5th January 2007 Archive

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Code

• Working in the COBOL mine Developing with Legacy Systems – Part 2

Comms

• ISPA hunts heroes and villains of 2006 Who helped/hindered, the UK internet industry
• Taiwan quakes cost Chinese 10,000 domain names Missing, believed expired

Comms: Mobile

• Cellular network used as backhaul for in-car Wi-Fi hotspot Not for the budget-conscious

Distribution

• Computer 2000 fills board of directors New Year appointments

Hardware: Data Networking

• Gigabit audio to run on Ethernet But who wants hundreds of simultaneous sound channels?

Hardware: Storage

• Bandwidth bottlenecks are Flushed Away Aardman broadens its transatlantic links.
• On-the-fly disk defragmenter claims a first Automatic clean-up tool uses only spare cycles, says Diskeeper

Information: Knowledge

• 90 Degree looks to corner BI with Radius Opinion Sure to be attractive to potential users

Management: Financial News

• Analyst: Google to hit $630 a share in 07 Crazy times. Again.
• Moto earnings shockr Volumes up, profits down

Management: Law

• 16-year-old Norwegian filesharer charged Parents may have to pay too

Management: Public Sector

• E-vote systems certifier de-certified We can't prove anything, so neither can the Feds
• New fraud concerns over Dutch ballot computers Good enough for local elections
• Northgate wins lucrative public sector contract Hosting Hillingdon's financial systems

Management: Reg Weekly

• Cisco, Darwin, Saddam and giant Bosnian pyramids To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Music and Media

• Google space weapon obliterates 50m insect Rampaging earwig blown from Google Earth

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD readies ATI Radeon X1950 GT? Cut-down X1950 Pro in the works, moles claim
• Intel adds 'Wolfdale', 'Yorkfield' to desktop roadmap 45nm 'Penryn'-based parts due late 2007/early 2008

News: Consoles

• Game Boy child electrocuted in Thai hotel Tragic accident, local police report

News: Mac

• Month of Apple Bugs scheme yields first fixes Full disclosure
• Reseller readies custom-made tablet Mac ModBook successor to last year's iTabs

News: PCs

• Sony Vaio laptop to star in blue move Spring collection unveiled

News: Storage

• Hitachi hails 'industry first' 1TB desktop hard drive Travelstar 7K1000 to ship this quarter
• Toshiba unveils PC-friendly HD DVD drive Shipping soon?

News: iPod

• MP3 player maker sues Apple, demands $100m Taiwanese court sides with Luxpro

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• French critics roast Crowe Ridley Scott's A Good Year fails to impress

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Our Saddam picture - too shocking? Letters The case for the defence
• Tales from the Google interview room Letters 'Do not remove the batteries from your interviewer..'

R&R: Opinion

• Extreme Programmers! Meet up in Leeds Yes, Ermintrude, there is life up north...

Science

• Green satnav finds eco-friendly routes Swedes look to save planet

Security

• Hacked Chip and PIN terminal plays Tetris Game over

Security: Enterprise Security

• Google blacklist sheds light on phishing tactics Social engineering still the mainstay of scams
• IE 'unsafe' for 284 days last year Nine months gestation for 0-day exploits

Security: ID

• Phishing fraudsters get flashy Counter-strike

Software: Applications

• Lack of cash claims email pioneer Pegasus has wings clipped