30th May 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• IT jobs under threat as Voda reports £15bn loss Cellco announces massive shake-up
• Nokia steps up open source efforts Opens Series 60 browser engine, more to follow
• Watch ads, get free calls says Virgin Mobile US Getting 'something for something'

Comms: Networks

• Orange France does Triple Play Wanadoo rebranding kicks off

Comms: VoIP

• Taking a punt on Vonage IPO Opinion Despite Wall Street's slating

Information: Databases

• Deconstructing databases with Jim Gray Interview A genuine guru

Management: Financial News

• BT dogged by Deutsche Telekom takeover talk 'Unlikely', say analysts
• Microsoft 'mulls eBay purchase' Well, it might put a bid in...

Management: IT Director

• Boardrooms split over offshore outsourcing 'No, I want to do the redundancies!'

Management: Public Sector

• NHS IT: Over budget, overdue and unpopular Patient records two and half years late...
• Pressure mounts on NHS IT Headline transposition error describes problem

Management: Small Biz

• Commission proposes ecommerce VAT rule extension 2008, please
• Irish SMEs bamboozled by technology Mobiles the answer to daunting tech, says O2

Music and Media

• AllofMP3 is illegal, says music industry Legal action kick-started
• Amnesty takes a strike against web censorship Campaigns to uphold internet freedom of speech
• British men prefer porn to sex Foreplay? Is that like a page refresh?
• EU court stomps passenger data sharing US deal illegal, say judges
• FTC forces P2P website to pay back subscribers $24.95 for a license to, er, do nothing
• One in six Brit workers drunk at work And that's before the World Cup...

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD to quadruple chip-making capacity Starts work on second 300mm-wafer fab
• Intel forks 'Merom' mobile CPU One series with 2MB L2, the other with 4MB
• VIA unveils Vista-friendly Intel chipset P4M900 adds DirectX 9 support and more

News: Consoles

• Griffin RoadDock straps Sony PSP to car seat Make car journeys like long-haul flights

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Fujifilm snaps dual-shot Z3 anti-blur camera Slimline and female-friendly, company claims
• Slingbox TV-via-internet kit ships in UK Freeview and SCART support in the box

News: Hi-Def

• HD TV in the UK Buyer's Guide Need a next-gen telly? We'll put you in the picture

News: PCs

• AOpen re-styles second-generation MiniPC Rolls out MP945-VXR
• Dell support sites lists Mac OS notebook downloads Wishful thinking?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Segway confuses investors with 'liquidity event' vow IPO or trail of tears?

Reseller

• Tesco grabs at PC consumers Grocery goliath wants a bigger slice of IT pie