20th April 2006 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Microsoft extends Visual Studio handout program Play now, pay later

Comms: Networks

• Ad watchdog mulls Carphone 'free broadband forever' complaints Broadband? Free? Forever?
• Police seek phone cable vandals High Wycombe unplugged

Comms: VoIP

• eBay ups revs but disappoints market VoIP turnover leaps
• Skype uses peer pressure defense to explain China text censorship Following orders and examples

Distribution

• Computer 2000 and Fujitsu climb into bed After scanning the room

Hardware: Data Networking

• Sewers used for laying cables Tide of filth

Hardware: Servers

• Linux team tells VMware and Xen to get their acts together Play nice and have a chat

Hardware: Storage

• EMC turns to storage of all things for Q1 growth Software story put on hold

Management: Financial News

• Cingular subscribes to higher Q1 revenue Waning ARPU
• Google sends mixed messages on China jackpot But earnings upright after wobble

Management: Public Sector

• CfH signs support deal Fujitsu Services takes up NHS challenge
• DCA contract merger unbalanced by Libra UK.gov's model contract slips
• Home Office finalises police IT plan £367m project gets 2010 end date

Management: Small Biz

• Ruling blurs meaning of an employee When is a contractor not a contractor?
• Umlaut does not make kitchens Germanic Dots an 'artistic device', Moben says

Music and Media

• US TV networks appeal after $4m FCC indecency clampdown United we stand...

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel ships ultra-low voltage Core Solos 5.5W Yonahs confirmed
• Intel to push BIOS replacement with 'Centrino 4' EFI to be used in 'Santa Rosa' reference boards
• Low-cost VT-free 65nm Pentium Ds to ship Q3? 2.8GHz PD 915 joins 925 on roadmap
• Rambus posts mixed Q1 results Sales up, expenses too

News: Consoles

• Sony cuts US PS2 price to $130 Hoping to attract more casual gamers

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• MSI preps handheld Freeview box Use it in your living room, use it on the move

News: Hi-Def

• HD DVD to outsell Blu-ray 2.5:1 in 2006 - report But 2007 is another matter

News: Mac

• 17in MacBook Pro to launch next week? High-end model NAB'd

News: PCs

• HP recalls 15,700 notebook batteries Overheating and fire hazard

News: iPod

• Chip maker's 'setback' points to major iPod revision Analysis Tacit confirmation of the iPhone?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• 420: the new number of the beast Black helicopters caught on CCTV
• Family orders TV online - with added snake Python surprise for e-shoppers
• Tom Jones and Monty Python join 419ers Lads from Lagos in recruitment blinder
• Woman builds house from scrap 747 Jumbo project

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Vulture chases Marathon runner round London Money for runnin' Hunts down cash for cancer research

R&R: Opinion

• Of privately-held firms (and why they are such bad press fodder) A bigger splash

Science

• Animal researchers call for support Online sign-up to back testing
• BBC climate project hit by bug SETI-style simulation hits the skids
• China bites back in transplant trade scandal Prisoners parts? Says Hu?

Science: Rise of the Machines

• Captain Cyborg acquires Dalek capability Kiddies menaced by Davrotic university prof

Security

• Lax approach to mobile security People, not technology, to blame
• Stop the bots Knock 'em off, but do it the right way
• We're winning the war against hackers Security pros are cooking on gas

Software: Applications

• Opera 9 beta debuts Widgets and BitTorrent headline new release

Software: Operating Systems

• Red Hat CEO likens Oracle to US car manufacturer Let's get personal