6th November 2006 Archive

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Code

• Software bad across the board Fortify talks application security

Comms

• Fast24 missing, presumed... ISP does a Marie Celeste

Comms: Mobile

• Carphone Warehouse rapped over 'silent' calls Is there anybody out there?
• Motorola speeds open source momentum with Apache Fighting fragmentation
• Wireless USB 'may slow Bluetooth growth' Shouldn't that be the other way around?
• WirelessHD's 60GHz platform could spark standards war Destructive power struggle

Distribution

• Webroot jumps into the channel Softek and Sphinx to flog anti-spyware

Hardware: Servers

• VMWare plays Lab Manager Virtualisation slashes development times

Management: Financial News

• Nvidia buys iPod chip supplier Goal? Handheld chip domination
• Schneider was approached by private-equity firms APC used to shield investment
• Sun's board gets leather jackets and talking cars Knight Ridder Chief slips in the Doerr

Management: Public Sector

• DWP computers 'unreliable' 55 different telephone numbers
• Logo for legit UK drug sites A local scheme, for local people
• Patients can't stop medical records upload Privacy not a medical necessity in UK

Management: Small Biz

• SMEs vital in surveillance arms race, says 3i Innovation happens at the grassroots

Market News

• 'Carousel fraud' bank's founder held for three more months Dutch investigations continue

Music and Media

• UK, China and Russia beat out US in race to end privacy Unblinking third eye awards
• USA to ground all travellers until 'cleared' Security as a blanket presumption of guilt
• Wireless insecurity: do not use the cheerleader defence Comment Don't try this at home, folks

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia recalls GeForce 8800 GTX boards ahead of launch Will ship this week as planned, company claims

News: Consoles

• Ex-Gizmondo exec court hearing ends in mistrial Jury deadlocked over Fat Steffi

News: Hardware Widow

• Garter maker touts 'sexy' thigh-mount phone holder Willing suspender of disbelief?
• Mio styles sat nav as girl-friendly 'fashion accessory' Takes 'GPS out of car, into handbag, apparently

News: PCs

• Medion shows showy crystal laptop for the ladies Oh, lordy

News: Phones

• Motorola cuts black RAZR for Red AIDS charity Black is the new... er... red
• Pantech punts 3G music phone through Orange Multimedia services handset

News: TV

• DisplayPort to support HDCP? Pre-version 2.0 tweak proposed

News: Useless... but Cool

• Sony pitches Bond-branded 1GB USB Flash drive Licensed to fill?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Airline grounded by rebranding madness LogoWatch New wordmark encapsulates the fundamental brand proposition

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Big Brother to debut in Second Life Virtual human zoo

Odds and Sods: Radio RTFM

• Radio RTFM RSS feeds are go Subscribe now to our Reg audio discharge

R&R: Opinion

• MS and Novell: the end of a good feud Comment Proceed with caution

R&R: Stob

• Under Torch Wood Stob A parody for voices

Reseller

• Phoenix coughs £30.25m for Servo Rising into SMB services

Reviews: Laptops

• Rock Pegasus P665-T76 Core 2 Duo laptop Review Rough diamond?

Science

• Students shy away from 'difficult' science Decline of science education, part 534

Science: Biology

• Scientists collar bird flu's 'killer' gene Opens path to vaccine

Security: Anti-Virus

• 0-day bug shatters Windows Mother, it's happening again
• Virus dances onto Mac OS X Macarena more embarrassment than threat

Security: ID

• Blair bangs ID card drum PM in biometric hard sell

Servers/Storage

• Japanese boffins show off 512-core chip Maths co-processor on steroids

Services

• Symantec buys Company-i Don't risk IT

Software: Applications

• Microsoft completes system code for Office 2007 At last: eventually, after a long wait, finally

Software: Operating Systems

• Is your software free, open or litigated? Analysis The MS/Linux patent wars begin . . .