16th October 2006 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Microsoft agrees to release Vista interop info Allegedly...

Comms

• EMC and SenSage offer data retention fix Dealing with those pesky EU regulations

Comms: Mobile

• TomTom takes Garmin to court (again) Design issues

Comms: Networks

• Webcasting is next frontier for sports Shifting the goalposts

Hardware

• NEC packs up Packard Bell Hui buys veteran brand

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco gains patent on 'triple play' Time to pay up, partners
• Five arrested over D-Link router theft Rogue routers for sale online
• HSBC customers in cash machine hell Exclusive Accounts frozen, cards eaten

Hardware: Storage

• McData offers $1.1m to keep CEO sweet Stick around, fella

Management: Financial News

• Google's ads could kill YouTube Valley Justice One lawsuit at a time
• Media companies put the squeeze on GooTube YouTube, YouPay
• Samsung has bloody good quarter Confounds expectations

Management: IT Director

• IM gains traction on Wall Street But 'prejudices' could slow uptake
• UK businesses slow to go green Obvious envy shortage

Music and Media

• EU plans to block terror sites, but doesn't know how Commission at 'early stage' of bafflement
• Irish take dim view of 'immoral' domains No porn.ie for you, sunshine
• Secret Service grills MySpace teen Now she's fighting back
• Spammers issue exploding ARSS alert Pump and dump email hits rock bottom
• UK govt plans to hobble FoI, while hailing its success Keeping costs down
• UK.gov may allow data sharing on 40 million bank accounts Without permission
• Unpaid TV licence fells Swedish politician And Pirates fail to impress at the polls
• Wal-Mart loses case for control of boycottwalmart.com WIPO does not swallow 'confusingly similar' claim
• Wobbly Belgian politico becomes YouTube star TV interview suggests robust election victory celebration

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia's three-GPU mobo spied on web Caters for visuals and physics
• Sapphire offers prizes for bare box-art lookalikes Get kit off, win kit

News: Hardware Widow

• Retailer puffs Burning Love fluffy iPod pouch Tickled pink

News: PCs

• IBM/Lenovo, Apple top support firm's hardware reliability ratings Rescuecom survey quite so clear cut?
• Sharp asks laptop owners to return 28,000 batteries Meanwhile, Fujitsu increases the size of its recall
• SmartCaddie UMPC updated with Intel CPU Celeron M replaces VIA chip

News: Smartphones

• Samsung to launch Symbian 'super 3G' phone tomorrow HSDPA slider pitched at smart-phone buyers

News: iPod

• Apple's Jobs not in a stew over Zune Hi-Fi more important than Wi-Fi

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Reuters embeds reporter in Sadville Really

Security

• NK nukes: We're all (not) going to die Analysis The wrong monster
• Spyware infection prompts McDonalds MP3 recall Bitter aftertaste to Coke promo

Security: Enterprise Security

• McAfee opens data-theft snooping service Bolt-on acquisition

Security: ID

• 419 scammers launch shipping sites Fake escrows on the rise
• Wired editor smokes out MySpace pedo Top-notch journalism
• Brits bin their identity as ID thieves prosper Just shred-it

Services

• iSoft costing Staffs hospital dear £16m hole in accounts

Software: Applications

• Mozilla brainstorms Firefox 3.0 Wish-list goes live

Software: Operating Systems

• Larry Ellison's Linux nears release – pundit Not so stable but looks great in a Tux