13th February 2007 Archive

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Comms

• ip.access opens Oyster femtocell to the world 3G in the home

Comms: Mobile

• Altobridge conjures up instant GSM networking Get me GSM in here: stat
• Cameraphones focus on liquid lenses 3GSM All it takes is a drop of water
• Money transfers go mobile for migrant workers 3GSM Wireless remittance scheme targets unbanked
• Moto's banana beats Nokia's brick First look Gadget porn stand-off
• Orange takes the cloak off Super SIM 3GSM Up, up and...

Hardware: Servers

• D-Wave qubits in the era of Quantum Computing Analog box in disguise?
• IBM's juiced Power6 stomps poor, old Power5+ ISSCC A 2x joint

Hardware: Storage

• EMC, FalconStor extend VTL contract NearTek buy: can anyone say leverage?
• InPhase begins shipping holographic storage $180 per 300GB disk

Management

• BP offices hit by mail bomb scare Testing nerves at surrounding tech firms

Management: Financial News

• Bank in hot water over BT's Plusnet deal Watchdog is not amused

Management: Law

• 'Fatal text' driver jailed for two years Sent SMS just before crash
• Amazon slapped with cockfighting lawsuit Bird-on-bird magazines ruffle feathers
• Belgium upholds anti-Google injunction Search firm has to be told twice
• EC to overhaul consumer law to boost e-commerce Making many laws one
• Intel owed depressed employee more than counselling Failure of management created the stresses
• New copyright police to increase raids and seizures in UK Pirates beware

Management: Public Sector

• Fujitsu man condemns NPfIT as failure A camel among racehorses
• MPs launch IT comp for primary children Kids pitch in to improve school ICT

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD confirms RS690 will ship as 690G And as M690G for notebooks
• AMD licenses ATI phone GPU tech Own products to focus on audio, video?

News: Hi-Def

• HDMI pitches for PC vendor mind share Battle with DisplayPort begins

News: Phones

• Free Nokia route-plan app arrives late, in need of shower, cocoa Call off the search
• Nokia 3GSM gallery 3GSM
• Nokia turns on N series TV phone 3GSM
• Samsung 3GSM gallery 3GSM

News: Smartphones

• HTC slides in slide-out-keyboard communicators 3GSM You want form-factors? We got 'em

News: Storage

• Kingston offers multi-format SD card pack

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Mexican drug gangs slug it out on YouTube Warning: graphic content Blood-soaked videos fuel escalating violence
• UK bikers skate on sticky grit When rock salt and molasses don't mix

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• US film critics slap Calcutta-born Welsh Movie accents more Bangalore than Bangor

Odds and Sods: Site News

• The Register - tuned to your every whim? Site news Emails or feeds on the topics you love

R&R: Books

• The Java Phrasebook Book review An aid for travellers in a foreign land

R&R: Opinion

• Intel Tera – not firma, but coming Is parallel processing the step beyond?

Science

• Princeton ESP lab shuttered in bad week for irrationality Unpredictable reasoned victories

Science: Physics

• North Korea to shut down nuclear reactor Disarms for hand-outs

Science: Space

• ESA boffins make Martian maps Not lost in space

Security: Anti-Virus

• Eight nabbed in China for Panda worm Cute, but was it virulent?

Security: Enterprise Security

• IE and Firefox cough up hard drive contents Updated Floor by flaw

Software

• Novell and Microsoft swing both ways Bidirectional virtualisation is virtually there

Software: Applications

• Are founder-driven SW vendors good for enterprise buyers? Comment A safe bet?
• IBM plants Linux on the desktop Open Client platform no longer closed off

Software: Enterprise

• IBM scouts for more software acquisitions Updates Filenet