12th May 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Scripting and services top Sun software chief's list Interview Pastures Green

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Hands on with Microsoft Team System Is integration sometimes tighter than you’d like?

Comms: Mobile

• BT batphone to be repackaged for big biz Holy Fusion
• O2 and Telefonica cut roaming charges 'Bout time, too
• O2 explores fixed line options Punters want converged services, says cellco

Comms: Networks

• Homechoice yet to hit play on network roll-out plans On hold or not?
• Tiscali UK joins millionaire broadband club Presses on with LLU

Management: Financial News

• MSN Europe re-loads Loudeye/OD2 for digital music Handy, given song seller's shift away from US

Management: IT Director

• Indian IT firms look for data security chief Employee database ain't enough
• Software asset management becomes an ISO standard Good practice benchmark set

Management: Public Sector

• Councillor barred for slating IT dept 'You are the servants', said former Captain
• DfT unaware of IT payout What £25m, sir?

Market News

• Euro judges back HMRC on VAT fraud But legit traders given lifeline

Music and Media

• Crusading veggies steamroll university into web censorship 'Why vegetarians should be force fed with lard'
• Digital music nirvana isn't impossible, it just takes longer DRM and network barons queer the pitch
• French concessions on DRM not enough for Apple Time for Le Crunch
• Justice Dept slams 'Machiavellian' Microsoft Monopoly's anti-trust compliance sucks - DoJ
• Microsoft playing waiting game against Google Patience, my pretty
• NSA data trawl furore Spy on the wire
• NZ 'definitely not for sale' Ocker* tries to flog God's Own on eBay
• Poll: 55% break copyright law Nation of thieving scumbags put hands up
• Russian MP3 sales site 'more popular in UK than Napster' Study claims AllofMP3.com second only to iTunes
• Teen accused of 'email bombing' faces retrial Case tests UK denial of service laws

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia posts record quarter Income down, though

News: Consoles

• Sony PS3 sports PSP-like user interface Multi-user ready, too
• Sony UK to ship white PSP next week Out on Monday, etailers suggest

News: Mac

• Product Red MacBook, iPod due Tuesday? Special edition Motorola SLVR certainly

News: PCs

• Dell unveils mutant XPS gaming PC X-Men movie tie-in

News: Phones

• Motorola finally ships iTunes phone in UK RAZR V3im brings jukebox app to Brits
• T-Mobile unveils England-backing World Cup phone Which is unpatriotic, considering it is German

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Oh look, Big Brother's back Tech Digest With secret celebs and golden tickets too

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Naked Natalie Portman fights for equal pay Letters The inverted pyramid paradox syndrome

Reviews: PCs

• Elonex Artisan VX Viiv media centre PC Review Viiv arrives in the UK

Science: Biology

• Celebrity monkey fans wowed by new genus Baboonacy
• Please don't floss with screwdrivers, dentists beg Shock survey revelations
• Stem cell 'fraud' scientist faces jail time Korean genetics debacle heads for court
• What's the best way to improve the human body? Bodily upgrade

Science: Space

• Neptune wooed Triton with magnetic charm Stole passing moon from close companion

Security

• Science you can sniff at? Analysis My police dog's got no nous...

Security: Enterprise Security

• The quest for ring zero 'One ring to rule them all...'

Security: ID

• Prison for privacy crooks ICO calls for clampdown on data black market
• Wells Fargo fesses up to data loss Lightning strikes twice for HP man

Security: Spam

• Kodak photo sharing service fined over spam campaign Not a pretty picture