30th March 2007 Archive

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Comms

• Expect a wave of Apple TV imitators waving Atheros chips Comment More to come

Comms: Mobile

• LG is next major to take a licence to Intertrust DRM Breaks deadlock around OMA patent pool
• Orange puts the Beeb in your pocket Mobile TV gets 'stenders
• Solar-powered cell phones are on the horizon TI step-up chip can drive electronics on as little as 0.3v
• Visa takes a punt on m-payments Invests in dotMobi

Comms: Networks

• Can Big Telco do Perestroika? Analysis Part 1: Wrestling with IP-zilla
• Forget WiMax, Stockholm's got cable to spare Column Red Ken, take notes

Hardware

• Scart issue: transforming the Apple TV Register Hardware The week's hottest personal technology stories

Hardware: Storage

• Brocade readies 10Gbit/s warchest Regrouping after Cisco pinched McData clients
• DVD copier scales to thousands What every demagogue, pirate, and aspiring popster needs
• Symantec Backup Exec gets Vista-tized Fresh release Exchanged and x64ed too

Information: Knowledge

• BEA unveils cubefarm 2.0 trio More sharing

Management

• California's $1.4bn IT boondoggle More dollars than sense

Management: Financial News

• Payday delayed for 400,000 BACs cockup means empty pockets and pubs tonight

Management: Government

• Government may back down on 'neutering' of FOI Possible U-turn on widely-opposed plans
• MoD announces air-to-ground upgrade for Eurofighter Makes superjet useful; doesn't make it cheap

Management: Law

• British blogger wins dismissal case Victory for la petite anglaise
• Football hooligans to get data protection rights The referee's a spammer, the referee's a spammer
• ICANN ready to shut up and move on ICANN Lisbon Bye-bye bureaucrats
• ICANN rejects .xxx ICANN Lisbon Gets back into the content regulation business
• Italian police raid 'major pirate' P2P site Discotequezone shut down
• Retailer sues registrars in $12m domain tasting suit Neiman Marcus bemoans 'willful and malicious' acts
• Swarm of file sharers spurred UK crackdown Earth 2160 - straw that broke the camel's back
• Technobullies on the rise in school yard stripping games Exploiting anonymity

Management: Reg Weekly

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Management: Small Biz

• Brown blames foreigners for small.biz tax hikes Eastern Europeans get savvy with tax dodge

Music and Media

• Will the RIAA kill net radio? Analysis Taking control
• Your song's in the cloud Mercora looks to the skies

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD updates Catalyst graphics software

News: Consoles

• Brits pay 73% more for a PS3 than Hong Kong buyers do Tax and spend
• Sony hints at 80GB PS3 No future for the 20GB model?

News: PCs

• Asus auctions unique red laptop for Comic Relief Red nosebook?

News: Smartphones

• Bluetooth 2.1 promises painless pairing Power savings too

News: iPod

• In-car iPod handling hinders driving ability - study Impacts driver performance as much as phones do

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Google rebuilds New Orleans Hurricane? What hurricane?
• Spend £100k+ and save £0.02! Amazon UK makes cashtastic offer
• Vote now for your fave Reg headline Poll Stiff competition for 'Black Cocks' title
• What's the quickest route from California to Stockholm? Turn right then swim the Atlantic, according to Google

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Fifty foot Michael Jackson robot to stalk Vegas Lasers, cyborg army, the whole bit

Odds and Sods: Letters

• The Lizard People are after your Linux distro Letters Only Ubuntu, though

Reseller

• Busy day at DSG HQ Fraud in Paris, photo biz acquisitions, and Vodafone deal
• Woolies enters home software market Get your pick 'n' mix apps here

Reviews

• Show me the way to go home: GPS on test Group Test Ten gadgets to get you from A to B

Science

• Boeing to test fuel-cell powered publicity plane Reveals distinct lack of interest in fuel-cells
• US military tests ground-penetrating monster bomb Now why would they want one of those?

Science: Biology

• Dead dinos no help to emerging mammals Challenging conventional wisdom

Science: Space

• Chinese space force developing fast, Congress told Commie black-hats brewing mischief, too

Security: Anti-Virus

• Grum worm poses as IE7 beta Spamvertised malware spreading fast

Security: Enterprise Security

• Exploit for latest Windows vuln already animated Curse the cursor
• Secpoint touts Portable Penetrator Are you ready for the next step?

Software: Applications

• MS dangles desktop-like browsing for mobiles Trawling for Deepfish
• SugarCRM aims big with developers Simplified tools