27th April 2006 Archive

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Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• God's gift to C Crossing platforms with Apache Portable Runtime

Comms: Mobile

• Fixed-mobile market to hit $28bn by 2011 But FMC 'more exciting for operators than consumers'

Comms: Networks

• BT Ireland quits LLU talks 'Frustrated' by Eircom's lack of progress
• Ireland slips down e-readiness rankings But Europe still dominates
• Wanadoo's Orange makeover edges closer Yet another paint job

Distribution

• Bell sees profit from Europe Lost in translation

Hardware: Servers

• Computer energy use under scrutiny Wind-up or solar powered PCs?
• Judge Cooke questions EC settlement Europe vs MS Day four: Patents, protocols and intellectual property
• Judge Cooke turns up the heat on Commission MS v EC Day four: Tough questions or tough love?
• Samba speaks as commission interveners cut in MS v EC Day four: more interoperability

Lifecycle: Execute

• Feel the width Quality? Wossat, then?

Management: Financial News

• Colt narrows losses Revs flat
• Vodafone Japan completes sale That's it

Management: IT Director

• Warning! Computers can cripple you Make sure office work is not a pain in the neck

Music and Media

• Chinese net journo on 'subversion' rap Faces possible 15 years' jail

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI shows strong Q1 chipset sales growth Intel less fortunate
• Intel's 'Broadwater' GPU to support Shader Model 4.0 Vertex shading to be done in hardware at last
• Man clocks Pentium Extreme to 5GHz Gas-cooled 65nm Intel Extreme Edition 965, anyone?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Casio unveils 10.1Mp anti-shake digicam Very fast too, company claims

News: PCs

• Asus to ship luxury leather laptop next month S6F hand-finished in coloured cowhide
• Intel 'Centrino 4' to drive desktop demand? 'Santa Rosa' to boost small form-factor PC take up
• Rock readies D&D limited edition laptop Roll a 4d20 and add a Centrino Platform+1

News: Phones

• Nokia debuts N series trio Shoot movies, listen to music, make occasional calls

News: Storage

• Seagate unveils 750GB external HDD Perpendicular product

News: Useless... but Cool

• Koreans unveil speech-recognising digital doggie Dog bytes man

News: iPod

• Samsung chip to power upcoming Flash iPods Chip maker lauds design win

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Asda launches chavved-up sweets for mingers A rival to Lovehearts? Whatever
• Da Vinci Code judge floats own crypto conspiracy Holy judgment hides secret messages
• Flag of St George declared English icon Tearful citizens break into Jerusalem

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• How to make your own World Cup single Tech Digest Sod Embrace. Create your own terrace anthem
• Snoop Dogg entourage 'runs riot' at Heathrow Updated Shows battling supermodels how it's done

R&R: Opinion

• Persecuted by Tuesdays Sun's SOA messes with time
• Postcard from Orlando Strange what you can find in Florida

Security: Anti-Virus

• AV firms rubbish MS Vista security claims Infosec 'It's just cr*p'

Security: Enterprise Security

• Security pros give VoIP the brush-off Infosec V for vulnerability
• UK.gov pioneers secure Linux to contain breaches Infosec Return of the Mac

Security: ID

• BBC mulls database of kids Blue Peter's got your number
• BitLocker gives dual-boot systems the elbow Infosec Vista security feature is 'anti-Linux'

Security: InfoSec

• Early days of dial-up hacking recalled Infosec blog Nostalgia ain't what it used to be

Software

• Golden Gate opens up for Systems Union Bid comes via Bidco

Software: Applications

• MySQL critical of 'crippled' closed-source databases Friend, enemy, lover