4th May 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Orange UK to axe 2,000 jobs They'll be treated with 'respect and dignity' though
• Trolltech sees a billion Linux phones Qtopian visions

Comms: Networks

• AOL still on the slide Customers and revenues fall
• BT exchange reopens after asbestos scare Backlog clears
• NZ ordered to increase broadband competition LLU given green light

Hardware

• 'Buy our PCs or founder,' Dell tells nations WCIT Survival of the Dellest
• Biting the legacy bullet Sometimes you have to call time
• IT spend failing to support UK.biz BCS book fingers business shortcomings
• SecurID takes backseat in Windows Vista Death of passwords postponed

Hardware: Servers

• Sun sues Azul, using Tremblay Gambit Check Marc, Java boys
• US in open source backlash WCIT Think of the children

Management

• Microsoft expected to buy Massive Move may trigger in-game advertising chase

Management: Financial News

• MS throws hat into paid-search engine ring adCenter squares up to Google and Yahoo!

Management: Public Sector

• Muni Wi-Fi KO'd by wrong kind of hills, trees, rain Who knew?
• Schools fail to renew ageing PCs But pupil to computer ratio falls
• Teachers strike threat over kid's mucky snap Pesky camera phones

Music and Media

• Apple sues itself in the foot (again) Legals gun for deep links
• French court drops DRM interoperability provision Fairplay
• Full-up Google choking on web spam? Buddy, can you spare a server?
• Gates: 'We'll keep Google honest' Homeboy Bill
• Please don't download our album, sob Red Hot Chilis Emotional appeal for more riches
• Woman eBays groping slimeball's jacket How not to pick up women in Chicago

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI Radeon X1900 GT slips out early Week ahead of time
• Intel asks judge to dismiss AMD complaint AMD vs Intel Overseas sales not a matter for the US court, chip giant claims
• VESA completes DVI successor DisplayPort 1.0 finalised

News: Consoles

• June US debut for Nintendo DS Lite iPod-like trim
• Neuros tells PSP users 'don't run firmware 2.7' Video playback breakdown

News: Hi-Def

• Sky names HD launch day But Telewest/NTL gets Lost and Desperate Housewives in high def
• Sony delays Blu-ray Disc movie launch First titles out in June, not May

News: Mac

• Early MacBook Pros hit by battery glitch? Charge plunges for some users

News: PCs

• Toshiba pegs laptop refunds on England World Cup win Offers 66% off purchase price

News: Phones

• ATI, Nokia converge on phone multimedia Heralds major Imageon design win?

News: Smartphones

• RIM countersues Visto over patent spat Demands non-infringement ruling

News: iPod

• Apple heads for new carrier collision Wireless iPod patent uncloaked

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH 2006: Lock, stock and barrel Episodes 1-10

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Wayne Rooney 'hits roof' over fiancée's txt from '5am' 'Who's this Sam?'

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Chris Eccleston linked to remake of The Prisoner I am not a Time Lord, I am a free man

R&R: Opinion

• If software vendors made everything else Comment Atishoo atishoo, who cares if it falls down
• Sonic ESB chosen for BT Integrate More endorsement for the ESB

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Ageia PhysX physics accelerator chip Review Very special effects?

Science: Biology

• Democrats push for action on stem cell bill Request prompt Senate debate

Science: Physics

• QIT: quantum hope or quantum hype? Certain uncertainty surrounds quantum information technology
• Scientists moot Romulan-style cloaking device Cunning 'anomalous localised resonance' plan

Security

• Blue Security offloads DoS attack onto blogs Junk mail registry cops flak

Security: Anti-Virus

• Bot software looks to improve peerage P2P botnets will be 'hard to stop'
• Kazakh heavy metal virusmonger avoids jail Slapped wrist for axe man
• Traumatised email servers mark Love Bug anniversary Six years ago today

Security: ID

• FTC sues over mobile phone records sale No-questions-asked trade outrage

Software

• Borland axes fifth of workforce 300 to go