29th August 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Getting to grips with Callisto Inside the Eclipse release

Comms: Mobile

• Orange invents new word As kids soup up their phones

Comms: Wireless

• Wireless Brits just want to do it in the garden While stealing bandwidth

Hardware: Data Networking

• Wi-Fi Alliance to certify 802.11n ahead of IEEE standard Compatible. Maybe.

Hardware: Servers

• IBM sends Power5+ downstream With four cores
• Intel completes 'Operation Catch-up' with Tulsa release Sort of

Management: Financial News

• eBay dials Google for 'click-to-call' advertising Giants team up for high-tech QVC
• Free legal music downloads in time for Christmas Advert-powered 'iTunes killer' takes to the stage

Management: IT Director

• Google's CEO picks up side gig as Apple board member Gets paid for Jobs worship

Management: Public Sector

• Home Office coughs to five database breaches The internal menace

Management: Small Biz

• Google bundles software apps Turns up the heat on MS

Music and Media

• World of Warcraft fingered in iPod aircraft terror alert Gamer accidently flushes device down toilet
• CNN to rerun 9/11 coverage online Free feed to mark anniversary
• Dog crashes car during driving lesson Chinese Fido fails steering challenge
• Europe temps cause icy chaos in the US Gigantic butterfly blamed
• Finn triumphs in mobile chucking contest Nokia flies 89 metres
• Gang robs eBay car buyer at gunpoint Auction scam relieves victim of £5,500
• Guitar instruction sites shut down by music industry When does learning become copyright infringement?
• Louisiana rejects ban on violent video games An 'invasion of First Amendment rights', judge declares
• Wheelie bin bugging foreshadows 'rubbish tax' Bin Brother is watching you

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Corsair to cool high-speed DDR 2 DIMMs with clip-on fan Heat dissipation
• Diode dearth still hindering blue-laser drive shipments? Roll-out to be pushed back to Q4
• Samsung ships 'first' 80nm 1Gb DDR 2 chip Smaller chip for higher-capacity DIMMs

News: Consoles

• MS cuts UK Xbox 360 Core System cost Tenner off recommended retail price

News: PCs

• AOpen mobile-on-desktop PCs enter Core 2 Duo era Intel's 'Merom' not just for notebooks, you know
• LG confirms Nvidia HDCP-native GPU plan Korean PC to ship with HD-ready GeForce 7900 GT

News: Phones

• Nokia 8800 Sirocco to blow in next month A mighty wind

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Analog Dylan kidnapped, replaced by digital Dylan? Judas!
• China struggles against online game bloodbath Gore-free 'traditional' alternative delayed
• NBC aplogises for Emmys plane crash skit Conan O'Brien spoof lands in hot water

Reviews: Phones

• TrendNet ClearSky Bluetooth 2.0 Skype handset Review Cordless VoIP calls

Science

• Car industry must cut CO₂ or face legislation EC preps new page in statute books
• Firemapping system put on back burner Terror fears blamed

Science: Biology

• Brazilians unearth new monster dino species Maxakalisaurus topai, come on down
• Footballers harvest babies for stem cell 'repair kits' But what do the WAGs think?

Science: Space

• Atlantis launch under pressure from Ernesto and Russia Old allies...
• Cassiopeia A gets papped by Hubble Pretty pictures

Security

• AOL software labelled as 'badware' Health inspectors find fault with client code

Security: Enterprise Security

• Botnet herder jailed over hospital attack Hacker gets three years for adware assault

Security: ID

• London school to fingerprint students But only to monitor attendance, school claims

Software

• Patent rulings could destroy open source software Activists denounce US courts' 'suggestion test'

Software: Applications

• Florida pirate banged up for six years 'To the brig with ye'

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft Canada spills Vista pricing OS to join price tags one day
• Microsoft extends legacy products support Forward looking statement