14th August 2006 Archive

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Code

• Mathematical approaches to managing defects Radical new approaches toward software testing needed?

Comms: Mobile

• Branson's text-a-guru unlikely to fly Comment And the 'science' of SMS analysis
• MVNO bubble about to burst in the US? New wave firms 'failed to learn lessons': analyst
• Vigilante targets mobile-abusing drivers Police investigate slashed tyres
• Vodafone looks to reverse mobile-only strategy Arcor key pawn in cellco's convergence play

Comms: Networks

• Aussie regulator forces Telstra to cut access charge Strewth mate, what about the dividends?
• Industry fights back in Big Brother voting row 'The buck doesn't stop here'
• Tiscali bets a bundle on Homechoice If anyone says triple-play again, I'll slap them

Lifecycle: Execute

• ITIL - it's really important, like... But what is it?

Management: Financial News

• LloydsTSB website falls over Online banking goes offline
• Murdoch offers film/TV downloads X-Men coming to a PC screen near you

Music and Media

• Amazon 'plans world's biggest personal data stash' And tries to patent it too
• BA aborts flight over ringing mobile phone Laptops allowed back - but leave the milk at home
• Child porn employee cites 4th Amendment Court rejects 'unreasonable searches and seizures' claim
• German attempts world's most tenuous acronym Why? BECAUSE, that's why
• Segway punts new breed of pogo stick with wheels Let's offroad
• Wal-Mart cashier foils cellphone terror plot Employee of the month

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel ships G965-based mobo

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Europeans bought more GPS devices last quarter than at Xmas Sat nav boom continues
• HTC readies second-gen GPS PDA phone After 'Galaxy', 'Artemis'

News: MP3 players

• eMusic intros UK MP3 download service Untethered subscription package

News: PCs

• Dell recalls 4.1m laptop batteries This fire is under control

News: Phones

• Logitech launches wireless Skype phone Array-mic speakerphone too

News: Useless... but Cool

• US vendor ships mobile-ready hotline rotary phone Perfect companion for the Nuclear War USB hub?

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Shatner to return as Kirk Set phasers to fun!!!

R&R: Opinion

• We only use above average programmers here... Floating point and legacy

Reviews: Networking

• Vodafone Mobile Connect 'super 3G' data card Review HSDPA for the masses?

Science: Space

• Pluto faces expulsion from planetary league Astronomers to rule on body's status

Security

• Boffins look to technology to thwart airline hijacks What do you think you're doing, Dave?

Security: Anti-Virus

• Worm feasts on latest Windows vuln Ooh Betty, it's happening again

Security: Enterprise Security

• Covert channel tool hides data in IPv6 But VoodooNet not new magic

Security: ID

• Brit bank details for sale in Lagos Wipe those hard drives

Software: Operating Systems

• MS to offer Xbox 360 programming tool for amateurs Starting up a shareware community?