23rd January 2007 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• EJB 3.0 Based Web Services Tutorial On one of many ways to cut a web service on Java

Comms: Wireless

• YouTube blocks mobile video encoder Why have something free when you can pay for it?

Hardware: Data Networking

• Alcatel-Lucent merger results disappoint Flat revenues

Hardware: Servers

• Dell may binge on quad-core Opterons Eat the whole pork pie
• Sun does the impossible - blackens ink Feels like the first time

Hardware: Storage

• Blu-ray DRM defeated Copy-protection cracked again
• EMC exec flames Reg with ambiguity Retrospek. It's war
• EMC sees expenses rise again More cutbacks to come, despite record revenue
• HP puts unitard on server and storage software Taps Sgt. Schultz

Lifecycle: Execute

• Galileo turns to Accept for requirements planning Variety is spice of life

Management: Financial News

• VCs rain cash on US net, biotech firms 'No major overfunding'
• Yahoo! net! plummets! in! Q4! Sales up, though

Management: Law

• As Jobs is questioned, backdating prosecutors bail One pushed, other jumps
• B3ta man victorious over Coca-Cola in music dispute Copyright spat fizzes out
• France and Germany join anti-iTunes crusade September deadline to get house in order
• Google, Yahoo! commit to ethical code Human rights code of conduct to be drawn up
• MySpace faces barrage of sexual assault suits Security measures too little too late
• Texas court bans deep linking Deeply disturbing, Google lawyer says
• UK gets tough on phone toting drivers Still got to arrest some people though

Management: Public Sector

• Academics compile 'encyclopaedia of concerns' about NPfIT Call for technical review

Management: Small Biz

• Apple pounds e-wallet firm in trademark tiff Pod botherers

Music and Media

• BDSM blossoms in Second Life NSFW Column The accidental Mistress
• Porn industry finds hi-def too graphic The true cost of HD

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel set to back VIA's Mini-ITX for SFF PCs? Bulwark against AMD's DTX
• Intel to return to discrete GPU arena Back in the game after eight years

News: Mac

• Apple may offer Wi-Fi update for free, says former chief beancounter The world according to GAAP

News: PCs

• The Ultimate Windows Vista laptop What the new OS means for laptop owners

News: Phones

• How to have an 'iPhone' right now... well, sort of iPrint, iFold, iPhone

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Branscombe shipwreck: eBay flogfest begins Wet nappies all round. Bootylicious
• Footie-mad tattooist inscribes penis on rival fan's back River Plate 1 : Boca Juniors 0
• Google Germany goes kaput Updated Ich hatte meinen domain namen vergessen
• Packed trains 'safer', claim UK rail bosses Good news for cattle-class commuters

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Ofcom reaches for pause on Beeb downloads Plans threaten commercial rivals
• Sharon Stone dominates 27th Razzie nominations Star's breasts up for 'worst screen couple' award

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Packed trains crash through the Beeb's download plans Letters While covered in bubblewrap

R&R: Books

• Programming classics - the sequel Site offer Time to expand your bookshelf

Science

• Expert KOs Rocky's artificial intelligence Superfight not so super

Science: Space

• China confirms satellite-killing test Sabre indeed rattled

Security

• MSN password stealer released as torrent Live phish

Security: Anti-Virus

• McAfee upgrade plays nasty with Lotus Notes You've got mail! But can't have it!

Security: Enterprise Security

• Defacement archive Zone-h gets defaced NSFW Saudi hackers claim scalp

Services

• LogicaCMG cuts, boosts heads Sub-contractors down, staffers up

Software: Applications

• Office 2007 faces snail's pace migration Ribbon development
• StyleTap brings Palm apps to Windows mobiles Another nail in Palm OS' coffin

Software: Enterprise

• Oracle turns the screws in Red Hat switcheroo Microsoft and Novell price check

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft: yes, we have no incompatibilities Analysis From DR-DOS to DRM