8th November 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Java databasing with Derby Java's own open source database

Comms

• Armchair downloaders want it all But only if it’s free …
• NTL Telewest reborn as Virgin And trials 50Mb

Comms: Networks

• Fast24 customer? Here's how to recover your domain Letter Reg reader at your service

Comms: VoIP

• Skype 3.0 beta is go What's that coming over the hill? It's a Ballmer

Hardware: Data Networking

• Deutsche Telekom shuns WiMAX Nein

Hardware: Servers

• Dell delivers Quads Gives birth to high performance servers and workstations
• Hurd commits Teradata infanticide Exclusive HP's CEO goes after old company with Neoview line
• One quad-core will do nicely IBM ponders what users want and what they need

Hardware: Storage

• NetApp wraps up 4Gig SAN-in-a-box Midrange NAS/SAN hybrid targets EMC and HP once again

Information: Databases

• Big Blue cloud over event processing performance The march of the big guns

Lifecycle: Execute

• Will SOA kill the idea of applications? Let’s get real

Management

• Directors' pay growth accelerates 'Nothing succeeds like excess'

Management: Financial News

• Microsoft becomes master of others' domains Respect it
• YouTube and Micropayments Comment Thoughts from an aging rock fan

Management: Public Sector

• "I have nothing to hide" - or the Sainsbury's Lesson Comment Guilt by association
• Census teams go head to head in round one of testing My data capture is better than yours

Management: Small Biz

• SMEs fall foul of cold-calling firm Warning: Rogue online directory on the loose

Music and Media

• A glimpse inside the real IGF Nice snaps with childish captions
• Americans choose Democrats Another long national nightmare over?
• Download your Blue Screen of Death - from Microsoft Wizard wheeze of a sysadmin tease
• Giant iPod user rocks Google Earth Strange simulacrum in deepest Canada
• Privacy chiefs vow to fight surveillance together Call for global cooperation
• Protests target Yahoo! snitching Down! With! Internet! Enemies!

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia rolls out nForce 6 series for Intel CPUs Next-gen chipset, anyone?
• Nvidia sails to Cuda in bid to stem ATI's Stream Revolutionary?

News: Consoles

• Xbox to go Live with movie and TV downloads Pre-empting Apple's iTV

News: Mac

• Apple updates MacBooks to 'Merom' Core 2 Duo inside

News: PCs

• Samsung shows wireless-tastic sub-notebook WiBro, HSDPA, Wi-Fi - you name it, the Q40 can connect to it

News: Smartphones

• Euro demand for PDAs has 'evaporated' Wireless or nothing

Odds and Sods: Letters

• We come to praise DMCA, not bury it ... Letters I want my takedown notice now

Odds and Sods: Radio RTFM

• Radio RTFM episode 1: Brinfinger World domination, Google style
• Radio RTFM episode 1: Space wurzel Professor Pillinger ruminates on matters of scientific import
• Radio RTFM episode 1: The London cabbie Analysis of the HP scandal from our favourite Hackney Carriage operator
• Radio RTFM episode 1: The Strategy Boutique Multiple energies, thrust, synergy, fusion and evolution
• Radio RTFM episode 1: Trainspotting geeks 'I think you'll find that according to Heidelstein's Probability Vortex theory...'
• Radio RTFM: Those separate sketches in full Bite-sized fun for all the family

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card Review GeForce 8800 GTX = 2 x Radeon X1950 XTX

Security

• Attackers end-run around IE security Backwards compatibility a breeding ground for holes
• Bogus YouTube clip installs Zango Cash Mucky video

Security: Anti-Virus

• Nuclear war worm fails to explode Protect and survive

Security: Enterprise Security

• Dating site hacker avoids jail No love lost

Servers/Storage

• Avnet buys Access Distribution Distie buys Sun shop
• NetApp punts $160m for Topio Duplicates EMC's de-duplication buy

Software: Applications

• Intel targets SMEs with Web 2.0 software Which is nice

Software: Operating Systems

• January 30: Window Vista's date with destiny Broad appeal, says Allchin
• Microsoft bankrolls Novell to tune of $348m Hey big spender!