14th March 2007 Archive

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Code

• Testing web transactions Old tool gets new lease of life

Comms: Networks

• Comcast usage triggers Kafka-esque abusage Secret bandwidth caps
• Vodafone won't recognise union Row goes to arbitration

Hardware

• Baseball legend slaps 'raging buy' on Intel Its, er, wireless biz (at Marvell) will surge

Hardware: Storage

• Adaptec unifies serial RAID CeBIT Take two serial disk connects into the shower? Not me!
• EMC and FSC extend their engagement CeBIT It's pretty clear which one is wearing the trousers

Information: Databases

• Don't Dodge this Viper Analysis IBM's DB2 gets native XML support

Management

• Business travel bugbears Technology can eliminate travel time
• GRISoft targets SMEs' security sweet spot Czech firm aims to maul Panda and other critters

Management: Financial News

• Microsoft plays Show me, Tellme Buys speech recognition firms

Management: Law

• Charges dropped against former HP chairman Charges to be dropped against three others
• Corporate matchmaking was not illegal financial aid High Court rules against Companies Act breach
• UK patent rules to be overhauled Cut and polish
• Viacom's YouTube lawsuit could test limits of DMCA Analysis Safe Harbor or storm?

Management: Public Sector

• GPs unable to track phone services Lack of equipment leaves calls unmonitored

Music and Media

• Blue Peter fakes phoneline winner Here's one we made up earlier
• Bruce Sterling gives blogs 10 years to live SXSW Engage life support

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• SanDisk intros internal Flash drive for laptops Fast, quiet but expensive
• VIA launches 'most feature-rich' Nano-ITX mobo Media PC-friendly

News: Mac

• Apple releases last pre-Leopard update for Mac OS X Tiger hits 10.4.9

News: PCs

• Dell, Alienware offer 1TB single-drive upgrade At a price...
• Microsoft goes a bundle with Lenovo PCs The force feeding continues

News: Phones

• Sony Ericsson launches Walkman W660, plug-in speakers Personal stereo no longer personal

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• £15k model Vickers Valiant crashes and burns Expensive V Bomber mishap
• French succumb to Franglais English impregnates la langue française
• German glues self to roof Sticky situation
• House hunting? Beware the Grim Reaper Death stalks UK property website

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Joss Stone pays price for Brits train crash 'Ludicrous American drawl' hits album sales

Reviews: UMPCs

• Sony Vaio VGN-UX1XN ultra-mobile PC Review Think of the smallest laptop you've ever seen, and this will be smaller

Science

• Happy Pi Day Gather round the Pi Shrine, folks

Science: Biology

• Video game legend hopes to change mankind SXSW Wright gets instinctual

Science: Space

• Cassini spies titanic lake on Titan Bigger than Lake Superior

Security

• AXA grabs ink with business crime league table Crime against individuals over-hyped, says exec
• How to find stolen laptops The legal eye
• South Korea to field gun-cam robots on DMZ Stationary droids forced to sacrifice own lives for human overlords

Security: Crime

• US judges to learn computer forensics CSI.net

Security: Enterprise Security

• Apple megapatch fixes multiple flaws Fruity
• GigaStor to hunt zero-day breaches CeBIT Network Instruments runs history through an IDS
• Internet scams dominate UK card fraud losses Displacement effect
• MS quietly releases Win 2003 SP2 Second update enjoys stealthy debut

Security: ID

• George Bush fingered as terrorist by US feds ... Well, maybe
• UK banks leaving customer info on the pavement Told to clean up their act

Software: Operating Systems

• Red Hat aims higher with RHEL 5 CeBIT With large enterprises in its sights, Red Hat talks platforms and partnerships