4th September 2006 Archive

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Code

• To iterate is human Iterator versus the Enumeration Method

Comms: Mobile

• Mobile email: Let's have a heated debate Join the experts, share in the debate
• Yawning public puts convergence on skids - survey iPod? iPhone? Who cares?

Distribution

• Midwich rebounds onto NEC distie list Acer who?

Music and Media

• Armageddon website puts apocalypse on hold It's not the end of the world: official
• ID theft hits home in Canada Property scams create legal chaos
• MySpace punts 'MyTunes', targets Apple Direct selling to cut out record companies

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI shows Dell XPS 700 with X1950 XTX CrossFire IFA 06 Dell XPS gets CrossFire treatment
• Intel rolls out Celeron D 360 Extends budget CPU line
• Nvidia releases latest driver package Version 91.47 now available for download
• World sales sauntered upward in July So much for Intel, AMD price cuts

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Sandisk unveils V-mate MPEG-4 recorder IFA 06 TV straight to flash memory

News: Hi-Def

• Toshiba unveils Euro HD DVD player line-up IFA 06

News: Phones

• Nokia to integrate satnav into N-series devices Built in GPS in N-series phones
• Samsung previews updated credit-card phone IFA 06 Won't mistake this one for a calulator...

News: Smartphones

• T-Mobile unveils MDA Compact III GPS smart phone IFA 06 AKA HTC's Artemis

News: TV

• LG shows off 32in 3D display IFA 06 Three-dimension screens go large
• TV research to double visible colours Palette breakthrough

News: iPod

• Apple to launch movie store, new iPods next week? Core 2 Duo iMacs too, reports claim

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Brazilian traffic warden saws woman in half Updated Parking infraction ends in murder

Reviews: Smartphones

• Sony Ericsson P990i smart phone Review How the mighty has fallen...

Science

• Bribes could increase maths intake Oxford rector suggests cash reward for A grades
• US missile defence radar hits stormy seas $815m behemoth flounders
• Vulcan bomber project reaches for the sky Millionaire's donation saves restoration trust

Science: Biology

• R.I.P. Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter dies in freak stingray incident

Science: Space

• Atlantis countdown resumes Gotta be flying by Friday
• ESA celebrates SMART's lunar smash Deep impact?
• Space: inspirational, but full of greybeards So says report

Security

• Security experts cry foul over Browzar Browser beware

Security: Enterprise Security

• Wi-Fi guidance becomes law in California Manufacturers to warn on wireless security

Security: Spam

• US Marine unearths nukes, cocaine and $25m Iraq paydirt for the Lads from Lagos

Software

• Poetry in slow motion Stob A Betjeman fan challenges the current laureate