5th April 2007 Archive

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Channel Reg Weekly

• Channel looks on the bright side, Woolies goes soft and Cisco aims small To subscribe to Channel Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of channel news in a single hit - click here.

Code

• Software testing? Not likely Getting free and easing with the truth

Code: C++

• Borland swaps out CodeGear CEO Four months too long for Smith

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Linux gets squeezed Smaller, faster PDA apps the target

Comms: Mobile

• Are you a Top Gear Tiger or an iPod Babe? Part 1: Modern mobile marketing explained
• Orange to carry Blyk network Free service finds itself an operator
• Vodafone turns to Sagem for handsets Sagem brand moves further into the shadows

Comms: Networks

• Regulator lays down the law for TV quizzes Attempts to regain trust
• Virgin Media chucks rocks in 'unlimited' debate From atop a fibre optic tower

Comms: Wireless

• Advertising Standards slap down BT complaint Sky's 'free' offer gets thumbs-up

Hardware: PCs & Chips

• IBM hurls confident 'to come' ship date for late Power6 Abandons years

Hardware: Storage

• Cray starts pimping BlueArc's storage Titan Pair go nuclear
• Quantum won't stoop to de-dupe coup? Analysis Friendly fire aimed at NetApp and EMC

Management

• Harassed employees: dispute resolutions are failing Victims tend to suffer even more

Management: Financial News

• Google funds $500k evil-blocking forcefield for CEO Family hopes it's out of beta
• Nokia coughs $20m to Qualcomm But legal battle continues
• Software AG acts on webMethods customer envy Feel the width...

Management: Law

• 419ers take Kent minister for £12k Put not your faith in false windfalls
• Amazon patents Citizens' Sweatshop Democratising Drudgery for Nodes
• Anarchist blog boy freed Emma Goldman 2.0
• Brussels rolls coppers over rights barrel Rearguard action to restrict police data sharing
• EU court rules monitoring of employee breached human rights UK gov coughs up £3,000 damages and costs
• In the wake of RegisterFly, is ICANN taking flight? Only the paranoid survive
• SCO tries to grok Pamela Jones (again) Come out, come out, wherever you are
• Transatlantic police data roadmap laid Looking a bit sketchy

Management: Public Sector

• UK Gov deploys lie detectors on benefits claims Voice risk analysis

Management: Reg Weekly

• Apple/EMI, compulsory blogs and corduroys To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Management: Small Biz

• HMRC pushes online tax filing Small firms offered £150 incentive

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel 'Robson' renamed Turbo Memory Add-in Flash cache rebranded

News: Consoles

• Nintendo nudges sales forecast upward Higher Wii, DS demand than expected?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Solar flares ate my GPS Worse to come in 2011?

News: PCs

• Intel eyes big biz with Centrino Pro Centrino + vPro = 'Santa Rosa' with all the options

News: iPod

• Gear4 pours out 'liquid rubber' iPod case

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• CCTV nails sheep-shagging Turk Suspicious farmer mounts surveillance op
• Ukrainian woman smuggled dope in vibrator 'Thorough' search foils cunning plan

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Indonesia's Playboy 'not pornography', judge rules Editor cleared of indecency charges
• Thai King video wag pulls YouTube clip Site still blocked, however

PC Builder

• HP makes PC gaming play Comment But still more shiny shoes than sneakers

Reviews: Mac

• Griffin ExpressCard 5:1 Card Reader Review Fit a memory card reader into your reader-less laptop

Science

• IPPR wants health warnings for planes 'Flying causes climate change'
• Sacred Joan of Arc relics actually from Egypt Mummy, not martyr

Science: Biology

• Don't do a Bush on stem cells, urge MPs, scientists, doctors Ban on hybrid embryos 'unacceptable', slams report

Science: Space

• Astronomers peel back layers of Cloudy Venus New pics from ESA
• Polar caps wane as Mars tries global warming All those little green men in their 4x4s
• UK boffins are going on an alien hunt Going to catch a big one...

Security: Anti-Virus

• Britney fears used as ANI exploit lure Toxic
• Linux malware for iPods poses little risk Proof of pain in the a**

Security: Crime

• Aussie bike bandits may be packing rocket launchers Army officer busted for flogging weapons on black market
• UK.biz still reluctant to report cybercrime No publicity please

Security: Enterprise Security

• Smut-swapping sailors leak secret missile specs Japanese naval porn ring probed

Software

• Vista upgrades not so 'express' after all Irredeemable wait?

Software: Applications

• Adobe takes UK price hikes to new level with CS3 Not just pounds for dollars any more
• Windows Media Player sends music site silent Say hello, wave goodbye

Software: Operating Systems

• EU tells Microsoft to open its Windows Don't expect much compensation though