5th July 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Finally, a condom for your mobile Talk safely

Comms: Wireless

• Wi-Fi network limits 'unlimited' access package All you can eat as long as you don't eat more than 1GB

Hardware

• Ubiquity wins multi-million dollar supplier deal Global Crossing signs on the dotted line
• Vote here for your fave IT support anecdote Reg Poll 'I can't handle 17 inches,' admits helpdesk girl

Information

• Metadata is not enough Comment Doesn't provide the full picture

Management

• BECTA snuffs National Grid for Learning This town's not big enough for the both of them
• Oz domain name scammer declares bankruptcy Shown the pink card

Management: Financial News

• Online shopping = rubbish customer service Less than one third of questions answered

Management: IT Director

• Tech giants floored by monsoon It rains in India. Who knew?

Music and Media

• Crime agency asks kids to explain social networking Policy probe
• Cristiano Ronaldo on eBay transfer list Updated For sale: One ex-Manchester United player (cheat)
• Music industry sues Yahoo! China First step in crackdown on £216m illegal market

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Next-gen Nvidia one-chip chipset gets PCI-E thumbs-up MCP61 still due for August debut?
• Samsung ships GDDR 4 chip Slower than planned?

News: Consoles

• Sony slams '150k PS3s for UK' allocation claim Figure not yet set, says spokesman

News: Mac

• Apple kills off the eMac Intel-based iMac offered instead

News: Storage

• Sony preps sliver-like USB Flash drive Micro Vault Tiny is... er... tiny

News: iPod

• Maxfield brings movie player to Blighty OLED marvel?
• Universal readies back-to-basics CDs for iTunes era Rip-friendly minimal packaging and low price

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• The Alienware Aurora ALX has arrived on Earth Review The desktop that weighs more than a fridge

Odds and Sods: Letters

• NHS database? No one asked me! Letters Reader doesn't want no steenking database

PC Builder

• Elonex sold to stationer Customer warranties safe

R&R: Opinion

• Old lamps for new Letters Old technologies need re-inventing

Science: Biology

• Heat eases pain: official Science backs Old Wives again

Science: Physics

• Industry, government downplay nuclear safety worries Cracks in ageing reactors 'normal'

Science: Space

• Delayed Discovery takes to the skies Third time lucky

Security

• Spam zombies give UK ISPs the fear Dawn of the Dead
• Trend Micro CEO in SEC probe Inquiry focuses on stock trading by security chief's spouse

Security: Anti-Virus

• Get your Mac, it's raining Trojans AV firm tells home users to shun PCs