28th June 2006 Archive

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Code

• Long argument lists - who needs 'em? Arg!

Comms: Mobile

• Nokia sues Chinese 'copycats' Manufacturers, disties named in suit

Comms: Networks

• EC proposes massive telco shake-up Incumbents face 'structural separation' showdown

Comms: VoIP

• eBay.ie introduces 'Skype Me' function Haggle via VoIP

Hardware: Servers

• IBM and HP monopolize Top 397 supercomputers list Filler makes a showing

Information: Knowledge

• The application migration market Comment It's bigger than you think

Management: Financial News

• Intel gives up on world's biggest chip market. Why? Comment Curtains for the 'tele-phone'

Management: IT Director

• Exposed: techniques to silence Microsoft 'haters' Trout takes lead in grouse shoot

Management: Public Sector

• NHS IT charade re-played But does not stand up to PAC scrutiny
• NHS mobile data security is pants Safe in their hands?

Management: Small Biz

• IT's so hard, say SMEs Can't live with it, can't live without it

Music and Media

• Bad music and full mouths ICANN Marrakech Muddling through in Morocco
• Child porn control goes too far, says privacy chief Seize card, not whole account
• EC's big stick getting bigger Microsoft sweating
• Germany registers 10 millionth .de domain Linden transport cases hit milestone
• Governments to decide future of net ICANN Marrakech Major shift in power in ICANN
• Internet firms to crack down on child porn Create $1m image database
• MySpace case opens security can of worms Opinion It's time to face reality
• State officials join net neutrality scrum Back net giants ahead of Senate vote

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD to back FB-DIMM when it's as cheap as DDR 2? Just in time for 2008's next-gen architecture, apparently
• Intel ships top-of-the-line Core Duo 'Yonah's last fling before 'Merom'

News: Consoles

• Nintendo preps pink DS Lite Ladies not laddies

News: Mac

• Apple adjusts 17in MacBook Pro's fans Thermal underware update
• Apple patches Tiger Mac OS X 10.4.7 posted

News: PCs

• Acer unveils 'pure, clean' laptop It'll be all white on the night
• Alienware beams in Core Duo laptop trio 14, 15 and 17in species
• Dell probes incendiary laptop incident Burn, baby, burn

News: Smartphones

• Palm pays $22.5m to end Xerox patent fight Clearing the decks for a RIM takeover?

News: Storage

• Tosh pledges 4GB SDHC card in September FATter card

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Clowns attack US nuke missile silo Krusty versus Minuteman III
• What's happened to the wireless running bra? Let's hope the project hasn't gone titsup

Reviews: PCs

• Antec Performance One P150 'super quiet' chassis Review

Science: Biology

• Beer better for you than wine: official 'Zut alors!'

Science: Physics

• UV breakthrough promises cheaper chips Sunbeds for silicon

Science: Space

• Beta Pictoris accused of harbouring planets Dusty ring is a giveaway
• Killer asteroid hunter takes first snaps Near-Earth objects beware
• Spitzer spies jets of matter around neutron star Relatavistic, baby

Security

• MS fixes phone-home nagware WGA patch issued

Security: Enterprise Security

• Man cuffed in Bangalore call centre scam probe HSBC customers robbed
• White House calls for improved laptop security In Brief Just friendly advice

Security: ID

• Medical Excess loses records on 1m customers EMC among the afflicted

Software

• Ellison withdraws $100m Harvard gift Namesake's resignation blamed
• MS re-spins WinFS We (still) have the vision