1st June 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 3G BlackBerry 8707 debuts Acts as a modem for laptops, too
• Cingular to offer 'world's smallest' flip phone Pantech's compact clamshell
• O2 brings BlackBerry 7130 to Blighty RIM's latest debuts in UK

Comms: Networks

• Be Unlimited 24Meg broadband review Tech Digest Is it really that quick?
• Changing BT makes 'good start' So far so good

Hardware: Servers

• AMD pegs mid-2007 for complete chip overhaul Quad-core and how
• HP grabs 90 per cent of 'industry standard' Itanic market By 'standard' Intel means 'dismal niche'

Management: IT Director

• BBC survey damns NHS IT system Connecting for Health moves to limit damage
• BBC to broadcast World Cup online 'Has this pub got Wi-Fi?'
• Ernst & Young laptop loss exposes 243,000 Hotels.com customers Exclusive Sun, IBM, BP, Cisco and Nokia commiserate
• Intel to lay off 16,000 workers? Heard on the grapevine...
• Tesco IT boss makes £2.2m Has he got a Clubcard?
• The time has come to ditch email Comment Fair enough, but what's the alternative?

Management: Public Sector

• Police offered robot eye Intelligence gets 'intelligent'

Market News

• EC backs UK tax man on VAT fraud HMRC to spin carousels into reverse

Music and Media

• Bird rescuers find alien in duck Then sell it on eBay, naturally
• DoJ pushes data retention on ISPs Plan-B if CALEA falls short
• LiveJournal tells lactating mums to put 'em away Userpic nip kerfuffle
• Swedish court says PCs used for gambling need permit But you can still play Minesweeper
• Telia boss charged with not attending Abba musical Do you plead not guilty? I do, I do, etc
• UK bloggers also likely to be Apple-proof 'Strong protection' for online hacks

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Analyst touts AMD-ATI tie-up Run up flagpole, see who salutes...
• Asus readies Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme mobo Pitched at digital lifestyle PCs

News: Mac

• Apple nears XServe, Mac Pro Intel switch Woodcrest, Conroe inside

News: Phones

• Motorola parades D&G-styled gold RAZR Absolutely fabulous...
• Samsung readies TV, 3G phones for Europe High-end handsets ahoy

News: Useless... but Cool

• Swiss firm touts medical USB key Your health history on a stick

News: iPod

• Microsoft-led coalition bands against Apple iPod Can't have someone else dominating the market, can we?

R&R: Opinion

• Compensating for SOA errors I did it iWay

Reviews: iPod

• Griffin TuneBuds iPod lanyard-earphone combo Review Dangle your Nano

Science

• IBM's Silicon Valley research mecca turns 20 Almaden nears drinking age

Security: Anti-Virus

• First StarOffice malware sighted Mostly harmless
• Spam deluge eclipses email virus threat Penis pill pandemonium

Security: Enterprise Security

• Nominet warns on Whois data mining US firm caught harvesting personal information