9th May 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Sugababes go mobile!! Revolving door social housing girlband hawk mobile TV doc

Comms: Networks

• A neutral net is a neutered net? Verizon waves the shroud
• Ofcom fudge fails to protect consumers from mis-selling 'Cannot guarantee any of the information'

Hardware: Servers

• Bill Coleman's $1bn gamble Into the Valley Checking in with Cassatt
• Microsoft man's shadow over bankrupt SGI Analysis Belluzzo era left few options
• Open source gang forms to battle IBM, BMC and CA Will talk Big Blue into submission

Hardware: Storage

• NetApp guns for EMC and HP Undercuts rivals

Management: Financial News

• Northerners love shopping online Maybe it ain't so grim up north after all
• NTL confirms 6,000 job losses Yesterday it was just 'speculation', staff told
• TfL shelves Oyster e-money Reconsiders 'uneconomical' plan

Management: IT Director

• Geeks imperiled by e-thrombosis E-economy class syndrome
• Intel axes Glasgow labs First for the chopping block?
• Women still vexed over IT pay gap 'Never mind love, stick the kettle on'

Management: Public Sector

• EDS's RAF pay system struggles to take off Exclusive Services' shared services need servicing

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• SOA skills attract higher salaries The path to riches?

Market News

• VAT scams 'cost UK £5bn' in last fiscal year - claim HMRC says 'No way'

Music and Media

• German internet cannibal sentenced to life Techie meat is murder

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI sued over HDCP compliance claims Company misled consumers, lawsuit alleges
• Chip sales to grow 10% in 2006 Bumper year forecast as demand for electronics soars
• Nvidia to launch nForce 500 chipsets this month Debut coming 23 May, apparently

News: Consoles

• Dual-CPU Linux games console to ship this month GP2X pitched at music, movie fans too
• Sony confirms 60GB hard drive for PS3 Unveils old-look, new-tech controller

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Sony sets up summer photo printer line-up Dye-sublimation

News: Networking

• BitTorrent to sell Warner movie downloads P2P company goes commercial

News: PCs

• T-Mobile UK ships 'Super 3G' data card But no commercial HSDPA service...

News: Phones

• Pantech fingers writing for faster phone texting Digital technology
• T-Mobile UK says 'no' to VoIP Try it and we may chuck you off the network, warns carrier

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Tom Cruise sues for TomCruise.com Little Tom has big fight on his hands

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Readers stuff Peppers Letters Little sympathy for sobbing rockers

On the Job: Salary and Employment

• Team Three Pair, the return Reviewing the development plan

Reseller

• Oracle and CC eye ISVs And open a showroom

Reviews: Storage

• Maxtor Shared Storage Plus NAS box Review An easy-to-use networked back-up drive for home or the office

Science: Biology

• Do pheromones work in human sexual attraction? Vomeronasal organ: dead or alive?
• Jellyfish: nature's quickest on the draw Even faster than Rolf Harris

Science: Space

• Dim galactic dwarves lurk around Milky Way Dark matters

Security

• Stealing cars: have laptop, will travel It could be yours in just 20 mins

Security: Anti-Virus

• McAfee warns over Apple virus risk Reasons to be fearful, part II

Security: Enterprise Security

• Botnet master jailed for five years Resident Evil
• Museum unscrambles secret agency's past Inside the NSA But recent activity still matter of national security, natch

Security: ID

• Why faking fingerprints with toe prints is a bad idea Jamaican jailed after failing to fool US customs

Software

• Sage sales leap in H1 Buys yet another business

Software: Applications

• Microsoft develops new SOA acronym for financial services IVCAFs IBM and Gartner
• Microsoft sets Live Messenger Beta free Cutting the cord

Software: Operating Systems

• Windows Vista - not so clear after all And you thought Clippy was annoying