21st February 2007 Archive

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Code

• CodeGear polishes Delphi jewels RAD scripting, man

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Linux breakthrough for Visual Basic developers Mono choice

Comms: Mobile

• Gutenberg comes to mobile Wattpad pads out copyrighted material
• iPhone: A walk down Memory Lane What's in a name?

Comms: Networks

• AirMagnet bids to analyse Cisco 'Vell...Cisco's just zis guy, y'know?'

Comms: Wireless

• EC unveils strategy for spectrum liberalisation Industry given more proactive role

Hardware: Servers

• Sun unsheathes mysterious multi-threaded NIC 100-man team working on name

Hardware: Storage

• SNIA promises new push for IP SANs iSCSI seems to be the hardest word...

Information: Databases

• Microsoft relaxes virtual SQL Server terms Flexible friend

Lifecycle: Plan

• Microsoft's SAM carrot ello ‘ello ‘ello, save some money

Management: Financial News

• Dell hits Rollins with $5m slap to the face Golden umbrella
• HP profits propagate Puts pressure on pesky pensions

Management: Government

• Whitehall should share digital dialogues e-Democracy

Management: IT Director

• Mac or PC? You've seen the ads, how do you choose for business? Comment Practical issues

Management: Law

• Dutch demand ban of virtual child porn in Second Life 'School for paedophiles'
• UK wiretap watchdog wants MPs tapped Report casts spotlight on surveillance Britain

Management: Public Sector

• Blair spams road protesters Petition answer pops up in inboxes
• Committee blasts delays to new UK armoured vehicles Chaos at MoD continues
• MoD auction site looks to spice up couples' sex life Peddles 'His 'n' hers' uniform sets

Management: Small Biz

• ASA slams 'misleading' eBay ad Testy bargain-hunter unable to find specified tat

Music and Media

• Iraqi sniper claims soldiers' lives on Google Video Warning: Graphic content Google Video serves up anti-American propaganda
• Viacom boost for Joost SpongeBob SquarePants snubs Google

News: Consoles

• Whopping widescreen Wii Games played on 388in cinema screen

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Sticky tape USB stick holder Keep clutter at bay with a Sellotape dispenser/USB hub

News: PCs

• Alienware upgrades to warp speed Area-51 7500 desktops to ship with Q6600 processor
• AMD wants to be seen as green Chip maker rolls out energy-efficient processors

News: Storage

• Lexar launches 45Mbps UDMA cards Promise of less transfer time

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Email addicts offered 12-step detox First up: admit you have a problem
• New Zealanders flock to AdultSheepFinder.com 'The World's Largest Sheep Sex Personals Community'
• Ticket-dodging Oz boy racer boasts of exploits online Chat room crowing ends in court
• Vivianne Reding named 2006's 'villain of the internet' .eu palaver tipped the scales

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• CBS and YouTube decide against marriage Proposed content deal collapses
• eBay gives Britney's hair the chop $1m locks delisted

R&R: Books

• Cisco books up for grabs Site offer Get Cisco certified

R&R: Opinion

• Blog: Kalido updates MDM tool MDM, what's that all about?
• IBM/PSI legal wrangle may give Itanium new life Way to go

Reseller

• Microsoft shakes up the UK channel One day, my son, we'll all be Microsoft resellers

Reviews: Smartphones

• HTC P4350 Communicator Review Simplicity seems to be the selling point

Science

• US drones to pack crowd controlling strobe beam Flying robots impose peace and tranquility

Science: Biology

• Hornet death squads menace France Honeybees massacred by oriental assassins

Science: Space

• NASA spies on dry, dusty worlds Tooling up in the hunt for aliens

Security

• MSN punts 'scareware' Updated Rogue banner ads pulled

Security: Crime

• Police bust 300-strong 'paedophile ring' Members based in UK, Australia, Canada and US

Security: Enterprise Security

• Google patches critical desktop flaw Integrated attack
• TSA makes a hash of 'no-fly' redress site I'm not a terrorist and you know zip about net security

Services

• IBM preps UK job cuts Exclusive Global services for global people

Software

• MS dirty tricks archive trickles back to life Good hosting men needed

Software: Operating Systems

• Vista: Gates backs Ballmer against confused analysts Only Disconnect