16th August 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Open source Java SE by year end 'Lawyers finish job' – well, nearly

Comms: Mobile

• Disney scraps UK mobile plan Parental concerns hold back the mouse
• ICIA rejects calls to block phone use in cinemas Irish mobecos say change of behaviour needed
• Standard mobiles can now be used for encrypted calls Good news for Royals
• The serious business of mobile phone games Money to be made from twiddling thumbs

Comms: Networks

• British Telecom to reward loyalty Brief ...at least for the first year
• PlusNet deletes more customer info Ooooops...
• What's your favourite - breasts or legs? Offending ad relegated to encrypted channel

Hardware: Storage

• Storage vendors seek summer of love with SMBs Analysis Flushing the hype pipe

Management: Financial News

• 'Zippo' battery recall could cost Sony $430m and a truck Come on baby, light my profits
• Ex-Comverse chief turns fugitive Options backdated by a one-armed man?
• HP's Q3 profit rises, shares follow Slow and steady wins the race
• UK and US eBay sellers take action over price hikes If not on strike, on route to Google

Management: Public Sector

• Northern Ireland gets e-prescriptions Drug dealing moves into cyberspace

Music and Media

• 'Crap' comms, ID legislation can still be beaten Ex-peer still seething over ID Cards and RIPA
• AOL reported to FTC You got mail, but you don't have any privacy...
• Court Asboes septuagenarian 'yobbo' 'This man's a menace'
• Girl raped after MySpace meeting, court hears Seriously kids, be careful out there
• ICANN awarded net adminstration until 2011 US government issues IANA contract
• London hits all-time August high BBC Weather turns up the heat - big time
• Municipal WiFi is the new hope for Net Neutrality - thinker Lessig's exploding cloud

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• OCZ readies 1.1GHz DDR 2 DIMMs Going for gold

News: Mac

• Apple renews Windows-on-Mac app Updated Boot Camp beta reaches version 1.1

News: PCs

• Dell's 'Zippo' batteries may be in other machines Sony's sizzling cells used by other manufacturers

News: Phones

• O2 eyes Ice to drive consumer 3G demand Updated Preps low-cost handset for video calling, music downloads
• Trolltech goes green with Linux-friendly phone Build your own mobile apps

News: Smartphones

• Vodafone to enable v1605 handset's HSDPA in 'Q1 2007' Third-party utility can do it now, apparently

News: Useless... but Cool

• Brief wait for iPod underpants, warns supplier NSFW It's a smalls world, isn't it?

News: iPod

• Apple says 'no' to wireless iPod claims Uncharacteristic response

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Grace Jones on flat trash rap WSA Landlords pursue Naomi Campbell role model
• YouTube plans 'free-to-net' music vid downloads Net video killed the radio star

Reviews: Media players

• Slim Devices Transporter high-end digital audio player Exclusive Preview Audiophile device transports music to a new level?

Science: Biology

• UK man dies of anthrax Animal hides suspected in Scottish case

Science: Space

• Solar observatories get new launch date Pencilled in for 31 August
• Solar system to get new planets? IAU sets criteria for planetary club membership

Security

• Movie download service faces spyware lawsuit Invasive pop-ups ignite legal rumpus

Servers/Storage

• Overland tinkles the Bell (Micro) Is it SMB storage announcement time again already?

Software: Applications

• Novell reaches out to Microsoft Office users Takes a number, gets in line

Software: Operating Systems

• IBM says Sun's open source strategy lacks support Self-serving?