9th January 2007 Archive

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Comms

• AT&T reluctantly adopts net neutrality For now
• Fasthosts says sorry Hit by denial of service attack

Comms: VoIP

• AT&T reluctantly adopts net neutrality The sky hasn't fallen
• Nokia updates tablet, adds Skype support So it is a phone after all

Distribution

• Record sentence for VAT fraudster 15 years

Hardware: Servers

• Dell's secret Linux fling A Chinese affair

Hardware: Storage

• Brocade captures Silverback Fibre channel switch gorilla buys into iSCSI

Information: Databases

• EnterpriseDB: standing out from the crowd Opinion Plenty of potential to grow

Lifecycle: Manage

• Alice in Business Column A seasonal sketch, with a moral for our times

Lifecycle: Plan

• Hey big spender! Waste your R&D on me Big Bucks does not equal big returns for Microsoft et al

Management: Financial News

• French firm seduces DatingDirect Sold for £27m
• Qualcomm and Nokia to seek relationship guidance Relate on standby

Management: IT Director

• Fujitsu UK workers prepare strike banners Company accused of bullying union rep

Management: Public Sector

• Car snoop fear dominates PM petitions Right-on Britain also wants Ringo knighted
• Government drops iris scan plan Fingerprints only

Music and Media

• 419ers check into Priory of Sion The Knights Templar of scammers
• Brazil's ISPs stuff YouTube Blocked, then unblocked, as sex vid rumpus continues
• China porks up for New Year Postage stamp taste sensation
• ICANN looking at porn again .xxx up for another round
• Post-mortem Saddam video hits the web Dead dictator on hospital stretcher
• Taser plugs in the stun gun for everyone CES 2007 Shocking
• The ins and outs of a Second sex Life Column You call that Xciting?
• US admits privacy breach on airline data Information grab

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD launches PC sticker programme Better by (graphical) design

News: Consoles

• Microsoft previews Halo 3 at CES Video report The Master Chief's back (and front)
• Xbox 360 to become internet TV Video report Bill Gates demos IPTV

News: Hi-Def

• HD DVD, Blu-ray backers trumpet formats' victory But which numbers really matter?

News: Mac

• Newton preps ExpressCard-sized mouse Penny-sized USB Bluetooth adaptor too

News: Smartphones

• Nokia revamps Internet Tablet as 'multimedia computer' N800 debuts alongside Razr-like N76

News: Storage

• Flash firm campaigns to connect USB keys to TVs Flash drive as content delivery platform, anyone?

News: Useless... but Cool

• CES' top ten weirdest gadgets Stair-climbing robots, singing Elvis busts, MP3 baby gyms - only in Vegas...

News: iPod

• Apple iTunes Music Store sells 2bn songs Analysis As forecast here
• Griffin Evolves wireless speakers Journi = boombox Ikea-style?
• Jobs unveils iPhone to 4,000 drooling fans Macworld Apple rings the changes

Odds and Sods: Letters

• iPhone a smash - because everyone else is stupid! Letters And we're in the hedge fund conspiracy
• Photojournalism is dying - readers rejoice Letters The abundance of images
• Readers pluto petulant Parisians Letters (The) hoi polloi strikes back

Reseller

• Systems Solutions acquires Medicom Merger 'will help drive development'

Security

• Security vendors talk up VoIP threats Phantom menace?

Security: Spam

• Mysterious drop in fraud and spam Botnot?

Software

• Microsoft and AMD club together for space-flight ticket Vista hype already reaching for orbit
• Second Life dips a toe in open source And opens a can of flying penises?

Software: Operating Systems

• MS and Ford team on in-car software Will it be crash-proof?
• NSA field-tests Windows Vista for security War on Trojans