19th April 2006 Archive

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Code: Scripting

• Nokia examining AJAX Script this

Comms: Mobile

• Reg reader in exploding phone charger drama Three year-old son hit by Sony Ericsson debris
• Companies unite against EU's broadcast laws With friends like these...
• Hilton flogs herself to mobile gamers Always have Paris
• Mobile web access on the up 'No longer a novelty'

Comms: Networks

• Global broadband population to double by 2010 Amazing
• Ofcom fudges consumer protection 0870 rip-off to continue until 2008
• Ofcom launches probe into E7even Reacts to customer complaints

Comms: VoIP

• UPC picks Nortel for VoIP Triple play ahoy!

Hardware: Servers

• IBM pushes mainframe goodness downstream Fresh mid-sized box
• Start-up turns VMware, Xen and MS hetero Cassatt puts the X in cross virtualization

Information: Knowledge

• She should get out more Comment And the winner is...all our suppliers

Management: Financial News

• Apple acknowledges Intel hiccup Wanted: Universal Binaries
• Intel fingers slow PC sales for rough Q1 AMD forgotten
• Microsoft loses battle for court docs US backs EC...
• Profits edge down at booming Moto Bullish outlook
• Sage walks away from Visma Private equity wins again
• Yahoo! earnings! slow! New Year hangover

Management: IT Director

• Jobs rise signals 'turnaround' in US IT sector A 'good news' story? On The Reg?

Music and Media

• Brown may tax TV quiz channels Bell tolls for ring-in quizzes
• No2ID plans passport protest to scupper ID cards Drive Home Office nuts in May
• Supremes won't hear Falwell appeal Gay gripe site stays up

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD 'to bring forward' Socket AM2 launch CPUs, chipsets and mobos ready to go, apparently

News: Mac

• Apple updates Intel-based Mac firmware Fixes remain a mystery
• MacBook Pro GPU underclocked, report claims Thermally challenged?

News: Media players

• Philips tries to block ad-blocking You will watch these sponsorship messages

News: PCs

• Gateway 12.1in laptop sports unannounced Intel CPU Core Solo U1300 makes first public appearance

News: Phones

• Germans to get pay-by-phone public transport Bus tickets today, cash payments tomorrow?

News: Useless... but Cool

• Samsung lauds 'fastest, biggest' MMCmicro card But when will it ship?
• Wurtlizer hip to the iPod beat Dock-sporting jukebox announced
• Zspire touts stealth-like mouse Coffin-shaped for confidence?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Mafia boss undone by clumsy crypto Little Caesar

Reseller

• Fasthosts ups reseller programme Needs more resellers

Security: Anti-Virus

• GRISOFT bolsters AVG with anti-malware purchase As CRYPTOCard merges with WhiteHat

Security: Spam

• Oz nails its first spammer Fair dinkum

Services

• HCL breaks billion dollar barrier $250m in last quarter

Software: Applications

• SAP exec rules out Oracle-like acquisition binge Work hard for your money
• SAP rallies ISVs to own community Extending the platform