22nd March 2007 Archive

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Code

• JOnAS gets clustered High availability for Bullish users

Comms: Mobile

• Microsoft leads internet industry bid to fill up white space Comment US heavyweights eye spectrum gaps for mobile internet

Comms: Networks

• White label broadband scores big for satisfaction Brightview ISPs dominate Watchdog survey

Comms: VoIP

• VoIP phreakers establish thriving black market Sneakers

Hardware

• IBM touts novel chip-cooling technique - again Thermal pastiche?

Hardware: Servers

• Rackable finds a sales chief Handy to have

Hardware: Storage

• Cisco slugs FTC-addled McData Brocade confused
• Hitachi cuts jobs, flees Mexico Road to success is a hard drive

Management

• Cisco nabs 'Nipple Czar' for board post Ex-FCC chief Powell borged

Management: Financial News

• Dell deal made North Carolinians look like rubes Google ready to fool state twice
• Motorola warns of quarterly loss Weak phone sales blamed
• Yahoo! and Google act on click fraud Fake clicks targeted

Management: Government

• Lyons calls for council tax overhaul 'Let's end the stigma'

Management: IT Director

• Sophos to bar Second Life on work computers Lonely deviants may have to use own machines

Management: Law

• ICANN speaks out for registrar reform Dr Twomey drops the dime
• Judge restores Americans' right to online smut COPAcetic
• Oracle sues SAP for website espionage 10,000 downloads and still counting

Management: Small Biz

• Govt launches voucher scheme for R&D The great pre-election giveaway

Music and Media

• NBC and News Corp. prime YouTube, Google stuffer If they DRM it, will they come?

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel exec confirms 45nm UMPC CPU plan 'Tolapai' rather than 'Steeley'?

News: Consoles

• 'No evidence' of Xbox Live, Bungie.net hacks, MS claims Just don't hand out your account details, OK
• Microsoft opens XBox Live to the PC platform Now gamers can all play together

News: Hardware Widow

• Philips to glitz up gadgets with Swarovski sparklies You bet your glass

News: PCs

• Intel puts $1m concept PC contest shortlist to a public vote Can you spot the Mac Mini killer?
• Laptops drive PC market Desktop growth restricted to emerging markets

News: Useless... but Cool

• All-new Hard Wear T-shirts hit the streets Site News

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• El Reg announces 'Black Cocks' headline awards Nominate your faves to win goodie bag
• Liverpool Victoria blows £2m to become LV= LogoWatch 'A contemporary expression of our mutuality'
• Sex with dead deer is illegal, US man finds Probation for Bambi molester

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Doctor Who series four is go But who will play the Time Lord?
• Paul McCartney signs for Starbucks Yeah, I'll have a double Mocha and Macca to go

Odds and Sods: Site News

• All new Reg t-shirts hit the streets Cash'n'Carrion Buy apparel, earn rispek

On the Job

• Sociable geeks wanted for networking Join a club that wants you as a member

Reseller

• More dawn raids at Torex Retail Ex-chairman quits

Science

• 'Oxygen candle' caused sub explosion Submarine vindicated, this time

Science: Biology

• All-female species goes 100 million years without a shag No, not Anne Widdecombe

Science: Space

• ESA and Russia cosy up in space race Collaboration is the name of the game
• NASA: hail damage means no launch yet for Atlantis Insulating foam causing problems again

Security: Crime

• US Marines spoofed drone to cover up murder, court told Thermal-imagery pantomime

Security: Enterprise Security

• Feds mandate 'secure' Windows set-up One registry setting to rule them all

Services

• Fujitsu Services drops IPO plan Downgrades its valuation

Software

• EC leaves personal use out of criminal IP laws Goes after 'incitement' instead
• Malaysian pirates slap bounty on DVD-sniffing mutts Lucky and Flo on syndicate deathlist
• Microsoft still dominating the market, commissioner says Abusers - they never change

Software: Applications

• Firefox update fixes compatibility snags Mozilla phases out 1.5 release