15th May 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Five ways to watch the World Cup on the move Tech Digest There's no escape this time...
• Verizon Wireless closes in on Voda stake It could be yours (for $48bn + debt)

Comms: Networks

• AOL Germany for sale? Looking for new investments
• C&W bosses in line for massive payday Fat cats to lap-up CWeam
• Hospital phone charges 'extortionate' say patients It's enough to make you sick
• Police probe BT break-in Telecoms kit nicked
• Telewest scores HDTV deal for World Cup On me 'ead, son

Distribution

• DCC results coming up rosy Recovers from rubbish first half
• Fayrewood AGM: warning on profits But not all bad news...

Hardware: Servers

• Sun's storage boss offloaded in reorg Server shuffle too

Hardware: Storage

• CA catches z/OS data for encryption IBM left as the Betamax of mainframe tape crypto?

Information: Knowledge

• Business Objects extends further into infrastructure Looks to take on the big boys in EIM

Management: IT Director

• Indian employee database to be mandatory Staff representation negligible

Management: Public Sector

• RAF admin system takes off Stand-by for debriefing

Market News

• RM talks tough market RM reports: could do better

Music and Media

• DoJ intervenes in 'warrantless' wiretapping lawsuit Secrets and lies
• Ireland, Oz and NZ top world loneliness index Brentford also nucleus of human misery
• McDonald's wants to fatten Asians on Web 2.0 Yeeeer of de dock!

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Chinese academic fired for 'faking' chip designs Chips didn't work as claimed, if at all, probe alleges
• Corsair confirms Nvidia's nForce 590 SLI New DIMMs made with auto-overclocking in mind
• Hitachi touts notebook-oriented 'drive of steel' Best perpendicular recording around, company claims
• Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT surfaces Board-partner announcements begin
• Nvidia silently ships GeForce 7900 GS Four fewer pixel processors than the 7900 GT?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Casio preps 'highest' power density portable fuel cell Runs four times longer than a standard notebook battery, apparently

News: PCs

• Sony set to unveil UMPC? Vaio UX spec seems a little too good to be true...
• Sony to ship 17in Blu-ray Vaio next month? AR11S makes its appearance on dealers' lists

News: Phones

• Motorola sees red for Bono's AIDS charity Red SLVR ships with Edge support?
• Pantech ships iPod-like phone PG-3600V sports 'revolutionary' clickwheel

News: Smartphones

• Palm launches Palm OS Treo 700 in US Is the 700p UK-bound?

News: iPod

• SoftBank denies Apple iPhone partnership Media speculation, nothin more, firm claims

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Carnivores spit roast veggieromance.com Mad cow eaters stampede censorous soy-based lonely hearts

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Football vigilante tackles air rage vixen WSA Red card for Swedish supermodel

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Create improved human, win prizes Competition Reg goodies up for grabs

R&R: Opinion

• Refactoring and Smalltalk A sexy new name for 'design'

Reviews: Cameras

• Kodak EasyShare V610 6Mp camera Review

Science: Biology

• Bill Gates builds massive booze factory If you've got it, spend it
• Blair backs animal testing petition Campaigners blast 'hugely irresponsible' stance
• What was wrong with the 'bubble boy'? Life inside a bubble suit

Security

• Botnet implicated in click fraud scam Google Adword abuse

Security: Enterprise Security

• Apple updates to defend against OS, app and QuickTime flaws Take that, Windows
• US man jailed for hacking supervisor's PC DoE hacker learns hard lesson

Security: ID

• Cab drivers lecturing on lawsuits A taxi driver writes The flat pavement syndrome

Security: Spam

• Is this the dullest spam ever? Dunno. Don't care

Software

• UK lawyers net £19m from software piracy case Nice work if you can get it