22nd May 2006 Archive

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Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Good times with Apache Fancy a trip to ApacheCon in Dublin?

Comms: Mobile

• .mobi domain opens for business Landrush
• BenQ Siemens readies Q-Fi music phone Touts EF71's surround sound speakers, ten-band equaliser
• DoCoMo deal opens i-Mode world to Windows Media Bypasses OMA digital rights management gateway
• ERG offers alternative to European mobile roaming price cap Calls for wholesale regulation
• Motorola looks to accelerate moves to open source Java Steps offer promise of unified J2ME environment
• O2 finds World Cup friend Football365 in your pocket
• T-Mobile cuts World Cup roaming charges Over the moon
• Verizon to ship $300 Motorola Q on 31 May BlackBerry-like smart phone arrives at last
• Voda Arcor sale off - report Mobile's love affair with fixed line continues

Hardware: Data Networking

• Firms waste billions on network over-design Who needs desktop Gigabit Ethernet anyway?

Management

• Five tips for employers to beat World Cup fever Flexibility could reap rewards
• Reputational risk Without reputation, you have no business

Management: IT Director

• EU self-flagellates over ICT strategy 'Not good enough'
• Technology 'misuse' leads to time-wasting at work So that explains why NTL:Telewest has yet to return our calls

Management: Public Sector

• Computers make you stupid, innit? Learning by numbers tethers kids' IQs

Market News

• Euronext confirms bid from NYSE And one from Deutsche Bourse

Music and Media

• Age Concern campaign to boost Silver Surfers Next up: meals on wheels for the Incredible Hulk
• Fortress Blair - PM bets on biometric ring of steel to 'fix' immigration Analysis Round up the usual foreigners...

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia ships Quadro FX 3500 Dell gets first shout at new workstation GPU

News: Consoles

• Nintendo DS Lite UK debut detailed iPod-like black and white models on offer

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• LG quietly launches 8GB music player No clickwheel, just a touch-sensitive OLED

News: Mac

• Re-enact great Jedi, Sith battles with... an Apple MacBook Dark side or light side

News: PCs

• MS unveils PC rental plan Pay-as-you-go computing for emerging markets

News: Phones

• LG shows slimline 2.2Mp camera phone But not as thin as Samsung's latest

News: iPod

• Griffin TuneFlex gets gratis cassette adaptor Got in-car iPod use taped?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Romeo proposes on Apple's NY store webcam Bless

Reviews: Cameras

• Pentax Optio W10 waterproof 6Mp camera Review Safe to use in the desert... and underwater

Science: Biology

• Doctor links solar flares to strokes These coronal mass ejections are doin' me bleedin' 'ead in
• Green groups sound alarm on synthetic biology Life 2.0 faces critics

Science: Space

• Can Hangar One hang on? Battle to save Silicon Valley icon
• New space telescope sends back test shots The universe in infrared

Security

• IM worm installs rogue browser Safety last

Security: Anti-Virus

• Trojan exploits unpatched Word vulnerability Real and present danger

Security: ID

• Biometric whitewash gathers pace Where there's cash there's a hash

Software: Applications

• Microsoft takes private action on pirate Busted pirate sued