4th October 2006 Archive

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Code

• IBM price deal offered to Mercury and Borland users Digs deep

Comms: Mobile

• Convergence: How far you gonna go? Reg Reader Poll
• Mobile 'impulse downloading' plays live in the new year DAB joins the digital music party
• Mobile telly is different Not just another channel for broadcasters
• O2 changes Ts&Cs to allow call data sharing And T-Mobile releases movement tracking report
• T-Mobile offers coverage checks Do you live in a dead zone?

Comms: Networks

• Reprieve for Ireland's Smart Telecom customers Switch back
• Skype founders turn on net TV service Never, ever leave your sofa again

Hardware

• HP hunts for printer consultants The very image of success

Hardware: Data Networking

• Google's Schmidt talks to the Tories The nasty party listens to the nice nasty company

Hardware: Servers

• IBM makes mainframes simpler No more propeller heads in white coats
• VMware does 64-bits in full Refines upgrade path

Hardware: Storage

• EMC sweetens Office 2007 Office as a Window

Lifecycle: Execute

• Serena snaffles Pacific Edge Managing software from conception to death

Management: Financial News

• Apple options review claims Anderson's scalp Current management get clean bill of health
• Calif. to indict Dunn, four more over HP spy scandal Hunsaker also on list
• HP spent at least $375,000 on self-destruction How to wreck an IT giant for under $1m
• Intel likely to face EC charges Sources say...

Music and Media

• Dr Who Tardis on eBay Tech Digest And other assorted gadgets and goodies
• Broadcast treaty needs sounding out, says WIPO Tech companies breathe sigh of relief...for now
• Council contains killer pear tree menace Kids protected from 1lb fruit attack
• Digital music awards honours MySpace influence Reg goes ligging Record industry: 'Will you be our friend?'
• European Central Bank wants EU protection from US Denies responsibility for past intrusions
• Hormel loses bid for spam trademark Case canned
• HP whips out its Bulgarian airbags Dutch printer promotion merriment
• Lightning destroys evidence in Swedish file sharing case Divine verdict on P2P?
• Two arrested in internet arms sales investigation Click here for shooters...

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Chip sales enjoy record growth in August Hit $25bn
• IO Data reveals second Nvidia GPU with HDCP PureVideo HD now on the GeForce 7600 GS

News: Consoles

• PS3 overheating claim rattles investors Tokyo Game Show booth to blame?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Logitech turns wireless stereo 'phones up to 11 Bluetooth 2.0 based and iPod-friendly

News: PCs

• Fujitsu wants 287,000 Sony batteries back Global recall total pushes past 7.6m

News: Phones

• D-Link preps GSM/Wi-Fi network-hopping handset Ready for pre-pay arena

News: Useless... but Cool

• USB hamster wheel targets keyboard hammerers True to typing

News: iPod

• Creative pitches MP3-enhancing sound dongle Xmod makes compressed audio sound better than CD. Allegedly

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Russians turn off vodka smuggling pipeline Mile-long tube carried moonshine to Latvia

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Been in a plane crash? The BBC can help Top tips from Auntie

R&R: Stob

• Oh my Word Stob It looks like Verity's writing an article

Reseller

• PC World wants to take over your living room Media Center hit squads fan out

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Supermicro PDSBA G965-based mobo Review Intel's latest integrated chipset arrives

Science

• Nicaragua to dig Atlantic-Pacific canal $18bn, 12-year project
• Third A380 delay tests airlines' patience Wiring woes will cost Airbus dear

Science: Biology

• Chemistry Nobel goes to Stanford DNA man Lives up to Dad
• Forensics wield new DNA weapon DNAboost to cold cases

Security

• Skype patches Mac OS X flaw Calling out for an update
• Social networkers risk losing their identities Beware Web 2.0 conmen and malware
• Virus infections drop, spam on the up Spam deluge eclipses virus email threat

Security: Enterprise Security

• Admin password security 'abysmal' Static passwords expose 'keys to the kingdom' says survey
• Russian bookmaker hackers jailed for eight years Losing wager

Security: ID

• Sell your personal data and receive tax cuts Bracknell Forest head lobbies for data sharing incentive

Software

• Ex-IBMer to direct Red Hat's US channel Thinks blue thoughts

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft keelhauls customers in WGA snafu What hope then for Vista toughness?