20th July 2006 Archive

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Code

• Virtual – the new reality for developers New assumptions needed by code cutters

Comms: Mobile

• Orange puts squeeze on customers If you won't use our 3G services...
• Vodafone rewrites customers' calendars How many days in a month? As many as we say there are

Comms: Networks

• PlusNet hit by storm in a forum Marketing director goes on the attack

Hardware: Servers

• Microsoft so very, very proud of its ties to open source Xen Analysis VMware spat gets nasty

Hardware: Storage

• Hard drive shipments soar in Q1 Rumours of demise greatly exaggerated
• SEC hits former Brocade CEO first in operation 'Options Fiasco' The new Martha Stewart
• SEC outs itself in case against ex-Brocade CEO Not so civil

Management: Financial News

• AMD delivers on promise of Q2 disappointment Server up, desktop down
• Apple and Juniper results overshadowed by SEC Warnings and postponements
• Capita finds new contracts 'pleasing' More business than ever
• eBay losing its 'magic' - CEO Auctioneers - please come back
• Investors' hopes rise as Microsoft's Q4 profit falls Buyback Mountain
• Moto makes billion buck profit Piling up like pebbles on a beach
• Nokia bounds along in Q2 Margins steady as phone price falls
• PC growth dives during World Cup Crossed off shopping lists

Management: IT Director

• Microsoft steps on recruitment consultant Relationship dynamics

Management: Public Sector

• Conservative council snubs private sector Outsourcing is worst option
• NHS has another stab at records Going one step at a time after all

Music and Media

• Amnesty calls for action on China Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Nortel, Sun and Yahoo! named and shamed
• Carbon trading for all will save the planet! Analysis Minister moots new, parallel currency as solution
• Child abuse website takedown delays can take years Depraved images flourish online
• CIO wanted - must be good at fixing broken ID card schemes Jobs from hell...
• MySpace faces royalty challenge Is that a song I hear?
• US 419 victim shoots preacher husband Row over money ends in tragedy
• US drunks face abuse from talking urinal Taking the piss
• Vietnam to offer 'healthy sex' website Coupling guides for couples

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel speeds quad-core CPU roll-out to Q4 CEO pulls forward server, desktop chip launches
• Leadtek readies Nvidia 7600-based AGP boards High-performance GPU for older PCs
• Nvida working on switcheable GPU tech for laptops? One chip for best, another for everyday wear
• PowerColor to ship HDMI, HDCP X1600 board next week Hi-def ready

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Daewoo dips into UMPC pool Solo M1 ships in Korea
• Wi-Fi Skype phones to connect this month Edge-Core joins Netgear, D-link, Linksys etc

News: Mac

• Macs get Windows Mobile 5.0 gadget sync support Mark/Space to the rescue... again

News: PCs

• Medion preps personalised portable PC Your own pic pressed onto a 400 quid Centrino laptop

News: Smartphones

• Palm 3G Euro Treo to ship 'September 2006' Earlier than officially announced

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Channel Five to air cryonic freezing 'Death in the Deep Freeze'
• Voice of the Daleks dies at 82 RIP Peter Hawkins

R&R: Books

• Excel scientific and engineering cookbook Book review Celebrity chef’ing by numbers

R&R: Opinion

• Multivalue datatypes Editors blog What a lot of people like repeating groups...

Reviews: Storage

• MXI Outbacker MXP 40GB biometric hard drive Review Serious security

Science

• Geologists have ringside seats for an ocean's birth A new sea forming in Africa

Science: Biology

• Boffins use hypnosis to induce déjà vu Boffins use hypnosis to induce déjà vu

Science: Space

• Cassini finds land on Titan An Oz-sized continent called Xanadu?

Security

• Trojan poses as Google Toolbar In brief Botnet ruse

Software: Applications

• ABN Amro introduces voice recognition You want HOW much?
• French MoD questions OpenOffice security Quit your sniggering Microsoft