20th November 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• A phone call from Islamabad Mobilink celebrates 20 million customers, and growing fast
• Vodafone fesses to premium rate SMS overcharging Txt 0907 RIP OFF

Hardware: Servers

• Aussie cops deploy Lethal Weapon email server 'This is a real badge, I'm a real cop...'
• Clusters get personal, while workstations go silent SC06 What the Tier 1s missed
• Startup takes Reg's coveted 'Top FLOP' award SC06 SiCortex's supercomputing sauce

Management: Financial News

• Bank boss joins HP board Seat emptied by spying scandal filled
• Cambridge incubator spawns spinoffs aplenty Are you allergic to VoIP?
• HP's newest board member a pretexting veteran Been there, seen that
• Murdoch in ITV takeover spoiler When billionaires attack
• The real time reporting utopia? Accounting big four push for financial reporting changes
• Thus turns a profit Kinda

Music and Media

• Bushies push NSA wiretap extravaganza Comment Freedom's just another word for nothing left to hide
• Craigslist ruling: Why the EFF is right to be pissed Silicon Justice Keep our websites free!
• eBay in Children in Need charity appeal outrage Pudsey poses with pedo.com

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel said to be preparing Pentium price cuts January timeframe matches past reports
• Nvidia preps Q1 2007 debut for G84, G86? Aimed at entry-level, mid-range, moles claim

News: Consoles

• Linux-running PS3 offered on eBay Dual-boot guaranteed, apparently
• Man buys PS3, smashes it with sledgehammer Updated with video Console craziness continues
• Nintendo to ship DS Lite MP3 player on Wii day

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• ADS touts iPod, PSP friendly USB video accelerator Dramatically speed up video transcoding

News: Smartphones

• E-Ten guns for HTC with Glofiish M700 PDA phone with slide-out keyboard and GPS, anyone?
• HTC announces 'Herald' P4350 to you and me

News: Storage

• Toshiba unveils fastest 8GB SDHC Second-generation memory card

Security

• Check Point bids $586m for PointSec Security beyond the firewall

Security: Anti-Virus

• Worm creates havoc on Second Life 'Grey goo' gridlock

Security: ID

• Bank-card PINs 'wide open' to insider attack Crackers

Servers/Storage

• NetApp brings StoreVault to Blighty Hammer to crack SMB nut

Software

• Adobe boss won't rule out suing over Vista Microsoft launch not home and dry yet
• Software market will double between 2003 and 2010, says expert Strong, but not silly

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft makes claim on Linux code And sets alarm bells ringing in open source community
• Moglen: How we'll kill the Microsoft Novell deal Interview We'll fight them on the breaches...