21st July 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Java EE – no funeral planned Complexity is inevitable

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Seeking good bots Design a bot and win a prize

Comms: Mobile

• KDDI ties in partners for new phone OS Taking on Symbian, Windows Mobile, Linux et al
• Mobile Instant Messaging? Not mentioned in Microsoft study... Why so shy?
• Mobile phone shipments soar Moto catches up on Nokia
• Verizon wins voice spam lawsuit No nos llame
• Whatever happened to... the smartphone? Analysis We try and find out

Distribution

• C2000 appoints new PC parts honcho Outlines growth strategy

Hardware: Servers

• HP finally gets its own vision and can sell it too Analysis 'We learned'

Hardware: Storage

• DMCA excluded from storage tape repair case Rewind

Lifecycle: Execute

• Buyer nailed down for Borland tools biz Near done deal

Management: Financial News

• Addicted to antitrust, Microsoft outlines 12-Step Recovery No more interventions, please
• Brocade is just the beginning - warns SEC chief Valley to feel 'full weight' of the Feds
• Dell warns of Q2 earnings bloodbath Mad at the world
• Google doubles down on Q2 profit Investors not moved
• Insight scoops up Software Spectrum for $287m What took Level 3 so long?
• Intel shakes up senior staffers All change
• Online gambler makes more money Easy does it

Management: IT Director

• The IT manager's guide to social computing Analysis Behind the firewall
• Will your company be hit by an ASBO? Sidestepping fair trials?

Management: Public Sector

• Home Office thinks it owns... well, just about everything Whitehall gravy boat sails on rivers of gold

Management: Reg Weekly

• Execs sweat while Home Office keeps poker face To subscribe to The Register's new weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Management: Small Biz

• IBM continuously backs up consumers Inks deal to flog Tivoli to home users

Music and Media

• Leeds swelters in 188°C heatwave Record-breaking BBC forecast
• Philips loses right to amend TV menu patent Too wide-ranging
• UK webmaster faces extradition on terror-support charges Second arrest in Azzam.com case
• US government urged again to end net role High-profile insiders add to pressure.
• Wayne Rooney sees red over domain namesake Prepares to stamp on cybersquatter

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel tweaks Core 2 Duo chipsets P965, 946P and 946GZ updated
• Investors buy into AMD-ATI tie-up rumour? ATI shares up as rival's dip
• Nvidia posts Quad SLI beta drivers Got two GeForce 7950 GX2s and a 700W PSU?

News: Hi-Def

• Chinese CE vendors courted with cheaper HDMI Annual fee cut by a third

News: PCs

• Dell said to have 'dozens' of burned laptop incidents on file It's probably not the only one

News: Phones

• LG unveils DJ-friendly 3G music phone U400 comes to 3
• Samsung demos two-way folder phone for games Digital TV too

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Lawsuit ahoy! Episode 24 You can't sue us!

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Daniel Craig confirmed for second 007 outing Blond Bond back in May 2008
• Five bags CSI for video on demand Geek TV ... and the best of the weekend's telly
• Naomi Campbell 'goes berserk' outside ex's London pad WSA 3.30am rumpus ends in arrest

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Mystery mobiles to embark on carbon trading rampage Letters If they can get off the NHS database, that is
• Readers mull Chinese black helicopter mystery Letters The Huangyangtan plot thickens
• San Fran degenerate bites El Reg Letter of the Week Abbreviate this!

Reviews: Laptops

• Alienware Area 51 m5500 notebook Review Upgraded before it even shipped...

Security

• MySpace adware attack hits hard Purity check

Security: ID

• Bogus PI coughs to ID theft charges Merlin hacker faces stiff sentence

Software

• Salesforce.com reaches out to the channel Comment Feel the love