1st August 2006 Archive

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Code

• That's debugger Do Linux apps bidirectionally

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Tackling Apache zombies Myths and legends laid to rest

Hardware

• One Laptop Per Child gains ground Thailand, Brazil and Argentina all place orders

Hardware: Servers

• AMD grabs a quarter of the x86 server market More share swiped from Intel in Q2
• IBM falls in love with Opteron all over again More servers this time
• Red Hat bids XenSource adieu Not just now, thanks
• Red Hat's affair with XenSource is back on Misquote won't keep them apart

Management

• Microsoft canvasses opinion on eGov services Bit like Marmite, really
• NHS recovery crank-started Suppliers' disaster relief promised

Management: Financial News

• CA reveals decade of options miscues Accounting challenged
• SanDisk flashes $1.6bn for M-Systems A NAND in the hand

Management: Public Sector

• Motorways chosen for message trial M5 and M6 get real-time journey info

Music and Media

• Betonsports boss pleads not guilty No bail...
• Microsoft files documents with European Commission The final countdown
• US chat sites ban could hit all kinds of sites Catch-all
• US social networking ban could unfairly block some sites 'Loose' law draws criticism

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI to fit digital TV chip into GPU for Blu-ray/HD DVD RV550 to introduce 'universal video decoder'
• EVGA unveils water-cooled GeForce 7950 GX2 Quad SLI-ready
• Nvidia unwraps 64x SLI monster GPU rig Render unto Caesar

News: Consoles

• Xploder to blow up PS2 games to HD resolution GTA@1080i, anyone?

News: Mac

• Vodafone preps 'super 3G' modem for MacBooks HSDPA over USB

News: PCs

• Dell's AMD-based notebooks coming Q4, moles claim High- and low-end offerings planned

News: Smartphones

• HTC 'Blackberry beater', Excalibur, surfaces on web Chop, chop

News: iPod

• Zune 'final design' slips out, sort of Putting the 'mock' in 'mock-up'

Odds and Sods

• CafePress for wall art? Review ImageKind beta hits the web
• Stupidity reigns, except in sunny Islington Letters And swastikas pop up all over the place

R&R: Opinion

• Microsoft – it’s only marketing So that's all right then
• Oops, it's Java EE There's a lot in a name, it seems

Science

• Astrophysicist speeds up radioactive decay Other boffins sceptical
• Bomb Earth's atmosphere with sulphur, researcher says Shock and awe campaign on global warming

Security

• Blackjacking and RFID passport exploits star at DEF CON Via Las Vegas
• Diebold voting machine hack exposed Switch toggle tampering

Security: Anti-Virus

• Worm targets Windows PowerShell script Fresh target. Usual dialogue

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft files final documents with European Commission Is it enough?