12th April 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Sun opens modeling tools Eclipse 'just 'ain't that good'

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Higgins: an API for identity A long tail

Comms: Mobile

• World Cup Mobile TV - will anyone be watching? Handsets delay kick-off

Comms: Networks

• Carphone clarifies '40 gigabit' download limit You say tuh-may-doh, we say toe-mah-toe
• Carphone talks tough on LLU deadline Analysis Get it right - or else
• Green.tv in the pink after promising launch Way to go
• Plusnet intros new 'consultancy' helpline 'Not afraid of change'
• Plusnet suffers LLU wobble Customers unbundled

Comms: VoIP

• Skype blows $27m on VoIP firms Something for the future

Hardware: Servers

• Morse signs network processors Azul gets UK friend
• Opteron carries AMD to banner Q1 Forgetting memory

Management: Financial News

• Oracle buys Portal Software Pays cash and everything...
• PayPal offers plastic Credit cards from eBay no longer dodgy...
• UK indies head for China British toons get space on SINA
• Visma knocks back Sage charms Fear of rejection?

Music and Media

• Disclaimers could make emails into contracts England's 400 year-old cyber signature law
• Surveillance at a crossroads CCTV Time to take stock?

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Website confuses Athlon XP with Pentium III Ye olde AMD and Intel CPUs separated at birth?

News: Hi-Def

• TDK at work on 200GB Blu-ray Disc Will quadruple BD-R capacity

News: Mac

• Apple readying multi-coloured MacBooks? Or maybe just iPod black and white...
• Asus to make MacBook with AU Optronics LCDs - report Rumour mill grinds on

News: PCs

• Ads watchdog bites PC World But with rubber teeth?
• Asus Lamborghini 'supernote' spec not so super? More expensive than expected too

News: Phones

• Aston Martin revs £940 Nokia 8800 handset Vantage point
• T-Mobile exposes Robbie Williams Walkman phone Offers protection, lots of love and affection, and moderately decent GPRS tariffs...

News: Useless... but Cool

• Buffalo to bring 'reincarnated floppy disk' to Japan Follows Memorex, Verbatim

News: iPod

• JVC pushes play on female-friendly MP3 players Blokey colours on offer too

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Coke-smuggling granny jailed for eight years Cunning garden gnome plan goes awry

On the Job: Salary and Employment

• A walk on the Dark side Imagine Cup Three Pair meet ICU consultant Paul Dark

PC Builder

• Enta signs Connect 3D They do graphics cards

R&R: Opinion

• More on databases in academia Can I tread on your blue suede shoes?

Reviews: Phones

• Linksys CIT200 cordless Skype handset Review Talk while you walk

Science

• US to deploy RPG-busting 'force field' Classified Israeli tech bound for Iraq

Science: Biology

• Evolution fightback continues at Royal Society Creationism in the classroom under fire
• Nutt plots downfall of booze No, no, thrice NO!

Science: Space

• Russian bear plots Mars mission Space race: the rematch?

Security

• Chinese PC makers told to install legal OS No naked PCs...

Security: Enterprise Security

• MS releases long-awaited IE fix Cumulative update fixes 10 browser flaws

Security: ID

• Miaow to kitten-based authentication Fun but less than purrfect

Software: Applications

• MS SQL Server man lets betas have it CTP or bust
• Users turn to second-hand Microsoft licences One careful owner