8th December 2006 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Ecma embraces MS Office OpenXML standard Along with 6,000 pages of notes

Comms

• IPTV/VoD – Let's inject a little rock 'n' roll Industry comment If dreams could come true...

Comms: Mobile

• Telefonica admits customers don't understand mobile TV ...and don't want it either

Comms: Networks

• Yahoo! press reports are 'full of sh*t' - CEO Semel No need to be so polite, Terry

Hardware

• Sun donates Hewlett and Packard to museum Now you can too

Hardware: Data Networking

• D-Link's Gig wireless box forgets the 'and' Gigabit wireless? Surely some mistake...
• IBM snubs MSN with Sametime gateway AOL, Yahoo! and Google count as business IM, but MS doesn't
• Qualcomm sets cat among Wi-Fi pigeons with Airgo purchase Political pawn or technology asset?

Hardware: Servers

• Sadville 'causes global warming' The carbon emissions of a furry penis
• Unheralded Larrabee plots AMD and Nvidia takedown Intel by any other name

Management: Financial News

• Antigua files injunction against American overkill While Patriots beg for their billions
• Court rejects class action status for Wall Street lawsuit Banks breathe sigh of relief
• Oracle hikes i-flex offer Hold out investors squeeze Larry

Management: IT Director

• What can on-demand software do for your business? Avoiding shelf-ware

Management: Reg Weekly

• Wii takes off as Sun's grounded To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Management: Small Biz

• Irish industry groups react to Budget 2007 R&D help, seed funding

Music and Media

• EU to take UK lead on violent video games John Reid says 'do as we say'
• UK plans 'real-time' no-fly lists plus fingerprint ID for air travel 'No finger, no fly' to commence at Heathrow

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Dear Santa... Competition

News: Hi-Def

• HD TV in the UK Buyer's Guide Everything you need to know... fully revised and updated

News: Phones

• Samsung to tempt developing world with $50 phones if it works for Motorola...

News: iPod

• Apple's iPod roadmap said to list three new models for '07 Emphasis on video playback?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Unboxing: the new geek porn Look at the bubble-wrap on that!

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Tinsel takes out Wi-Fi Dalek Letters Cheats!

Reviews: Consoles

• Nintendo Wii videogames console Review Revolutionary?

Science: Space

• Big or small, black holes are all the same When it comes to matter, anyway
• NASA crushes lunar real estate industry Moon base will not be a squat
• Shuttle launch delayed by cloudy skies Or, why the UK will never launch spaceships

Security

• Malware gangs using 'KGB-tactics' to recruit tech grads Hacksplotation

Security: Enterprise Security

• Extradition appeal due in weeks, says McKinnon Pentagon hacker could face Guantanamo Bay

Services

• Gov IT procurement talks enter third year Meeting next week to thrash out contracts
• Indian call centres in VoIP clampdown Hold the line

Software: Applications

• Microsoft opens digital library Takes on Google Book Search

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft broadsides African laptop Prepares Windows for OLPC