10th May 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Orange pips O2 for 3 roaming deal O2 squeezed out by Orange
• Sky teams up with MediaFlo for mobile TV trial Tech Digest HD on your phone? Don't rule it out
• Vodafone bets on pocket casinos Blackjack, poker and scratchcards

Comms: Networks

• Premium rate complaints dip To find out more, phone 090...
• Totem Communications goes titsup Telco continues to trade as receivers move in

Hardware: Servers

• AMD VP sees more Opteron growth and a Dell win Into the Valley Time to chump Intel
• Video systems in an IT environment Book review The essentials of professional networked media

Hardware: Storage

• Scientists call on water power for future storage Nanomagnetism
• Symantec rejigs Veritas line-up Kilroy not involved

Management: Financial News

• Cisco stock options crimps Q3 earnings Less than bullish for Q4
• German ISP snaps up UK's Fasthosts 'Business as usual'
• The worse Google gets, the more money it makes? Comment Microsoft once tragedy, twice farce

Management: IT Director

• Careless computing costs 'leccy not lives Top 200 firms wasting £61m
• Firm sues dismissed worker over lost profits iPod 'addict' under fire from aggressive lawsuit

Market News

• World Cup gives hope to DSG Bring it on

Music and Media

• BPI prepared to discuss ripping CDs Discuss, legalise - different...
• Google accused of profiting from child porn Promotes illegal content, legislator claims
• Illegal internet gambling soars in the US People flocking online for a flutter
• Judge greenlights extradition of 'Pentagon hacker' Home Secretary to consider case

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• FB-DIMM server memory approved as standard But for now it's darned expensive
• Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT coming next week? Set to bring eight pixel pipelines and SLI to the 7300 series

News: Consoles

• Xmas debut for Xbox 360 HD DVD drive Microsoft still silent on HDMI/HDCP support

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Mio preps stylish GPS, DMB-equipped PMP Satellite TV and route-planning

News: MP3 players

• Sony Connect Player problems fixed by SonicStage update Jukebox software remixed

News: Mac

• MacBook launch 'delayed a week' Apple's still stockpiling new notebooks, report claims

News: PCs

• Alienware unveils first Go 7900-series SLI notebooks

News: Phones

• Nokia trots out jogger-friendly phone On-board pedometer

News: Useless... but Cool

• Kowon readies anti-glance LCD glasses Now no one else can see what you're watching...

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Reg reader traumatised by MS Live Messenger paradox Download feedback loop

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Swarm of Angels circle Cinema 2.0 Future of filmmaking or just Baloney 2.0™?

R&R: Opinion

• Struggling to attend Borland's Developer Studio Roadshow David runs late

Reseller

• DiData shows strong interims SA-based reseller sees numbers head North
• Southern IT sellers earn 20% more North/South divide
• Unsolicited offer made for Matrix Comms Chairman warns shareholders

Science: Biology

• Why doesn't my belly button heal over? Navel gazing
• Women fancy blokes who like kids: official The butcher the better

Science: Space

• NASA opens hi-res Earth photo album The 'blue marble' in all its glory

Security

• Petrol-pump thieves go hi-tech System bypass

Security: Enterprise Security

• Exchange flaw poses 'worm risk' Two critical fixes herald MS Patch Tuesday

Services

• KPN signs Logica for HR Four year deal for 20,000 staff

Software: Applications

• Novell uses numbers against Microsoft Band plays on