18th October 2006 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Magical green lights peg 25 Oct RTM for Vista Microsoft scrolling

Comms

• Orange gets broadband back Jolly well done...

Comms: Mobile

• Motorola's Q3 doesn't cut it Wall St slashes Razr vendor
• Operators sign up for cheap 3G handsets 3G for All

Comms: VoIP

• VoIP revolution leaves US behind Symbian Show SIP on this
• VoIP services are go So says IDC

Hardware: Data Networking

• 802.16 momentum shadowed by platform trade-offs Large players waiting for wave two
• Trapeze latest to join 'new wave' of switched WLANs Model on the rise, but there's still work to be done

Hardware: Servers

• Gutted SGI 'blasts out' of, er, bankruptcy Fewer staff, fewer debts, same problems
• Intel invites partners to cook its I/OATs TCP/IP overdrive
• Sun's 'white trash' server trailers impress While Opteron and virtualization sell

Hardware: Storage

• EMC plots essential centralised decentralisation Moving on from cupboard fitting
• NetApp mounts up for virtual tape land grab Storage Expo Big rivals still playing catch-up

Management: Financial News

• AMD profits, shipments up On Q
• Costs up with investment for Citrix 'Strategic' third quarter
• ICANN votes on domain tasting solution Board decision to close loophole
• MySpace: social sites will never be friends Like the posters in your bedroom
• TVR abandons UK Sports cars follow Smarties into exile

Management: IT Director

• Queen ends hunt for an IT director But new web editor post opens up

Management: Public Sector

• More e-voting pilots proposed How to get youngsters interested
• Poor IT caused 'chaos' for farmer payments NAO report slams Rural Payments Agency

Music and Media

• AllofMP3 sends out peace feelers. Enemies prefer Cold War iTuneski's foes gain strength
• Austrian nails testicle to roof Favourite thing now tied up with string
• Casino tycoon sticks elbow through £74m Picasso That's torn it
• Database state could go pear-shaped, says police chief Power corrupts
• EFF to probe FBI's new monster database That'll teach them
• Great WMD failures: Casey, the castor oil killer Chemical Alley 'Terrorism Lite' makes US Homeland Security stats anyway
• Net is terror training tool - US security chief 'Combination of hatred and technical skills'
• Steal my ID, steal my fingers - the public gets nervous So how many fingers do you need anyway?
• UK army seeks terror bomber sniffing tech, £10m reward Multifunction threat detection bot also sought
• Welcome to the Fourth Reich Comment Congress, Bush defile Constitution with security bill

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel prices up quad-core desktop chips Top dollar
• Intel readies refresh for Core 2 Duo desktop line TET offensive planned

News: Consoles

• UK retail giant canes Canis Canem Edit DSG will not stock title in 'family friendly' outlets

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Navicore readies 'world's smallest' Bluetooth GPS receiver Nokia wants it for the 770 Internet Tablet

News: PCs

• Japan's Brulé touts would-be crème of UMPC crop

News: Phones

• LG debuts Shine ultra-slim slider phone RAZR slicer?

News: TV

• NEC shines light on high res handheld LCDs System-on-glass

Odds and Sods: Letters

• HSBC's cash crash forced me to work off my dinner Letters No money, honey

Reseller

• Logicalis urges customers to take their greens Reducing carbon footprint by selling silicon

Reviews: Desktops

• Shuttle XPC SN27P2 small form-factor PC Review Build-your-own AMD Socket AM2 box

Security

• Adware rumpus over Battlefield 2142 It's all in the game
• Trojan download site spoofs IE7 release outlet Is there a difference?

Security: Anti-Virus

• Free virus with some iPods Apple blames Windows, contract manufacturer, self ...
• Web viruses drop off despite IE exploit flap Hacker holiday confounds expectations

Security: Enterprise Security

• Oracle's mega-patch shuts 101 doors Never mind the password, come on in...

Security: Spam

• Spamhaus fights US court 'pro-spammer' ruling Change of tack

Servers/Storage

• Bridgehead ends Quest for storage partner Brief Convergence ahoy
• Quantum tapes up future with ADIC Storage Expo Live together, die alone

Software: Operating Systems

• Ballmer: Microsoft helped security partners on Windows Vista Lack of knowledge
• McAfee dismisses Microsoft's security overtures As does Symantec...