26th May 2006 Archive

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Code

• BEA to go organic on SOA tools Déjà vu?

Comms

• Ofcom chief exec to quit Comment Sits Vacant

Comms: Mobile

• Cambodia bans 3G phones Mobile porn clampdown
• Italy to get mobile TV in time for World Cup But is it two systems or one?
• Mobiles now the target for developers For 'nomadic' think cellular, not tents and camels

Comms: Networks

• Viewers 'confused' by HDTV Do what?

Hardware: Servers

• z9 BC: A mainframe for the mid tier Specs released

Information

• Red Hat leans on JBoss for middleware Call in the management

Management: Public Sector

• Bichard reports widespread errors in Police data Still flakey after all these years

Management: Small Biz

• Dell Googles itself Tells Microsoft 'It's been great, but...'

Music and Media

• eBayer driven to edge by email quippery Web wags target defenceless car vendor
• Web 2.0 opens can of worms for Cork David and Goliath-style legal battle

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel to push Core 2 CPUs across the board Mainstream price-points targeted from day one

News: Hi-Def

• HD DVD to incorporate region-coding restrictions China to get own disc format too

News: PCs

• Dell launches XPS 700 gaming rig in UK New-look casing

News: Smartphones

• Danger Hiptop 3 pic pops up on web T-Mobile Sidekick III ready for primetime?

News: Storage

• LG touts 4x Blu-ray Disc recorder Only handles single-layer media, though

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Blast from the past Episode 18 Old flame ignites trouble

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Freeview will push UK DVRs as Playback devices Consortium to set industry standard, secure market share
• World Cup and 24 in red button face-off Geek TV Pimp my TV programme

Odds and Sods: Letters

• For you, Tommy, ze warez is over Letters German filesharers' collars felt

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Network equipment - get surveyed, win 60Gb iPod Video! Reader survey Prize draw excitement beyond human endurance!

R&R: Myths and Legends

• The myths and legends of the holy land of the database The first myth explored and exploded

R&R: Opinion

• Microsoft Identity workshop A rough and tumble affair
• So there is 'community' Capitalists go touchy-feely

Reviews: Accessories

• 3M Laptop Privacy anti-peek filter Review A blow to glancing?

Science: Biology

• Do our ears grow longer with age? Do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro...
• Do we still remove the appendix as often as we used to? Are surgeons reluctant to reach for the scalpel?
• How long does it take the body to... Part two The speed of nature
• How long does it take the body to... Part one Ready, steady, grow

Science: Physics

• Invisibility cloak moves a step closer Light steer

Security

• SOCA saves UK high-tech crime unit - offline Not gone, merely in storage...

Security: Anti-Virus

• Symantec coughs to security hole in its AV software eEye, eEye, D'oh

Software: Applications

• Berners-Lee applies Web 2.0 to improve accessibility Pushes vision of the Semantic Web