3rd January 2007 Archive

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Code

• Adopt and adapt better than rip and replace... Developing with Legacy Systems – Part 1

Comms

• Channel 4 goes on-demand Video and audio content on request, eventually
• Venice Project would break many users' ISP conditions That sinking feeling

Comms: Mobile

• CSR slams US Bluetooth patent case Fighting them on the beaches
• Orange converges Wednesdays Cinema deal for broadband customers too

Comms: Networks

• Cambridge company raises $100m Plastic chips and bendy displays

Distribution

• Fayrewood shuffles board As Esprinet buys UMD

Management: Law

• Apple faces US iTunes lawsuit iPod lock-in under fire on both sides of the Atlantic

Management: Public Sector

• Come try our job, say London's armed cops The ultimate shoot-em-up?
• Prisoners to get email access HMP SMTP

Market News

• HP leads laptop league Corners 17.7% of the notebook market

Music and Media

• Dutch clamps down on Segways Netherlands roads un-clogged
• LED cat's eyes may provoke epileptic fits Essex driver 'narrowly avoids seizure'
• Man held over Saddam execution video Government official fingered for mobile phone footage
• Swedes develop fireproof goat Arsonists frustrated by flame-retardant coating
• Toyota develops drunk-busting car 'You're pissed and I'm going nowhere'

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD to ship 65nm single-core Athlons this month? 'Lima' core coming 'mid-January', moles maintain
• Global chip sales smash record - again Consumer electronics drives demand
• Hitachi touts 1.8in HDD energy saving tech Lower spin speed
• Samsung readies Vista-friendly double-speed Flash chip First 50nm 16Gb part

News: Consoles

• Sony to sell '75m PS3s by 2010' Pricey box to win next-gen console war, market watcher forecasts

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Sky goes VoD after shipping 2m Sky+ boxes But what's the difference between video-on-demand and time-shifting?

News: PCs

• HP leads laptop league Corners 17.7 per cent of the notebook market
• Shuttle launches second-gen mini PC XPC Mini X200 adds TV tuner, Wi-Fi, integrated GPU to ultra-SFF barebones

News: Smartphones

• HTC 2007 roadmap revealed on web STR TRK succcessor revealed?

News: iPod

• Card-thin MP3 player planned Skinny

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• UK comedian plans Second Life gig Jimmy Carr's avatar to bring joy to Sadville

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Happy Beavers, Dead Saddam Letters ... Offended Readers

Odds and Sods: Site News

• New Year's resolution: get certified Site offer 40% off Excel books so you don't break it

R&R: Stob

• Was that the 2007 that was? Now let’s dumb down futurology too

Reseller

• Compel appoints managing director Kirby comes out of his Shell

Science

• Fatal helium balloon prank secures 2006 Darwin Award Out of the gene pool, into the hall of fame
• UK's celebs offered science lessons 'Check your facts' before backing campaigns

Science: Rise of the Machines

• Google's job robot weeds out puny humans 'I'm sorry, I can't hire you Dave...'

Security

• Unpatched bug bites QuickTime First release from Month of Apple Bugs

Software

• Borland names new sales chief Repeat performance