21st September 2006 Archive

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Code

• IBM's 'secret island' Virtually a new way of doing business

Comms: Mobile

• EU threatens to apply TV standards to web media Web media threatens to move out: take toys
• Hitler net cartoon ruffles German feathers Der Bonker kerfuffle
• Yachting blogger plagued by wind, power issues Blog But at least the kit is cool

Comms: Networks

• AOL and Tiscali attract bidders Update All reasonable offers considered
• Belgacom pulled plug on Ouranous network Satellite provider promises 'announcement' on Friday

Comms: Wireless

• Virgin Trains to get Wi-Fi On track for 2007

Hardware

• RM: nothing to see here Steady as she goes

Hardware: Data Networking

• EU pledges €78m for grid research Let's get connected

Hardware: Servers

• AMD opens Opteron to all some If you pay, you can fill our slot
• Intel will open server chips to partners next week Exclusive Just like AMD

Information

• Two buses or one? How many do you need for a complete SOA environment?

Lifecycle: Execute

• One bus or two? Comment Making sense of the SOA story

Management: Financial News

• eBay pursued by fashionistas Vuitton, Dior sue for counterfeit auctions
• HP CEO named in leak probe Hurd dragged into snooping mess
• HP starts printing docs for SEC Inky upside to murky mess
• Nestlé shifts Smarties production to Germany First the hexagonal tube, now this...
• Sun investors blast fat cat greed Pension funds call for veto
• Yahoo! wants to buy Facebook - WSJ This social networking disease is catching

Management: IT Director

• 29% of departing directors admit stealing data - survey Clearing your desktop
• AT&T insources 2,000 jobs Takes one for the union

Music and Media

• Dutch TV hounds Google Earth topless sunbather Caught on camera
• Google erases Operation Ore campaign site Silence over Inquisition 21
• Law chief wants wiretap evidence Takes lessons from US
• Super cops seek fixed link to town centre CCTV Wireless makes surveillance easy in UK
• Thailand faces media clampdown No news is not good news
• Two more gambling chiefs arrested Following firm's complaint that French law was anti-European

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Asus exposes Nvidia physics card product Exclusive Spills beans during mobo announcement. Whoops.
• ATI driver update confirms CrossFire for Intel P965 chipset Catalyst patched for Windows, Linux
• ATI wins approval for RS690 launch October introduction for HDMI-, HDCP-friendly chipset?
• MSI sounds 'stolen' GeForce 7900 GS alert Warranty not included

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Vendors prep 200Mbps powerline network adaptors Netgear, Devolo step up data-over-mains efforts

News: Mac

• Manta to let Apple Remote zap all Macs Manta + Mira = Total Mac Control

News: PCs

• Yahoo! guest's Dell laptop goes up in smoke Lenovo ThinkPad burns at Los Angeles airport, too

News: Smartphones

• iSkoot brings Skype to Treo smart phones VoIP over cellular

News: Storage

• Japan debut for first Class 4 SDHC card But can anything support its 4MBps speed?

News: Useless... but Cool

• Imation fits Flash memory to charity wristbands It's a wrap

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Top Gear's Hammond in hospital Crashes jet-powered dragster

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Lord, won't you lease me a rotary phone? Letters My friends all use push-buttons - I must make amends

Science

• Airbus A380 faces further delays Wiring woes continue
• California sues car makers Who says they don't get irony?

Science: Biology

• Cane toads explode from beyond the grave Residual fermentation ToadJus
• US mobilises fish in war on terror Bluegills versus al-Qaeda

Science: Space

• Astronomers ID Saturn's newest ring Stunning snaps, Cassini style
• Shuttle lands, plans for next mission underway Swedes in spaaace

Security

• Smut sites use IE exploit to spread spyware Drive-by downloads

Security: Anti-Virus

• Botnet creators AIM high Pipeline

Software: Operating Systems

• Allchin peers into crystal ball, sees Windows Vista future 'Some of these apps are mind-bogglingly cool'