27th July 2006 Archive

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Code

• SOA specs firming up No standards yet, but…..

Code: Java/J2EE

• Code inheritance and reuse: a delicate balancing act The pot of gold at the end of many rainbows

Comms: Mobile

• Carphone Warhorse charges into battle 'Free' broadband deal snags 476,000 punters
• Mobiles putting children at risk? EC investigation kicks off
• Symbian: smartphone not dead Interview Just waiting to be discovered

Hardware: Servers

• IBM prepares to make per processor software pricing proprietary Analysis PVU or PU?

Management: Financial News

• BT's new wave buoys up profits New biz grows revs
• Microsoft promises Wall Street that its 'list of ideas' will get Google Will look at metrics too

Management: Public Sector

• Caspar to support the information lifecycle Digital preservation

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• Insights from Reg readers on SOA Reg Reader Studies Findings from the latest reader study

Management: Small Biz

• The SMB hype cycle 'Here we go again'

Music and Media

• The Long Tail's maths begin to crumble Comment What a coccyx!
• Heatwave causes internet humour brown-outs Needed: Irony tags and cold water
• Kazaa goes straight Coughs up to record industry
• MySpace for adults touts 18+ credentials Paedophile proof? Not really
• Net neutrality 'weaklings' must answer to shareholders - FEAF Let them eat proxies
• Record industry close to settlement with Kazaa Legit P2P?
• United States cedes control of the internet - but what now? Review of an extraordinary meeting

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel slashes Pentium prices Up to 61% off older CPUs
• Merom laptops to ship late August Intel Japan spills beans on mobile Core 2 Duo

News: Consoles

• PSP-friendly Wi-Fi network to go live tomorrow Rolling out across Europe. And Australia.

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Plantronics brings on latest Bluetooth audio kit Wireless stereo

News: Mac

• Apple admits MacBook, MacBook Pro issues Funny colours or funny sounds - either way, call tech support

News: Phones

• Samsung touts 13.5mm-thick digital TV slider phone Thinnest in the world, apparently

News: Storage

• Samsung promises 8GB MMCplus card High-speed version too

News: iPod

• Memorex readies handheld iPod videoscreen iFlip waves farewell to portable DVD players?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Sex and PS2 sessions sapped Ronaldinho Brazil's World Cup exit explained

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel Core 2 Duo vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Review Ding! Ding! Round One...

Science: Biology

• Satellites reveal coral reefs' exposure Safe zones just too small

Science: Space

• Hidden black holes elude astronomers Living up to their name, then
• Planets could put the brakes on young stars Lindsay Lohan, take note
• Russian rocket destroys 18 satellites Ground control to major explosion

Services

• Capita opts for two heads of ops Gives no explanation

Software: Applications

• Firefox users need to update (again) Security fix targets JavaScript flaws
• MS announces plans to deliver IE7 as security update Ready or not

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft will out run, out compete and out out rivals - COO To focus on 'art of selling'