8th September 2006 Archive

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Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• When open source is not enough The case for open development

Comms: Mobile

• Reg readers give forth on mobile email Debate round-up
• BT and Virgin announce broadcast TV over DAB October launch for Lobster 700TV handset
• Global mobile phone connections hit 2.5bn Emerging markets spark growth

Management: Financial News

• CEO Hurd responds to spy scandal with HP ad Piling it on
• HP phone log black op tapped nine reporters Hurd silent on growing scandal

Management: IT Director

• Intel plotting vPro for Apple New business platform coming soon to a Mac near you

Management: Public Sector

• MPs condemn NHS IT Local health systems for local people

Management: Reg Weekly

• Government dummies and HP's black ops To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Music and Media

• Facebook mods controversial 'stalker-friendly' feature About face
• Galaxy of saboteurs trashes 'Save the Blair' petition 'Imaginative proposals for developing the supporters network' - T Blair
• MySpace music deal poses multiple threats Comment Rivals iTunes and record labels
• Tech companies oppose WIPO treaty on TV rights Signal piracy clampdown 'unnecessary'

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Albatron takes off with speedy graphics card GeForce 7950GT
• Foxconn enters the graphics card market with a bang Announces complete Nvidia range

News: Cameras

• BenQ launches compact camera duo Unidentical twins

News: Consoles

• IBM takes 'Broadway' to the Nintendo stage Wii processor ready to roll

News: Mac

• Formac adds Performance trio 3ms response TFTs

News: Phones

• T-Mobile pushes into email Adds BlackBerry Pearl and Nokia E61 to list

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Retirement plan Episode 30 It's as easy as ones and zeros

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Foghorn McLeghorn threatened with Asbo Scottish council attempts to slap cock
• Massive lands ad deal with EA Games Need for Speed, Carbon first to the starter's block
• Trekkies hit Seattle for show's 40th birthday Stars rub shoulders with hoi polloi

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Stuff your own ballot with children's fingerprints Letters Top reader tips

Reviews: Storage

• Akasa Integral P2 LAN Review Easy to use networked storage

Science

• Russian ICBM test ends in premature splashdown Sub-based Bulava palaver

Science: Biology

• Can you become intoxicated by the power of suggestion? Mind over matter
• Exhausted panda mum crushes cub Chinese zoo tragedy
• Researchers scale world's tallest tree 378-foot coast redwood
• Welsh company makes crap greetings cards Sheep Poo Paper
• Why can't I remember my own birth? Perhaps we actually can...
• Why do some people feel the cold more than others? Some like it hot
• Why don't we suffer from E. coli all the time? Beneficial bacteria?

Science: Space

• Earth-like planets could litter the galaxy Lots of places to escape to
• SMART-1 smashes into moon mountain Possibly

Security

• Flexispy release causes legality debate Trojan row

Security: Anti-Virus

• Samsung Telecom plays unwilling host to Trojan Stowaway spyware alert

Security: Enterprise Security

• Terrorists could attack aircraft with gel-filled bras KY Jelly: al-Qaeda's new weapon of fear?

Security: InfoSec

• The box that broke Enigma code is rebuilt Turing Bombe replica goes on show

Software: Applications

• IBM greenlights Eclipse paid support Wants your huddling masses
• Just how buggy is Firefox? Code analysis row after tool identifies 611 defects

Software: Operating Systems

• Red Hat heads security initiative Government-backed