20th December 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Ireland overrun with HSDPA networks But who was first to deploy?
• Swiss roll over for mobile music service Students too lazy to create play lists though
• Virgin foxes Firefox? Pot luck site compatibility

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cable to bind US and China closer Electronically at least
• Ericsson buys Redback to challenge Cisco Sound and vision

Hardware: Storage

• 'Unprecedented' Rackable makes sense - CEO Interview Go figure

Management

• Irish company aims to free eBay's flow Takes control of sales and admin

Management: Financial News

• Christmas comes early for IT supplier Capgemini unwraps profit present from UK.gov
• Palm's earnings slide Diversifying into 2007?

Management: Government

• Home Office to register biometrics of foreign nationals in UK Where's your fingerprint?

Management: IT Director

• Outsourcing Scrooges consolidate Christmas Atos-ers

Management: Law

• Thinktank kicks off robotic civil rights debate Must be Christmas

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• CMDB implementation? What do you think Reg Technology Panel Is there a wrong way to do it...

Management: Small Biz

• Parcelforce: we'll deliver before Christmas Didn't mention which year

Music and Media

• CNET interviewer assaulted by flying wang 'Somebody block this c*ck'
• Reg embeds hack in Second Life NSFW An offer we couldn't refuse
• Wikipedia semen shortage filled by User Generated Content NSFW The essence of DIY

News: Consoles

• Nintendo faces Wii Remote wrist-strap class action lawsuit Flying Remote hit wife, whacked TV, killed cat claims coming?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• The Top 20 Weirdest gadgets of 2006 Robot guinea pigs, solar-powered insect theatres and more

R&R: Opinion

• Do you have a mature testing process? Or is it just an overhead getting in the way of release?

Reviews: Phones

• Samsung SGH-Z560 'super 3G' phone Review Broadband clamshell

Security

• All I want for Christmas... Security wish list
• Hackers call on Skype to spread Trojan Dial M for malware
• How fat is my DRM? Sony rootkit settlement prompts Bloatware Disclosure
• Month of Apple bugs planned for January A patch a day keep the hackers at bay

Security: Anti-Virus

• Sysadmin 'tried to boobytrap' drug firm database Prescription for disaster averted

Servers/Storage

• Citrix gets Ardence Boosts provisioning provisions