13th December 2006 Archive

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Code

• Compuware puts developers into factories Aims to save developer effort

Code: Java/J2EE

• JBoss mines richer Seam for Web 2.0 goodness Revamps application framework

Comms

• Judge backs Biscit, leaves NetServices with crumbs As Ofcom rules on MACs

Comms: Mobile

• Final deal close on EU roaming rates UK lobbies for cellcos

Comms: Networks

• Piratebay takes on Allofmp3-blocking ISP Tit-for-tat

Hardware: Storage

• Symantec auditions for services residency Will look after data for cash

Management: Financial News

• HP will keep cleaving Hurd knows best
• Sands and Cantor team on cross-pond online casino With us or against us?

Management: IT Director

• FTC launches crackdown on work-at-home scams Abandon Fal$e Hope$
• HP tattletale Perkins to probe ego in book 'Valley Boy'
• IBM, Yahoo! do enterprise search Take that, Google
• NHS urged to use more simple ICT Royal Society hopes ICT will save doctors' time
• The Cloud moves into the enterprise Do you allow visitors on to your network?
• Training our sights on Vista Opinion Bucking the system

Management: Law

• EC smothers copyright levy reform Reformers shift battleground to Court of Justice

Management: Small Biz

• Small companies embracing VoIP Still not clear on the convergence advantage though

Music and Media

• Forrester can't stand up for falling down over iTunes Collapse? What collapse!
• Germany mulls online gambling ban States want to protect their lotteries
• Home Office to clean up Sadville? Art under the censor
• Naomi Campbell secures Foot in Mouth award Plain English Campaign honours battling supermodel
• UK pigeons spread AIDS, malaria and mad cow disease Kingston moves to contain flying rat menace

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD rebrands ATI CrossFire chipsets Mine, all mine
• AMD slips Athlon 64 X2 5400+, 5600+ into price list Quiet - someone might notice...
• Intel announces Celeron D cull More 90nm CPUs for the chop

News: Phones

• Neo models micro phone Renders to be realised next spring, firm pledges

News: Smartphones

• Samsung dealt RIM lawsuit over BlackJack Handset's name too close to BlackBerry, plaintiff claims

News: Storage

• Sony readies USB, Firewire 18x external DVD burner

News: Useless... but Cool

• USB pole dancer struts funky stuff, geeks drool Not Safe For Work... or Wives

News: iPod

• IXOS all a-glow over light-up disco iPod speaker Groovy

Odds and Sods: Radio RTFM

• Radio RTFM episode 2: Panto fun for all the family Plus: Beware the Wikifinder General

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Geek gifts for Christmas 2 Cash'n'Carrion Still more prezzies!

Reseller

• Calyx buys Mentec Revises figures

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• LG GBW-H10N internal Blu-ray disc burner Review You pay for Blu-Ray...

Science: Space

• Mile-high mountains pop up on Titan Cassini captures ice-capped sierra

Security: Enterprise Security

• Three critical patches star in MS update No word on Word fixes, yet
• UBS logic bomber jailed for eight years Real-life BOFH ordered to pay $3.1m restitution
• Webmail hijack ruse leads to blackmail Pay up or you'll never see your data again

Security: ID

• East European ID theft scam gang jailed Crime and punishment
• Massive security breach at UCLA Details on 800,000 may have been exposed

Servers/Storage

• IBM wallops Unix peers . . . again Survey says Sun and HP struggle
• Symantec sues counterfeit ring for $15m+ Profits-plus scheme

Services

• Dell calls in EDS man to head up services An exceedingly agile partner

Software: Applications

• Microsoft launches Windows Live package Latest salvo in war with Google

Software: Operating Systems

• Novell: in it for the interop, not the money Stats show unanimous support for MS deal