30th October 2006 Archive

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Comms

• BT operator: 'What service do you require?' Caller: 'Er, one that works'

Hardware: Storage

• NetApp faces shareholder backdating suit Vigilante accounts scrutiny

Management: Financial News

• Finland convicts 22 in file sharing case Chill wind hits 60 in total
• Poker sites hold merger talks Surviving the US ban
• Stern outlines moral duty to tackle climate change Foresees shrunken global economy

Management: IT Director

• Online Xmas shopping costs employers £7bn Ho ho woe
• Oracle welcomes Linux users with support site crash So very breakable

Management: Public Sector

• DVLA email smut dragnet catches 65 Gross misconduct
• NHS Scotland pools budget for Microsoft savings Better late than never

Market News

• £10m VAT fraud gang jailed Carousel con halted

Music and Media

• 'Legalise home taping' - think tank shock Forward thinking
• Global net forum opens its doors - online and off Ask not what the internet can do for you...
• Greek blogger arrest infuriates world Worst possible timing for over-zealous police
• IGF: Why you should care Internet future lies in Athens
• Italian spy chief eyes jail over CIA abduction Comment Only trying to help
• Psychedelic toad licking dog in rehab Owners tell of amphibian addiction hell
• Report warns of people-tagging madness Chips ain't just for dogs, you know
• Virgin pulls web challenge Boys at B3ta see off marketing muppets

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD unveils ATI Radeon X1650 XT 80nm comes to the mid-range

News: Consoles

• Nintendo Wii to get DVD playback next year? Only in Japan

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Nokia guns for TomTom with GPS gadget Not-a-phone shocker

News: PCs

• Fujitsu admits its laptop 'overheated and sparked' Warning to other vendors
• Phishers prey on Lik-Sang customers Fraudsters pounce on retailer's closure

News: Phones

• B&O-Samsung designer phone to ship Stateside soon Black and Overpriced?
• O2 offers Asus-made XDA as the IQ 'Jupiter' mission lands in UK

News: Smartphones

• E-Ten touts 'world's thinnest' PocketPC phone Glofiish: do the 'i's have it?

News: iPod

• Decriminalise iPod users, think-tank tells UK gov't 300-year-old copyright law needs changing

Reviews: Phones

• Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV Review Pocket TV over digital radio

Science: Space

• France prepares planet hunting 'scope Launch slated for December
• Hubble snaps expanding light echo Echo...echo...
• Meteor cracked Cornish kitchen Possibly

Security: Enterprise Security

• Ohio child hospital hack exposes 230,000 files Overly patient response
• Old bugs blight shiny new browsers IE7 and Firefox 2.0 both hit

Servers/Storage

• EMC announces raft of product updates Comment One size doesn't fit all