23rd August 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Cellcos regain lead in AWS auctions As satellite providers throw in the towel
• Nokia carries Symbian Delays don't dint numbers
• Orange first mobile giant off the mark with Linux program Comment Leapfrogs ahead with ALP

Comms: Networks

• Europe poised to embrace digital TV: report Uptake to outstrip US

Hardware

• eMachines founder offers $450m for... eMachines Gateway board mulling offer for retail business

Hardware: Servers

• Sun's server sales soar, while Dell bores in Q2 Return to 2000 Are you dreaming?

Information: Knowledge

• BEA buffs up AquaLogic with Flashline Repository thinking

Management: Financial News

• Tech bubble banker vows to return No third trial for Quattrone

Management: IT Director

• Apple axes Leopard-leaking workers Five fired for filching unreleased OS

Management: Small Biz

• BT says women make the best bosses A question of trust, it seems
• Software rental firm targets SMBs Pimp my software

Music and Media

• HuffPo nails Bush with mega scoop! There's this site called Google
• Child protection extends to MSN IM adds 'report abuse' icon
• EC veep calls for passenger data sharing, US-style Plan raises security versus privacy debate
• Home Office in trouble for advertising porn sites Online safety campaign goes awry
• MS takes up legal cudgels against typosquatters Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore
• Nuclear Apocalypse milder than expected Update Back to the Ouija board
• Qantas clamps down on fire-breathing Dells Orders pre-flight battery removal
• Two coppers nicked in uniforms-on-eBay probe Going, going, gone

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD quad-core CPUs to become dualies to save power Chips get extra, shared cache too
• ATI to ship Radeon X1300 XT, X1650 Pro on 14 September Mulitple memory configurations
• Gigabyte readies silent HDMI, HDCP graphics card Nvidia's GeForce 7600 GS on board

News: Consoles

• Sony officially launches pink PSP Grrls only

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Griffin ships Mac 5.1-channel sound system Gadget arrives 18 months after launch
• Samsung pitches 8GB HDD phone at... golfers GPS-based, stroke-by-stroke shot guidance
• UBiQUiO PRePs SLiMLinE qwerty KEyBoaRD SMaRT PhONe Company's caps-lock key stuck?

News: Hardware Widow

• BenQ pursues painted ladies with butterfly-branded handset Symbol of evolving feminity

News: Storage

• Iomega ships slimline portable hard drives Bus powered

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Digital music is rubbish - Bob Dylan And don't policemen look young these days?
• Edinburgh Film Festival pulls cockfight movie Too much cockfighting in Cockfighter
• ITV's Love Island descends into fisticuffs Excellent
• YouTube launches Paris Hilton channel No One Night in Paris, sadly

R&R: Opinion

• Code analysis and legacy modernisation There's code analysis automation beyond SPARK...

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 XTX Review (Another) world's fastest graphics card

Science

• JCB's demon digger hits 333mph World's fastest diesel ploughs into record books
• Reclusive Russian turns down Fields Medal Keepin' it real

Science: Biology

• Cows have regional accents, experts confirm Major bovine linguistic breakthrough

Science: Space

• Planet status looking shaky for Pluto And then there were eight

Security

• IBM snaps up ISS for $1.3bn Blockbuster deal has nowt to do with space stations
• Kid who crashed email server gets tagged First UK conviction for 'email bombing'

Security: Enterprise Security

• Mocbot worm fuels zombie surge Day of the Dead

Security: Spam

• First Chinese firm hit by spam fine Slapped wrist

Servers/Storage

• IBM buffs up mid and high-end storage gear Tur-bo selecta!

Software

• Microsoft falls into line with Korean anti-trust order Mini-Windows XP

Software: Applications

• Salesforce.com links up with Google AdWords Kieden acquisition paves way for collaboration