7th March 2007 Archive

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Code

• Fortify and the Java open review project Comment Is open source software better than you think?

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Eclipse scrubs up Web 2.0 credentials EclipseCon AJAX, scripting - the works

Comms: Networks

• Babelgum - another new, new TV thing Joost like Joost
• ITV extends Local on-demand service Are you local?

Comms: VoIP

• Tesco charges punter £1 a minute for US freephone call Comment And helpdesk can't help with correct rate

Hardware

• New Jersey BOFH cuffed over $10m Cisco scam Replacement kit 'fraud'

Hardware: Data Networking

• Huawei-3Com taps Expand for WAN software Converged application-accelerating routers are on the way
• Network access control with fewer delays v3.0 has the knack of NAC, Nevis says

Hardware: Servers

• Oracle mimics Microsoft's per socket pricing Low-end love
• VMware adds to desktop assault with ACE 2 Three years between betas

Hardware: Storage

• EMC strengthens armour for SMB offensive Comment Announces raft of new products

Information: Databases

• Oracle opens arms to TopLink developers EclipseCon Take my services, please

Management: Financial News

• Oracle pays $3.3bn for Hyperion Comment Good news for whom?
• Reuters to start MySpace for City traders Financial types don't like teenage girls, apparently

Management: Government

• Italy tops global wiretap league State of the surveillance nation

Management: Law

• Banks unleash paper tigers over terror data probe 'We've written some letters'
• Could the EU provide a forum for rational gaming legislation? The European Court of Justice pushes for openness
• English court cannot hear SanDisk MP3 patent case Action needs to be taken where harm was done
• Feds fume over Microsoft anti-trust delay Compliance hold up

Management: Public Sector

• Becta throws shroud over Microsoft deal Vista adoption in schools 'high risk'
• Home Office threatens illegal immigrants with text messages Pls do nt dstrb da nabrs as u lv

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• Power users deserve support too Poll Changing the balance on the frontline

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Archos über wireless movie player rides in The big screen... in your hand

News: PCs

• Intel waiting for key update before going Vista Won't leap until SP1 arrives

News: Phones

• Nokia expands phone software update service More handsets, more languages
• Readers win with Reg Hardware

News: Storage

• Samsung fields Flash cache fitted hybrid hard drive Load-time lowerer

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Obi-Wan's Jedi cloak sold How cheap is your force?

Reviews

• Hit the DECT: cordless phones on test Group Test Ten cordless phones for your consideration

Science

• Carmakers tout green motors in Geneva But where's the juice ultimately coming from?

Science: Biology

• Media blasts Cambridge undergrads' drinking habits From within their pint glass houses
• US Navy research throws up vomit ray See sick?

Security: Anti-Virus

• Stormy weather for malware defenses Virus writers go after anti-virus vulnerabilities

Security: Crime

• Fraud cost UK at least £13bn in 2005 Identity fraud a hash

Security: Enterprise Security

• Mozilla patches faulty patch Cure worse than disease