23rd May 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• JavaCC: Don't talk back Implementing a parser-analyser

Comms: Mobile

• Phones4u wins passing off appeal against phone4u Use of name 'caused deception'
• Staff at 4uBusiness 'leaving in droves' Caudwell Group confirms merger plans
• Vodafone gives corporate merry go-round a spin Non-exec board member: nice work if you can get it
• World's most expensive mobile number is 666 6666 Beastly number auctioned for charity

Hardware: Servers

• HP renews Xeon server charge ProLiants armed with Intel's latest
• Intel ships dual-core Xeon DP 5000 series Updated 'Dempsey' paves the way for 'Woodcrest'
• Microsoft promises bright, complex virtualization future Viridian lurches forward

Management: Financial News

• Administrators go in at Supanet Grant Thornton heads to Burnley ISP
• EMI profits up on iPod factor Digital means dollars...
• Execs back $2.4bn Eircom buy-out Danon in line for chairman's job
• Intel inks out India PC plans Full steam on World Ahead
• Sage smashes into China Buys into Malaysia too
• Tech companies fingered by SEC share option probe Delving deeper

Management: IT Director

• BSA urges government to fight software pirates Lobby fodder
• Seagate to lay off 6,000 workers Headcount to be cut as company absorbs Maxtor
• US veterans' data exposed after burglary Old soliders' data never dies - it just gets taken away

Music and Media

• Chinese media culls undesirable characters Down to a mere 900 pictographs
• Kazaa's P2P libel suit threatens to mute Canadians Valley Justice Silence is golden
• Scottish nationalists on privacy rap Connery calls over the line

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD extends Athlon 64 CPU lines Firm intros 4000+, 5000+, FX-62
• ATI provides pointer to Intel's 'Allendale' Conroe/Merom with half the cache, anyone?
• ATI unveils SB600 South Bridge Ethernet? What's Ethernet?
• Nvidia delays GeForce 7950 GX2 debut? Quad SLI part's launch put back a week for Computex
• VIA touts own chipsets' Socket AM2 suitability Boards AMD's latest bandwagon

News: Consoles

• Sony 'unlikely' to offer 20GB PS3 in UK HDMI-equipped 60GB model only?

News: PCs

• Samsung to sell PCs with Flash drives next month HDD-less

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Lean, mean Intel hands out race cars to the press Cutting costs one gewgaw at a time

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Sky vs Telewest HD showdown Tech Digest TV, TV on the wall, who's the highest def of all?

On the Job: Salary and Employment

• Thirty seven build runs later... Imagine Cup Three Pair and the development lifecycle

Reseller

• HP sweeties for pet partners That's what it says, anyway

Reviews

• Nvidia nForce 500 Socket AM2 chipset series Preview A new AMD Socket, a new Nvidia chipset...

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD Socket AM2, Athlon 64 FX-62 Review AMD finally moves to DDR 2, but was the wait worthwhile?

Science

• Scientists build caramel-powered margarine-making fuel cell Cadbury's E. coli hydrogen fermenter

Science: Biology

• The Novelist vs The Futurologist Competition Steel cage match: John Updike mauls Kevin Kelly

Security

• Judge approves Sony rootkit settlement New Dido live CD? Yes please!

Security: ID

• PGP creator offers VoIP crypto to Windows users Zfone reignites privacy debate

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft loses South Korea appeal Still appealing to high court though...