8th March 2007 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Developers tell Eclipse why it sucks EclipseCon Respond to call

Comms: Mobile

• 3 starts giving away content Advertising-supported video from April
• Carphone Warehouse hangs up on Big Brother Omniscient entity seeks commercial backer

Comms: Networks

• Biscit goes titsup Crumbles into administration
• ICSTIS denies it's a watchdog without teeth Phone-ins to be licensed
• Microsoft turns its guns to IPTV surveys and statistics Analysis Ominous leaks
• Valentine's Day SMS refund nipped in the bud Complaint line dealing with other complaints

Comms: VoIP

• Vonage ordered to pay $58m in Verizon patent flap Vonage 'delighted' damage wasn't more

Lifecycle: Execute

• Adobe edits the development cycle Interview Less bugs, more weekends off

Management: Law

• Italian gambling ban breaks EU law, rules European Court 'Incompatible with community principles'
• Playtech parties on, hooks up with the Chinese Communist Youth League House of Cards Party off for Partygaming
• South Korea to detail robot etiquette Seoul writes for automatons

Management: Public Sector

• EADS wins fire contract £200m system upgrade
• MPs: UK defence project was crap Bowman skewered
• NPfIT champion suspended after speaking out Fujitsu suspends 'folk hero'
• Volunteers sought to scrutinise UK e-voting trials Under the microscope

Management: Small Biz

• Best Buy and Microsoft target SMBs Online ecommerce? No sweat

Music and Media

• Cuban gets stuck into YouTube, demands it squeals 'Talk, morons'

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel outlines PRAM production plan Flash-beater less than a year away?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• NEC nears laptop-friendly natural light LCD Screens you can use in the sunshine, anyone?

News: Hi-Def

• Blu-ray provides price cut agony to HD DVD device sales

News: PCs

• Samsung upgrades UMPC for Vista

News: Smartphones

• Game sends arcade enemies into the real world But only Treo owners can see 'em...

News: iPod

• Zicplay out to wow with Ewoo wireless iPod remote

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Borat's human rights restricted in Kazakhstan, US says No, really
• Godless coins released in US mint cock-up Golden dollars
• Skype founder's high-flying hanky-panky Antics run into turbulence
• Turkey blocks YouTube And France bans happy slapping

R&R: Opinion

• Who classifies the bugs? Management tricks that work for developers

R&R: Stob

• Unhelpful Microsoft help denies helpless millions help Stob What does this button do?

Reseller

• Police investigate e-tailer as site goes off air Exclusive PCPartsAndMore No More?

Science

• Electric cars may not be solution to all world problems Flame storm fails to alter reality
• Israelis produce miniature Terminator Pint sized robo-assassin talks the talk, can't walk the walk

Science: Space

• NASA ejects nappy-wearing astronaut Back to the Navy for you, Nowak

Security: Crime

• eBay goes hacker hunting in Romania Exclusive Fraud rising at internet speed
• LexisNexis hacker jailed and fined Celebrity snoop caged

Security: Enterprise Security

• OpenPGP presentation bug unscrambled Signature verification vuln

Security: Spam

• SEC bars trading in 35 spam-touted companies Rampages through the Pink Sheets
• Smut spam drops to all-time low Pr0n pwned

Servers/Storage

• Digital data will increase sixfold by 2010: study 988 billion gigabytes to be stored