7th December 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• T-Mobile suspends staff discount scheme Extended family scheme 'abused'
• The past is no longer Orange Orange data users spend a day disconnected

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco sends a whole load of dollars to India Plans R&D, phone factory

Hardware: Servers

• IBM runs over Platform Solutions Mainframe or only frame?
• Intel set to join AMD-backed Green Grid Once there's something to join

Hardware: Storage

• Dell vaults into bed with Microsoft Storage power play
• EMC puts storage on ice Disk freeze
• LSI Agere merger creates storage, networking and CE chip giant 'Combining of interests'

Information: Databases

• Wanna know how to rate a data warehouse appliance? A handy list of rules

Lifecycle: Execute

• Tibco takes pop at SOA complexity ActiveMatrix reloaded

Management: Financial News

• Armed police raid IBM's Moscow office Graft investigation
• HP will pay California $14.5m for being naughty Let's not get civil
• Music industry will take copyright battle to Europe Damning the evidence
• Sky signs up Google Evil empire signs pact to do no evil
• SurfControl gets an offer Ready to wave goodbye to independence?

Management: Small Biz

• Carousel fraud costs UK £3bn HMRC figures it out
• Info Commissioner slaps cold-callers Cracks down on double-glazers, telcos next

Music and Media

• 419er massacres English language Lads from Lagos provoke grammatical carnage
• Citizens will face fine rather than sign up to ID card register Database revolt
• Dreadful Recorded Music? Opinion What will DRM stand for in the future?
• Flatulence forces US plane out of the sky Shear wind
• York students face off against Dalek Davrotic dummy drinking deterrent

News: Consoles

• Nintendo Wii to hit UK tonight You say you want a Revolution...
• Retailers warn Nintendo Wii pre-orders may arrive late Vendor cuts console allocations, sellers claim
• Sony updates PS3 firmware But doesn't quite fix the HD resolution issue

News: Hi-Def

• China unveils fleet of 'HD DVD killer' players EVD exports to begin next year

News: PCs

• Nvidia ships Quad FX-friendly chipset nForce 680a SLI available now, mobos too

News: Smartphones

• Palm pays $44m for Palm OS source code licence How to buy back PalmSource without buying back PalmSource

News: iPod

• BenQ takes on iPod Shuffle with micro metal music player MusiQ line is jewellery, apparently

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• 'I shouldn't have left it to beaver' - Britney Feels so magnified

Reseller

• A good year in Computerland Not bad, not bad

Science

• Building El Niño cancels Hurricane havoc Pacific system nixes Atlantic storms
• MoD awards £124m for pilot-free plane RIP Biggles

Science: Biology

• Ocean plants like it cold, thanks NASA links growth with climate

Science: Space

• Plasma whirlpools breach Earth's magnetic shield Cluster reveals how

Security

• eEye launches 0-day tracker site Watching the defectives
• VXers dabble in mobile spyware First contact

Security: Enterprise Security

• Adobe puts Acrobat flaw on the critical list PDF peril

Security: ID

• US outlines privacy safeguards – and reveals plans to mine personal data 'Invasive and unprecedented'

Software

• McCreevy laments unpopular EPLA Going nowhere, fast