30th November 2006 Archive

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Code

• Writing the Script: Java SE 6 A standard Java scripting engine API to play with

Comms: Mobile

• D-Day for Orange SmartGroups It's now or never
• Europe says 3G auction inflates UK mobile prices Proposal could slash call costs by a third
• Samsung opts for TV with everything – in Korea The haunted goldfish bowl goes mobile
• The mobile web: in praise of conv ... divergence Hands on Mini-Opera

Comms: Networks

• Eircom kick starts network upgrade €10m investment in biz and broadband

Comms: VoIP

• VoIP regulation could 'put lives at risk' Ofcom may not allow 999 access

Hardware: Servers

• Dell makes server software simple, simple, simple for slow admins Ser - ver

Management: Financial News

• eBay shopkeepers locked out Who stole Christmas?
• Nvidia takes $127m stock-option probe charge Won't affect operating results, apparently
• Wal-Mart online film service has more method than madness Comment One step at a time

Management: IT Director

• Going, going, Goggin One of ComReg trio bites the dust
• Vista creeps over the Horizon OS, Office and Exchange hit corporates today

Music and Media

• AllofMP3.com hires violinists to underscore plight 'We're fighting the good fight here'
• Google drops answers Q falls out with A
• Kim Jong Il loses his Segway Wheels come off Axle of Evil
• Number plate cameras could be illegal, says surveillance chief Covert use may breach RIPA

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• GeCube preps single-card CrossFire board Two Radeon X1650 XTs, one add-in card
• Intel 65nm-to-45nm crossover coming in 2008 45nm CPUs to raise clock frequencies once again?
• Marvell ships Intel's gigahertz-capable XScale CPU 'Monahans' debuts at long last

News: Mac

• Amazon.com mixes Marmite with .Mac Yeast extract and Apple's online service 'better together'

News: PCs

• App posted to cut PC power draw, help save planet Local Cooling targets global warming
• HP revamps iPaq for UMPC era Japan sees first Travel, Mobile Media Companions
• Linux web PC makers tout Linutop-like wares Rivals speak out

News: Smartphones

• O2's 3G PDA phone to debut Jan '07 'Mars 2' landing due early next year

News: iPod

• 'Successful' Zune launch no threat to iPod? Plays For Sure players need to watch out

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Microsoft's field of dreams Comment The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

Science

• EU waves through €54bn science funding package Lots for IT in there

Science: Physics

• Hawking given oldest science award Ceremony today
• Polonium-210 found on British Airways jets The world's favourite poison

Science: Space

• NASA greenlights shuttle, gets on with ISS construction Must be home for the new year, though

Security

• Hotel Chocolat wipes up mess Part deux
• UK2 victim of IP hijacking Indonesians blamed

Software

• Vista - hot or not? Letters Updated: Warm, but very pretty
• Vista, Office and Exchange 2007 to help struggling Brits You've never had it so good

Software: Operating Systems

• Is 'GNU/Solaris' emerging from Microsoft-Novell deal? NSFW 'It's just a f*cking kernel...'