16th November 2006 Archive

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Comms

• UK internet throws a wobbly Who kicked the plug out?

Comms: Mobile

• 3 calls in internet big guns for mobile credibility Sell-off of loss-maker ruled out
• How will Windows survive the death of the PC? Samsung and Runcom show Microsoft how
• O2: risks are for losers Outlines cagey approach, snubs WiMAX
• Orange and BBC World announce global deal News at your fingertips
• The spy - or thief - in your pocket Smartphones ripe for non-viral attack, claims Symantec

Comms: Wireless

• FCC delivers a swift kick in the Mass(port) Comment Rules for Wi-Fi freedom

Hardware: Servers

• Evergrid ships 'little blue pill' for clusters SC06 Don't let CD get you down
• Humble Mercury hurls out more Cell kit SC06 Promises big wins
• Sun puts blade chassis on a diet SC06 P is for petite

Lifecycle: Execute

• Firing up the Erudine engine Building with behaviour
• NetSuite gets TalkTalk Another bit of Carphone Warehouse takes the online road

Lifecycle: Plan

• FFII face-to-face to solve patent problems Get together, sort it out

Management: Financial News

• BEA shares slide 'Evidence of decelerating license growth'
• Borland tools buyer MIA Keeps ownership at distance
• BT bids for PlusNet Consolidation a-go-go
• Dell knocks back Q3 results as SEC probe turns formal HP gets all the glory
• Dunn enters plea in HP spy case Ain't Dunn nothing
• Facial recognition firm pulls in seed funding A tool for all the family

Management: IT Director

• US superpower status challenged - Gates Microsoft bit wobbly, too

Management: Public Sector

• BMA kicks off patient awareness campaign What's up Doc?

Management: Small Biz

• Small biz stumped on tech adoption BT looks at SMEs

Music and Media

• China develops flying aircraft carrier Hyperdrive-levitated vessel lands on Google Earth
• Jedi petition UN for religious rights Can you feel the force?
• Microsoft Universal deal sure to be challenged Anti-trust ahoy
• UCLA cops taser ID-less student Library outrage video surfaces on YouTube

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD touts Radeon X1000 series' Zune friendliness Posts latest Catalyst driver update too

News: Consoles

• Sony PS3 'costs at least $805-840' to make Analyst prices up console's production

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• 3 signs Symbian SlingPlayer exclusive TV-to-Net box maker ships Mac software too

News: Mac

• Apple developing AMD-based laptop? Unexpected sources claim

News: Smartphones

• HTC to combine UMPC, smart phone in 2007? Could be planning to use Intel's 'Steeley'

News: Useless... but Cool

• Chilly users defrosted with heated USB mousemat Gloves and slippers too

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Naomi Campbell a 'racist', claims former maid WSA 'Dumb Romanian' sues battling supermodel

R&R: Books

• Ajax Hacks Book review Playing with AJAX

R&R: Opinion

• IT 'should be entrepreneurial' It's about money, stooopid
• Oracle survey versus Oracle survey You spend ages waiting for a survey and then...
• Oracle: a surveyor speaks How can two similar surveys of the similar people produce different results?
• Virtually developed When you need it’s there and then it’s gone

Reseller

• DiData ups profits UK lets the side down...

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS graphics card Review Cheaper than the GTX, but more bangs per buck?

Science

• ESA adds stunning satellite images to Google Earth Space views of natural phenomena

Science: Space

• Saturday night is Leonid night Hitting the dusty comet trail

Security

• Four cuffed over webcam Trojan scam Spanish flies
• Microsoft provokes London Tube crash iexplore.exe outrage
• VoIP and IE risks star in SANS' threat list Protect and survive

Security: Anti-Virus

• Malware goes to the movies Dangerous liaisons

Security: Enterprise Security

• Former IT boss faces hacking charges Psst, they're about to sack you too

Software: Operating Systems

• Zune and Vista 'not compatible'