27th June 2006 Archive

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Code

• Building cohesion into programming Time is of the essence

Comms: Networks

• AT&T launches IPTV Pricey, but with cheap broadband attached
• BT wants more women engineers Oh, yes it does
• Kiwi Telecom to split retail and wholesale operations Wants to promote competition

Hardware

• Centerprise opts out of Elonex bidding Other suitors still haggling

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco doubles up on Infiniband gear Ethernet management marriage too
• Nortel to axe 1,100 jobs Cost-cutting
• Symantec turns off on security appliances 80 jobs scrapped

Hardware: Servers

• HP gives new blades a clustered makeover Software layered on an Infiniband foundation
• IBM and HP the most loved x86 server vendors of all - study Sun ho-hummed, Dell scorned

Hardware: Storage

• Cisco invests in NeoPath Comment Corporate dance
• IBM takes a stab at SMBs Comment Announces sharp new server offerings
• NetApp aims at SMBs Opens the Vault

Information: Databases

• MDM - a strategy for IBM Comment 'You're on the right track, but...'

Management: Public Sector

• Wiltshire eyes up flexible working £12m IT contract inked

Market News

• Computer Software Group buys Laserform (the company) Gets legal

Music and Media

• Child porn convictions to be reported to banks Data protection amendment
• Crap website? Try feng shui Or vaastu shastra, if you're desperate
• Publisher in £80,000 font raid Software audit finds 11,000 unlicensed typefaces
• Take Two subpoenaed for GTA clandestosmut 'What did directors know?', asks DA

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel sells XScale business to Marvell for $600m Wants to push x86, not ARM, for handhelds
• Server vendors prepare for 120W 'Clovertown' Xeon 5100-oriented systems designed for successor chip

News: Consoles

• Oz censor offs Reservoir Dogs game Too much tomato ketchup, apparently

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Brits offered wireless-stereo PMP No PC? No problem
• Sony unveils Flash-based UMPC What, no hard drive?

News: Hi-Def

• Toshiba open to re-opening HD DVD/Blu-ray merger talks No more chance of success than last time...

News: PCs

• Personal computer failure rates reduce Is the kit more reliable - or users more careful?

News: Phones

• World Cup Camera Phone Contest Gallery Competition

News: TV

• Sony, Samsung LCD JV 'to build 8G plant' Deal almost done

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• German T-shirt hawker set to sue bear hunter Bruno's cottage industry blown away

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Bird flu triggers gameplaying apocalypse Letters EU/MS lawyers shall inherit the Earth

Science

• Plane pollution worse by 2050 Growth outstripping engine improvements

Science: Biology

• Borneo's 'chameleon' snake shows its true colours New species of colour-changing serpent
• Flu-related flapping begins A new unit of terror

Science: Physics

• Gravity wave detector is go All bets are off

Science: Space

• Solar simulation right on the money Expect better space weather forecasts

Security: Anti-Virus

• Police hold three in spam Trojan bust 'MOOP' members cuffed in UK and Finland

Security: Enterprise Security

• USB drives pose insider threat The latest 'Trojan horse'

Software

• EC polishing big stick for Microsoft Fines in the offing
• Microsoft talks unified comms for Office 2007 Email and voice together, at last

Software: Applications

• Belgium adopts open office doc format Edging away from Microsoft

Software: Operating Systems

• Desktop Linux relies on the kindness of strangers Distos key to Portland Project
• Jobs to unleash Leopard on Microsoft Doesn't change spots, or act