17th August 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Nokia tries to impress with floating inner tube Hires Gary Oldman to promote N93 video camera

Comms: Networks

• Telehouse power problems claim more scalps Updated Claranet and Netscalibur...
• Tiscali leaving Germany: rumour Auf wiedersehen

Hardware: Servers

• New Opteron systems for IBM Big Blue's big announcement
• XenSource CEO had to drink to face first Xen install LinuxWorld Under the influence and high on open source power

Hardware: Storage

• NetApp raises expectations on Q1 results Flies through financial check-up

Management

• UK hospitals still 'poorly prepared' for terror attacks Don't take internal flights

Management: Financial News

• Dell's profit evaporates as AMD love swells Chatting with the SEC too

Management: IT Director

• Mobile IT - commodity or value add? Analysis Should I pay or should I go?
• Orange suspends employee over 'Islamophobe' blog entry Investigation underway

Management: Public Sector

• DfES tech chief quits Move 'in line with strategy', dept says

Music and Media

• 'Columbine simulator' victory claimed over Wal-Mart Campaigner wants a go
• Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible? Analysis Let's whip up some TATP and find out
• Net censorship 'morally unacceptable', report says But is some information better than none?
• Seventeen charged for carousel fraud Following Tuesday's raids...
• Sony refused peer-to-peer patents 'Computer programs are not patentable'
• Telcos prepare for the worst as wiretap cases head West Valley Justice And then there was one

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel roadmaps 1.3GHz DDR 3 chipsets PCI Express 2.0, DirectX 10 and other goodies supported too.
• Intel to cull all but three Pentium D CPUs by year-end? Celeron, Pentium 4 lines may not fare much better
• Intel to ship quad-core Core 2 Extreme in Q4 'Kentsfield' debut roadmapped
• Nvidia to 'hit ATI while it's down' with GeForce 7950 GT Mid-September launch

News: Consoles

• Infinium Labs' successor cans console project Games delivery service will target Windows XP now

News: Phones

• US FCC posts RIM media phone test results With pictures

News: Smartphones

• Linux-based HandyPC to challenge Nokia Communicator Brick to be batted?

News: iPod

• Logitech readies AudioStation iPod speaker line-up
• Razer reveals keyboard with iPod dock Zune version too, apparently
• Separated at birth: Maxfield debuts Mcody M20-like MP3 player Will LG sue?

Odds and Sods

• Aliens choose Firefox Space message outlines fave extraterrestrial browser

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Sun buys Hewlett and Packard Exclusive For just $6,000

R&R: Opinion

• Compuware's testing roundtable Software quality is back on the board's agenda

Science

• Southampton researchers double silicon speed record Add a dash of fluorine for extra whizz

Science: Space

• Atlantis given green light for August launch Just got to nail down this antenna...

Security

• AOL seeks spammer's buried gold Pirate treasure hunt
• Holy Moly hacked Updated Celebrity agents not implicated

Security: Anti-Virus

• Bot spreads using latest Windows flaw Update warning

Security: Enterprise Security

• BoI customers fall victim to phishing scam Scammers net €113,000

Servers/Storage

• Seagate to mount global two-pronged channel assault Will keep Maxtor brand

Services

• Ofcom to regulate switching ISP Wants to be the MAC daddy
• PlusNet goes offline Updated Power outage blamed

Software

• Mozilla delays Firefox 2.0 release Better late than never
• Open source guru advocates ideological shift Eric Raymond calls for compromise...