5th October 2006 Archive

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Code

• REALbasic 2006 gets Mac Universal binary support Make your Mac apps run faster
• The policy is...get some Apps upgrades will need policies, even if you don't want them

Comms: Mobile

• Vodafone's BlackBerry customers in a jam A special kind of upgrade

Comms: Networks

• Big Brother voting ruled misleading ICSTIS delivers £40k slap on the wrist

Hardware

• BT + HP + PepsiCo = $$$ Fizzy revenue stream
• HP's head swells as inkjet speed increases And shoots out more lasers

Hardware: Data Networking

• Dolphins, dinghies and underground water levels Ionian Blog And why cabbage is bad

Hardware: Servers

• Crystal balls with HP HP looks to utility, aggregation and legacies
• Microsoft blesses Datacenter users with limitless OS copies Go virtual, go nuts

Hardware: Storage

• DataCore plays a SANmelody for smaller SANs Even small servers can be virtual iSCSI storage

Lifecycle: Execute

• SOA software guy from Sun walks up to The Reg and says ... My punchline is better than theirs

Management: Financial News

• California AG shows five the HP way to felony charges Former Chair floored
• HP's 'ethics' chief emerges as spy scandal star We did it my way
• RIM boss buys Pittsburgh Penguins Gets his skates on

Management: IT Director

• Bugging offices is not a crime (in UK) Pretexting is for kids
• Widespread growth likely in global ICT sector OECD report predicts heady times ahead

Music and Media

• 'Bloggers do not have original thought between them' Tech Digest Waterhouse takes a pop at 'Googlers' too
• 2006: journos' year of living dangerously 75 fatalities to date
• German police hunt runaway breast implant patient NSFW Have you seen these jubs?
• Micro pretexter makes micro payment to FTC One down, four to go
• US judges rule on warrantless surveillance Spy on the wire
• US rattles sabre at North Korea Choose between nuclear weapons and a future

News: Accessories

• Vendor unveils USB Serial-ATA dongle Hook big, fast drives up to your USB port

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD said to have approved foundry's 65nm fab Chartered Semiconductor's process validated, sources claim
• AMD to conjure a constellation of K8L desktop chips Twinkle, twinkle, little star
• AOpen touts 'speed-limit breaking' 18x DVD writer But Sony broke it first
• Nvidia stock jumps on Intel takeover rumour Wall Street eyes deal as AMD-ATI merger nears completion
• Nvidia to make quantum leap with GeForce 8800? Unified shaders to work on game physic too, it's suggested

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• UK consumers are Europe's top tech spenders More than $31bn spent on electronics this year
• Vonage calls up USB key phone VoIP app and 250MB of storage space

News: Hardware Widow

• Apple admits iPod Nano colours may 'change over time' Coughing up before the complaints?

News: Mac

• Mag names Mac Pro 'fastest PC in UK' Halves previous 3D rendering record

News: Phones

• Nokia jazzes up 5500 Sport jogger phone New Music Edition model

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Top Gear back on the road Filming resumes

Reseller

• Rigby sets stage for SCH dynasty Eldest son takes major role

Science

• Prof. Wendy Hall receives Borg award Irresistible

Science: Biology

• Researchers find link between teeth and memory loss Now where did I leave my dentures?
• X Prize punts cash for medical breakthrough Millionaires' club sets genome target

Science: Space

• Hubble spies more extra-solar planets Galaxy stuffed full of them

Security

• Mozilla flaws more joke than jeopardy Firefox attack a 'stand up comedy routine'
• Play chess on your nearest e-voting machine Dutch go Irish

Security: Enterprise Security

• MS builds tougher piracy protection into Vista Redmond's latest plan to scuttle pirates unveiled

Security: ID

• Arnie terminates RFID bill It'll be back, vows sponsor
• Indian data theft 'exposed' Britain gripped by fear of keyboard-wielding foreigners
• Tesco self-scan tills 'open to card fraud' Lets thieves help themselves

Software

• A compromise in European patenting debate? Unexpected move
• Bill and Ballmer's bonuses shrink Poor billionaires

Software: Applications

• Microsoft will police licenses through SMS That's Systems Management Server to you