28th November 2006 Archive

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Comms

• BT's 21CN has 100 users But it's voice-only, with faster broadband still a year away
• Kingston profits triple Revenue up 8 per cent

Comms: Mobile

• EU tells Ofcom to pull its finger out British watchdog inflates costs
• Mobile porn market set to explode Users demand 'erotic entertainment'
• Used car dealer menaces air traffic Dodgy phone chat entertains pilots

Comms: Networks

• Wary launch imminent for BT broadband telly Vision: 'We are not at home to Mr Cock-up'

Hardware

• Steve Lockie leaves C2000 Blimey....

Hardware: Data Networking

• IBM tops Micromuse with Vallent Management deal

Hardware: Storage

• NEC's NAS redefines 'revolutionary' Well, yes - hard disks DO revolve...
• The Death of Tape is much exaggerated Storage briefing Why it ain't going to happen

Management: Financial News

• Google (partially) settles Belgian copyright case Unhold the Press!

Management: IT Director

• Top Java exec quits Sun Open source split

Management: Small Biz

• Businesses reject quicker, weaker patents IP lawyers find support for IP laws

Music and Media

• Italians mull computer games sales ban to kids Adult games, that is
• Mom cooks baby in microwave oven - police An urban legend no more
• Petition the PM: from ID cards to ice cream Make your clicks count
• Russia and US set up copyright hotline Law reform to help Russia's WTO bid
• South African man throws pregnancy sickie Court aborts forged sick note masterplan
• US drinker stabbed for not washing hands Poor restroom hygiene ends in knife fight
• Web browsing behind closed doors Psiphon bypasses government censors

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel samples 45nm 'Penryn' Core 2 die-shrink to introduce SSE 4

News: Consoles

• North Americans buy 600,000 Wiis in first week $190m worth of Nintendo-branded products sold

News: Hardware Widow

• 'Party in your pants' iBuzz back... for two Audio stimulation

News: Media players

• Arcam pitches broadcast-quality DVD HD upscaler High price hi-def

News: PCs

• AMD changes tack on developing-world PC Wants to sell chips, not finished systems
• Linutop touts tiny diskless Linux web PC Updated Minimalist
• PC makers must follow world's strictest green laws, says Gartner
• Rock reveals 13.3in entertainment laptop line Powerful yet portable, maker maintains

News: Phones

• Motorola ships slim phone with e-paper screen Motofone F3 debuts in India

News: Smartphones

• O2 UK ships XDA Orbit GPS smart phone Free sat nav app bundled... and it's a good one

News: iPod

• iSymphony launches iPod friendly micro home cinema box Just add a telly...

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Lobsters destroyed by intelligently designed killer WiFi Letters Really true

R&R: Myths and Legends

• SQL Server and the 7.5-day MTBF Database Myths and Legends (Part 5) How Oracle spun some benchmark stats

R&R: Opinion

• IBM/Rational builds ALM IBM Rational BuildForge

Reseller

• Cisco aims to plug channel knowledge gap on VoIP Train to win

Science

• Nottingham uni launches green tech research wing Funds of £8m already raised

Science: Biology

• Women talk more than men: official Like heroin addiction, but louder

Science: Space

• ESA pins gamma ray explosion on star-gobbling black hole News from the galactic centre

Security

• US unleashes bomb-sniffing bees Homeland security swarm

Security: ID

• A hard lesson in privacy Comment The importance of keeping personal matters personal

Software

• Beginning Hibernate Book review More object relational mapping

Software: Operating Systems

• Analysts look both ways at Vista Glazed over Windows