2nd November 2006 Archive

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Code

• Lifecycle Quality at Borland Borland moves forward with Process.

Comms

• Ofcom stays in neutral on net neutrality It couldn't happen here, says chairman

Comms: Mobile

• AT&T targets video home security as next broadband market Just because you're paranoid
• Orange on the map with new sat nav device Teams up with Webraksa
• Orange pulls the plug on SmartGroups Users condemn dumb decision
• TomTom fails to put the brakes on Garmin No design infringement

Hardware: Servers

• IBM ships Cell as part of canned cluster SC06 ClearSpeed brought on board too
• Sun's Niagara chip breaks like the Wind River Telco Linux goes multi-core

Hardware: Storage

• EMC buys Avamar Splurges $165m on de-duplication software

Management: Financial News

• Carphone Warehouse posts strong results They're good, but not great
• Former CA chief Kumar gets 12 years in the pen 'Great minds' think in cells
• Is Hurd's worsening memory a cause for concern? 'I'm the CEO of HP, right?'
• YouTube faces UTube lawsuit Confused surfers trouble pipe makers

Management: IT Director

• Business process modelling Column Keep your eye on the ball
• Southampton Uni and MIT pit wits against mysteries of the web Research effort launched
• Vendor grid lock on multi-core pricing Plus ça change…

Management: Public Sector

• Accenture wins Olympic contract First out of the blocks
• Civil Aviation Authority puts 'secret' security info on the web Updated: Don't right-click! It's a secret!
• Privacy chief: we're all in UK.gov's pockets How many points for Business Class democracy?

Music and Media

• All CRB agents broke the law None face prosecution
• Britain is a Big Brother state Thomas sounds surveillance warning
• IGF: The good, the bad and the psycho cleaners If you want to get on in Athens, steal a waiter uniform
• The gossip issue IGF blog Stuff the net, let's get to the scandal
• UK banks agree to data sharing But say plans 'may not catch criminals'
• United Nations lauds internet's 'arranged marriage' IGF Internet Governance Forum ends on high note

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia may take $150m hit over stock options Restatement of recent years' figures coming

News: Consoles

• Shadow of N-Gage looms as Nokia prepares onslaught on gaming If at first you don't succeed ...

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• LG to mass-produce $150,000 100in LCD HD TV Price tag more overwhelming than the screen size?

News: Hardware Widow

• Orange bleats about Samsung's Blush Embarrassed or standing proud?

News: Hi-Def

• Adult movies will not decide outcome of HD DVD, Blu-ray No repeat of VHS vs Betamax

News: PCs

• Asus kits out Lamborghini VX1 Golden Edition laptop Only 200 offered for sale
• Asus unveils Viiv-friendly media centre Asteio, take a bow
• Dell unveils first AMD-based laptop line Sempron or Turion inside

News: Smartphones

• Dopod pops out music-centric smart phone Non-3G QWERTY slider handset too
• StyleTap completes Windows Mobile-hosted Palm emulator Run old Palm apps on new hardware

Reseller

• Hi-tech CEO charged with ID theft against staff And you think your boss is bad

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad-core CPU Review Two cores bad - four cores good?

Science

• Groovy wires could detect disease and explosives Handy

Science: Biology

• National DNA Database: have your say No guarantees Blair will listen though

Science: Space

• Venus: older and more interesting that we thought? Resurfacing not cataclysmic, after all

Security

• Diebold slams HBO Hacking Democracy documentary Sight unseen, gets knickers in a twist
• Quantum attacks worry computer scientists Today's network admins have it easy

Security: Anti-Virus

• Sophos defends its block on alien hunters SETI@Home domesticated

Security: Enterprise Security

• Protect Data acquires Reflex Port control

Security: ID

• US.gov tunes out scathing RFID privacy report DHS committee study 'disavowed'

Security: Spam

• Spammers go island hopping to bypass filter See you in Sao Tome

Servers/Storage

• Symantec readies Backup Exec for Vista Version 11d...phhhwoooaaaar!

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft to support Novell's cancer SUSE seller shares soar