5th March 2007 Archive

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Code

• Putting the graphic artist in the loop Microsoft's WPF isn't the only game in town

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Red Hat frees Exadel More SOA and Web 2.0 tools to play with

Comms

• SME broadband demand may slow: Analysys Telcos must focus on managed services

Comms: Networks

• 123-Reg apologises again It can be the hardest word
• PlusNet boss stands down Team confident they can manage without him

Distribution

• Fickle AMD rocked as channel gets revenge Loved and lost

Management

• How CIOs can win back the hearts and minds of users Run Book Automation is the answer

Management: Financial News

• AMD to miss Q1 sales target CEO faces Wall Street
• Cisco double drops with second social network buy Burning cash festival
• Options probe forces RIM restatement Chairman dethroned

Management: IT Director

• CapGemini plans layoffs to win £40m renewal Matalan offered Rightshored[tm] services

Management: Law

• Big brother gets Web 2.0 makeover Comment Information sharing for the people
• EC to re-examine Sony-BMG merger Launches in-depth investigation
• Guy Goma, YouTube and the BBC Column How copyright has to leak
• WorldCom CEO loses Supreme Court appeal bid 25 years in the pokey

Management: Public Sector

• iSoft in critical condition as NHS trusts seek alternatives Updated Upgrade waiting list just too long
• UK gov wants to fingerprint kids An eleven plus for all

Music and Media

• Webcasters face doubling of royalties Bad Moon Rising on the rise

News: Consoles

• MS faces lawsuit over alleged Xbox 360 disc damage Euro gamers complain
• MS readies 512MB Xbox 360 memory card Triples Xbox Live Arcade game size too
• Wii to win next-gen console war - just Nintendo broadening gaming's appeal

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Transcend aims pearl-handled Flash drive Trendy, apparently

News: PCs

• Shuttle launches performance flagship Quad-core and overclocking goodness

News: Phones

• Reg Hardware £1,250 Daily Draw: five Nokia E65 phones to be won Competition It's Friday - your last chance to win
• Panasonic packs Wi-Fi Skype phone with travel router

News: iPod

• Doubts raised over Motorola, Apple AIDS charity campaign $82m in the Red

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Cruise missile streaks across Google Earth Utah flying munition caught on camera?
• Jedi denounce UK sabre ban plan Duel of the fates
• Public toilet database features McDonald's worldwide Someone taking the piss?
• Wife's breasts entice German down pole Topless snap ends high altitude protest

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Register Books tackles Ruby on Rails A treasure trove of titles

Science: Biology

• Euro boffins warn of mass fish (etc) migration The water 'round here's not what it used to be

Science: Physics

• Nuke boffin touts miracle wiper cloth Loves the jobs you hate?

Security

• Intel 'hacker' clears his name 12 year fight ends in victory for 'white hat' password cracker

Security: Anti-Virus

• Microsoft's OneCare flunks anti-virus test Least among equals

Security: Crime

• Hacker steals crucial data from French Prez candidate Le Pen, Le Cracked

Security: Enterprise Security

• Hackers plant backdoor in blogging software Stop the WordPress
• Month of PHP bugs project launches Script down to the core

Security: ID

• Secure messaging firm touts encrypted comms As mobiles move higher up fraudsters' hit list

Services

• Striking staff harry Fujitsu As talks break down again

Software: Applications

• Big Blue searches BBC for Teletubbies Updated: Cleaning up the Higgledy House

Software: Operating Systems

• Vista keygen hoax exposed As other attacks surface