6th February 2007 Archive

This is the archive for The Register. You can browse articles by publication date, or enter a query into the search box.

< 5th February 2007 | February 2007 | 7th February 2007 >

Code: Scripting

• Adobe takes on Java and .NET Why Flex and Apollo will shake up client application development

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Taking wing with Apache 2 A new and flexible framework

Comms

• Ofcom revises analogue switch-off safeguards Minimising interference

Comms: Mobile

• Nokia updates firmware DIY service N73 and N93 users breathe sigh of relief

Comms: Networks

• KPN trades fixed line for IP telephony Goodbye to POTS

Comms: Wireless

• Vista users get free Wi-FI Just sign up with The Cloud

Distribution

• Ingram Micro sets up shop in South Africa Distie for Saffies

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco pulls its security together Promises more collaboration - and about time too...

Hardware: Servers

• HP smacks Sun with Solaris stick So much support
• Intel to cut one-way system Xeon prices in April? Quads, duals both targeted
• PA Semi starts dealing samples 'Go on. Have a taste'
• Sun gives workers the okay to 'feel good again' 34,600 staff take a deep breath

Hardware: Storage

• HDS swallows Archivas Content together
• Projects begin at Diamond synchrotron Brighter than ten billion suns
• Storage virtualisation back on the menu This time it's really fit for use, says DataCore

Management: Financial News

• Accounting firm hit by letter bomb Two injured in Berkshire
• Overstock.com sues Wall Street for $3.48bn 'Massive illegal stock market manipulation'
• Transmeta streamlines 75 staff out the door Legal team hunkers down

Management: Government

• Conservatives lay plans to ditch ID cards Put the government on formal notice
• US preps vast DNA dragnet Round up the usual suspects

Management: IT Director

• Stop the US daylight saving madness! It's a Topsy-Turvy world and that's a fact

Management: Law

• Gorbachev tells Gates to leave the pirates alone The quality of mercy
• Neteller funds held by FBI Don't bet on getting it back
• Safer Internet Day highlights dangers online Reid: 'Bandwagon ho!'

Management: Public Sector

• CCTV steam train ignores detractors Review concerned only 'stakeholders'
• NAO kicks DoH for Dr Foster move Tendering process under scrutiny

Management: Small Biz

• Check Point adds hardware UTM Aims boxed SMB security at the IT generalist
• Why businesses need business continuity Executive briefing Download our report here

Market News

• Customs arrests 10 alleged VAT-fraudsters Carousel fraud

Music and Media

• Jobs calls for DRM-free music world Europeans, you've picked the wrong target

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• 'Timna' - Intel's first system-on-a-chip Forgotten Tech Before 'Tolapai', before 'Banias'...
• AMD to roll out quad-core Opterons through Q2, Q3, Q4? Latest timetable leaks
• AMD's RS690T, SB700 notebook chipset: details emerge North and South bridges exposed

News: Consoles

• Wii whups PS3 in Japan's January sales chart

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Motorola home surveillance kit comes to UK Reader offer Keep your stuff in sight, even when you're out
• Sony Ericsson to add 'super 3G' to laptop datacard line

News: PCs

• Dell bundles laptop theft-recovery service Ping to beat pinchers

News: Phones

• Sony Ericsson grows Cyber-shot phone line
• Sony Ericsson set to stun with wafer-thin Walkman phone London launch of long-suspected super-slimline handset

News: iPod

• Apple sounds Vista iPod corruption warning Wait for next iTunes before upgrading, firm suggests

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Reid declares net safe as Paris's bits are hidden away Letters And Vint Cerf drops us a line

Odds and Sods: Site News

• So you call yourself a web professional? Site offer Code with the best of them

R&R: Stob

• When Mercury went down Stob Life and times of an email nag

Reviews: Media players

• Microsoft Zune wireless music player Review Microsoft attempts to win over the iPod-infatuated

Science: Space

• Trenchcoated astronaut on battery, kidnapping rap Updated Space shuttle Columbo?

Security

• German police Trojan tactics verboten Suspect computers off limits

Security: Crime

• Chip and PIN card security compromised (again) Relay attack hands baton to fraudsters

Security: Enterprise Security

• Slacker or hacker? IT saboteurs arrive late and argue with colleagues

Security: ID

• Conservatives flesh out ID opposition Enlightened Conservatism

Services

• Techies plan sustained revolt at Fujitsu Six strike days a month

Software: Operating Systems

• Gates: protect Windows Vista users with IP Stoopid human