24th May 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• BT gives police mobile access to databases 'ello, 'ello, 'ello
• Digital fever sweeps UK as World Cup looms Britain tops Converging Media index
• First pictures of the $100 laptop In a range of colours...
• Microsoft puts on mobile SideShow WinHEC An LCD pipe to your precious data
• Qualcomm sues Nokia - again This time in the English High Court

Comms: Networks

• BT creates 1,300 new jobs Upgrading the network
• BT's 'honeymoon period' nearing end Patience running out
• Email problems snag Legend Internet Hardware failure blamed
• Evolution Broadband pulls service 'No longer accepting new customers'
• Fine phone slammers, says TSI Industry told to 'clean up its act'

Comms: VoIP

• Vonage shares hit the NYSE Trading down...

Comms: Wireless

• Ofcom proposes first come first served spectrum sale We'll never run out of this stuff

Distribution

• Tech Data profits evaporate Ouch...

Hardware: Servers

• Gates puts the hype into hypervisor WinHEC Microsoft shows off its server virtualisation platform
• Sun stuns server market in Q1 with sales spike IBM and HP hold, while Dell drops

Information: Knowledge

• BI tools - certainly not commoditised Comment An about turn in BI

Management: Financial News

• PartyGaming founders quit board Cash in chips, throw in hands and leave the table

Management: IT Director

• Accenture denies responsibility for payments failure 'Component in the jigsaw, but not the whole picture'
• Securities trading desks adopt IM But prejudice could slow uptake

Management: Public Sector

• Home Office to cull Criminal Record Bureau agents Outsourcing blame after ID snafus

Music and Media

• Are 3500 German eDonkey file sharers really facing criminal prosecution? Should you be scared?
• Six startups from the Web 2.0 swamp Mistah Kurtz - he's alive!

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Japanese boffins build breakthrough brain-machine interface Works without surgery, training

News: Mac

• Firms punt Mac-friendly TV, PVR boxes Oddly, analogue only

News: Phones

• O2 readies 'Super 3G' XDA Trion PDA phone i-mate to offer it as the JasJam too?

News: iPod

• Apple, Nike partner to produce iPod pumps Trainers that talk back

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Review: Ion USB Turntable Tech Digest Your vinyl collection goes digital

R&R: Books

• A Java - .NET 'welding' course Book review How to join the two leading environments

Reseller

• Dell holds nose and tries retail Dallas and New York get shops

Reviews

• Reg Hardware's Critical Mass Review Round-up Review Round-up

Science: Biology

• Indian government moves to protect vultures Thank you so much

Security: Enterprise Security

• MS advises users to play safe with Word Duck and cover
• Skype bug lets 'buddies' swipe files A Windows special

Security: Spam

• Carders scam spammers Philching
• MSN Billing Phisher jailed for 21 months Small fry

Software: Applications

• BEA takes JBoss and Sun to task on open source Doing it my way

Software: Operating Systems

• Ballmer lets slip Vista slip Slip of tongue or schedule?
• Gates rolls out the Beta 2s WinHEC Bill's busy day in Seattle as he lays out his 2007 stalls