30th August 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Ryanair joins the rush to allow inflight calling Hello, I'm over the Atlantic

Comms: Networks

• EC moots telecoms super-regulator Competition drive

Hardware: Servers

• No frills Rackable makes flashy Terrascale buy Plain kit, sweet file system
• Southampton Uni's computer whizzes develop 'mini' grid A safe place for students to play

Management

• IBM beefs up security in global services Comment Good news for big business, but what about SMBs?

Management: Financial News

• Emulex to buy Sierra Logic for $180m Storage start-up cashes in its chips
• Novell delivers another mediocre Q3 Like clockwork
• Reporters Without Borders petitions Steve Jobs As Chinese hacks sued senseless for iPod plant exposé

Management: Public Sector

• Gov stitches up IT price cuts Great deals?

Management: Small Biz

• Fine unlicensed software users, says BSA Lobby calls for 'harder enforcement stick'

Music and Media

• Beatles fan foils Scouse blag Help!
• Berners-Lee calls for Web 2.0 calm Analysis Familiarity breeds contempt
• Russian abuses apparatus in sex doll rafting race Disqualification shame for aquatic Romeo
• Teen data on Myspace compromised Hack allows 'private' entries to be made public
• Violent porn crackdown Possession loophole to be closed

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI unveils HDCP-native chipset for Intel CPUs RS600 debuts as Radeon Xpress 1250
• Core 2 Duo jargon decoder Intel's dual-core technical talk translated
• Core 2 Duo-ready software compendium Enter the age dual-core computing with these Core 2 Duo-friendly applications

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Creative adds wider screen to Zen Vision PMP Full 16:9 ratio now
• TomTom ships a pair of Ones One-touch GPS gagdet updated

News: Mac

• Japan tells Apple to probe burning battery problem Risk of big fires fines if it doesn't
• Mac OS X-friendly OpenOffice to go public next month No more X11... soon

News: PCs

• Dell kits out XPS 700 gaming PC with Core 2-class CPUs Order backlog cleared?

News: Phones

• Samsung models skinny 3G phones in Europe Oh la la

News: Smartphones

• HTC touts record results As i-mate rolls out latest smart phones

News: Storage

• Fujitsu preps perpendicular laptop HDD for Q4 Anticipating Intel's 'Santa Rosa' Centrino update?
• Sony ships 'world's fastest' DVD±R burner Claims 18x burn speed

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Intel exec hired as top VC spook In-Q-Tel funds another CEO
• Soldier takes aim at HP printer Shreds it

Reseller

• New guard take over at Morse Make me feel brand new

Reviews: Smartphones

• Orange SPV M3100 3G handset Review The ultimate smart phone?

Science

• UK examines civilian use of UAVs Skies filled with drones by 2016?

Science: Biology

• NASA satellites spy on forests Tracking trees in a changing climate
• Nuns have multi-point mind-link to God, say researchers Er, sort of
• Pope calls a meeting on evolution Not known whether God will attend

Security: Enterprise Security

• O2 closes call records site after security flap Phreaks like us
• Thousands hit by AT&T website hack D'oh

Security: ID

• Guidelines needed to protect anonymity It's an information free for all

Services

• Logica feels the labour pinch Raises prices to fuel staffing