DSGi Insiders fear job losses
• MLB.com hands baseball to Microsoft As American as a software monopoly
• Overseas credit card purchases are protected Appeal court ruling good news for consumers

Management: Small Biz

• IBM and Novell go after SMBs Watch out small biz...

Music and Media

• Negroponte defends the hundred dollar laptop One laptop per child...
• Net neutrality bid fails Again
• NHTCU disappears into SOCA New crime busting agency to be more effective...or not?
• P2P radio now free Legit music sharing service revamped

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Hitachi readies high-density desktop hard drives CE-oriented versions too
• Intel 'Conroe' pricing leaks out Pentium D 9xx price cut claims confirmed
• VIA preps single-chip C7, Eden chipset CX700 pitched at embedded roles

News: Consoles

• Lucent sues Microsoft in Xbox 360 patent clash Alleges IP infringement, seeks damages

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• NEC spotlights 'brightest' semi-reflective LCD yet Super screen tech for PSPs, PDAs, iPods etc, company claims

News: Mac

• Apple blesses Windows XP on Macs Boot Camp download makes installation more easy

News: iPod

• UK retailer claims Bluetooth iPod imminent Accessory after the fact

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Clash fan nicked Terror profiling finds punk...
• Crackpot satnav route leads to 100ft cliff North Yorkshire road of death
• One-legged sexagenarian in car chase crash-and-burn Jail possible
• Tripe is absolutely offal: official Tops UK crap food poll

Odds and Sods: Letters

• EU beats MS with jewel-encrusted PDA Letters Reg hack also takes a shoeing

R&R: Opinion

• New style reviews Making product reviews more useful and interactive

R&R: Stob

• Skunkworks roundup Stob It's a far, far beta thing

Science

• LSD appeal for cash global consciousness Hofmann's mates want another party
• US Senators edge toward carbon cutting consensus Heel-dragging committee gets industry kick up the behind

Science: Biology

• Final drug trial victim out of the woods As placebo man balks at follow-ups

Science: Physics

• Jesus's 'walk on water' illusion exposed? A different kind of Bible bashing

Security

• Spitzer blitzes adware Popup suit
• Trojan-powered scam network dismantled Malware à la carte

Security: Anti-Virus

• Infected Windows PC? Just nuke it Forget repairing virus infected systems, says MS security manager
• Virus writers at war Rival gangs and security industry both under attack

Security: ID

• More accurate on the eye Iris scan tech improves but other biometrics still unreliable

Software: Applications

• Negroponte tells software industry to slim down That includes you, Gates

Software: Operating Systems

• From Boot Camp to Legacy API? An Apple timeline Analysis Developers, developers, developers...