22nd February 2007 Archive

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Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• GPL advocates urged told to pay for love Comment Freedom is just another word for $7,000

Comms: Mobile

• Jesus appears atop mobile phone mast Ugandan second coming wows the crowds
• Mobile operators taken to task on roaming Accused of 'twisting the truth'

Comms: Networks

• Biscit says no trouble at the mill As executive director departs

Comms: VoIP

• Closed Skype wants open networks Pot, dial Kettle

Comms: Wireless

• Europe beams out UWB roadmap Agrees on the need for harmonisation

Distribution

• C2K offers online Microsoft licenses First distie to offer Open Value

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco pays $135m for Reactivity Fourth buy of the year

Hardware: Servers

• Microsoft supports rival SWsoft by answering the phone 'Is that you, Serguei?'
• Sun's servers resurgent in 2006 - Gartner Dell's pungent
• Sun's top Solaris sellers bail out Exclusive OS under attack from families

Management: Financial News

• Apple and Cisco kiss and make up Agree to share iPhone name
• Salesforce.com profits plunge, commits to investment splurge Builds own sales army
• Veritas digs out $30m to bury dotcom ghosts Creative accounting, as well as resume writing

Management: Government

• Road pricing - Blair's shock 'privacy guarantee' Stronger than the usual 'safeguards'?
• ViSOR numbers creep towards 100,000 As Pito looks to share data with other gov depts

Management: Law

• Data watchdogs write then bury transparency plan We'd love to tell you about it. But we won't
• Microsoft fights AT&T before US Supremes Judges weigh IP liability
• Registerfly files suit against ousted CEO ICANN snaps to attention
• TV show delays drive Oz viewers to distraction Taking matters into their own hands

Music and Media

• BPI seeks damages from CD WOW! 'Flagrant and systematic breach'

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Canon fires off volley of new cameras From printers to projectors, cameras to camcorders
• Pentax pushes out new products Seems to be the day for digital camera launches

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Canadian geeks snub Sun's McNealy Would prefer a RIM job

Odds and Sods: Letters

• eBay security conspiracy catches on with readers Letters Backdoor man

Science

• Iraqi bombers use chemical-based psych strikes Industrial chlorine cylinders make comeback
• US killer robots take jobs from flyboys, dolphins Breadline for Flipper

Science: Biology

• Mexican students adopt robobabies Computerised deterrent to teen pregnancies
• NZ fishermen hook 'biggest ever' squid 10-metre, 450kg colossus

Security

• Symantec subscription glitch derails users False early expiry flap

Security: Anti-Virus

• Man pleads guilty to spreading Trojan via IRC Up to five years in prison

Security: Crime

• Ex-judge jailed for child abuse Vigilante hacker claims scalp after six year legal wrangle
• Wi-Fi terror menaces Vancouver City cops braced for laptop jihad

Security: Enterprise Security

• Quantum crypto backdoor closed Cambridge boffins patch photon-splitting vuln
• TJX security breach fears grow How deep does the rabbit-hole go?

Servers/Storage

• What's happening in the world of data warehouse appliances? Comment Releases and re-launches

Services

• Capita ups turnover World's favourite outsourcer

Software

• First female Turing Award winner named Computing gong for Fran Allen
• Mandriva courts 419 scammers Go East and then West, young penguin

Software: Applications

• Google to charge to keep balls in the air Adds Docs & Spreadsheet to Apps, spells out SLA

Software: Operating Systems

• Egyptian blogger jailed for four years Insult Islam at your peril