24th October 2006 Archive

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Code

• Calls to help desk = testing, survey finds Development oversight

Code: Java/J2EE

• Creating a Report with JasperReports Creating presentation-quality PDF and Excel Reports with an OSS product.
• Dynamic developments in Java Java goes OSS and gets another language

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Microsoft in 64-bit Vista lockdown RSA Europe Kernel ganders? cock-a-doodle-don't

Comms: Mobile

• FunkySexyCool gets funkier, sexier and cooler By joining forces with MTV
• HELLO! HELLO! YES, I'M INFERTILE. NO, INFERTILE! Mobile phone use damages sperm numbers and quality
• ICSTIS finds luckiest man alive There can be only one
• Vivendi accuses T-Mobile of racketeering Handbags at 20 paces

Comms: Networks

• Net refuseniks getting more stubborn Half of UK not interested

Comms: VoIP

• Pure predicts bright future Sparkling revenues prompt acquisition hunt

Distribution

• Microsoft plays ditch a distie Narrow target for broad-liners

Hardware

• RSA looks to dodge EMC's integration record ...with more acquisitions

Hardware: Servers

• Hurd: HP can do better OpenWorld IBM, Dell, Carly all get it
• SGI smacks ATI with graphics lawsuit And vows 'there's more to come'

Information: Knowledge

• Oracle pencils in next-gen BI suite OpenWorld Financial reporting meets web

Lifecycle: Execute

• Outsourced applications in vogue at OpenWorld Nothing too SaaSy

Management: Financial News

• Arkansas settles anti-trust dispute with Microsoft Vouchers for all
• Double your money ATM sparks Bristol street party We're in the money
• Microsoft dodges court in Belgian copyright battle Takes down links
• Playboy gambler says Feds can't stop his online empire Interview Calvin Ayre goes Down Under

Management: IT Director

• One fifth of Brits bullied at work Ethnic minorities and disabled suffer most
• Using the new web for lifeskilling Opinion Riding the Olympic wave of opportunity

Management: Public Sector

• IPS stands ground on ID cards 'We're already on the right track'

Music and Media

• Inquiry into EU roaming probe begins O2 versus the EC
• Irish e-voting emerges from the crypt On government life support
• Leaders vs bloggers and other meaningless fights Opinion It's all meeja, innit?
• US publishers say Child Online Protection Act should be struck down COPA non grata

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Asus GeForce 8800 GTX-based board details leak Nvidia's 'G80' to sport GigaThread, Quantum Effects technologies
• ATI to launch Radeon X1650 XT next week? As AMD takeover goes through
• Intel follows AMD with CPU price cuts New models too

News: Consoles

• Lik-Sang shuts shop, names PSP-purchasing senior Sony staffers Out with a bang?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• British boffins demo 150dpi bendy display Rollable SVGA screen, anyone?

News: Hi-Def

• Brits spend more on HD DVD than Blu-ray Of course - there's no PS3 yet

News: Mac

• Apple MacBook Pros drop Core Duo for Core 2 Duo Power boost

News: PCs

• Colourful US computer company Liebermann re-appears L's bells, it's back
• Gateway opens up to Sony battery recall plan Asks for 35,000 units to be returned
• SanDisk to secure online sales with USB Flash drives Crypto on your keychain

News: Phones

• T-Mobile inks tattoo'd RAZR deal Tattoo you, Moto

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Smouldering badger disrupts rail services '22 minutes late, flaming badger at Tonbridge'
• Suspected thieves blow up house Nick gas piping at your peril...

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Trolls seek to copyright quarky badger rail Letters Or have we misheard?

R&R: Books

• Off the Rails? Book review Calling all Rails developers that want to learn Ruby

Science

• Giant elastic-powered aircraft fails to take off Disappointment for UK aviation pioneer

Science: Physics

• Scientists catch exotic new particles Bottom quark caught...stop sniggering...

Science: Rise of the Machines

• Satnav orders German into toilet RoTM Turn right, then drive up the stairs...

Science: Space

• Rainy day? Blame cosmic rays Particle accelerators show us how

Security

• HBOS to change website after security alert You've been framed

Security: Enterprise Security

• Florida 'botmaster' charged with Akamai DDOS attack Internet bombardment

Security: ID

• Hacking contactless credit cards made easy Carson attack no laughing matter

Software

• I work for MS but even I struggle to get a hot-fix Redmond man in online support purgatory

Software: Applications

• Google offers white label searches Pimp my Google!
• Oracle threatens to make workers more expressive OpenWorld It's like Web 2.0, for the enterprise

Software: Operating Systems

• Red Hat makes Xen GUI in Fedora Core 6 Mac crowd massaged
• Vista kernel fix 'worse than useless' MS irks security researcher (part 411)