17th April 2007 Archive

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Code

• What can service data objects do for your SOA system? Column Data without frontiers

Comms

• BT readies 'on the night' 21CN mass migration trial As in 'we hope it'll be alright'

Comms: Mobile

• Mobile operators giveth and taketh away Tourists to shoulder the cost of EU roaming cuts
• Rok raises another $7m Prepares for narrowcast IPO

Comms: Networks

• BT forgets to bill for internet access Thousands get bumper bill six months later
• Pipex counts cost of competing with the big boys Acquisitions hit profits, sell-off moves 'on track'
• Redundancies loom in Pipex customer service Exclusive Bridal diet

Hardware: Servers

• Fabric7 ripped apart Exclusive x86 SMP dream dies again
• High fiber diet gives Intel 'regularity' needed to beat AMD IDF Smooth and prosperous
• Intel confirms programmable, multi-core chip IDF Larrabee vs GPGPUs: it's war
• Sun thrusts four-socket Xeon blade at Intel fanboys IDF While MS reveals 'Viridian'

Hardware: Storage

• Symantec puts lace on system recovery line Now more system recovery-er

Management

• Mainframe now obsolete for data warehousing Reg Reader Workshop Let Intel inherit the earth?

Management: Financial News

• EMC posts record Q1 revenue Company borging for fun and profit
• Google's Schmidt dismisses DoubleClick envy Web 2.0 Expo 'Give me a break'
• Intel stems sales decline Chip sales down, but profits up
• IntelSat up for grabs Largest satellite operator gets $6bn offer

Management: Law

• 'Cops help kill 32 Students', claims furious blogger Anger follows tech college massacre
• Asbo-breach OAP jailed Octogenarian 'neighbour from hell' gets six months
• Data collation can evade Data Protection Act Court of Appeal overturns data processing ruling
• Norwegian liberals call for relaxation of copyright laws Say yes to file-sharing
• P2P pinball lawyers say ignorance is no defence Unwitting filesharers told to pay up

Management: Public Sector

• NPfIT condemned in MPs' scathing report NHS IT - overbudget, overdue and over here

Management: Small Biz

• Businessman takes NatWest for £35k Bank settles over 'rip-off' charges challenge
• Software compliance is not just about licensing Comment What about reusable code?

Music and Media

• 2.0'Reilly quietly rips up blogna carta Civilisation of blogs 'misguided'
• Fantasy Baseball meltdown irks ESPN and TQ Stats to be avoided
• US judges reject net radio appeal It isn't looking good

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel gives up on super-charged 'Gesher' IDF Call me 'Sandy Bridge'
• Intel pulls up SoCs for TV appearance IDF Inside your (next) telly
• Intel pushes next-gen Centrino at compact desktops IDF Not just a mobile product, you know
• Those 'Penryn' details in full IDF What Intel said (again) at IDF

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• DXG dishes out 5Mp camcorder with games Computer games on your camcorder? That's just crazy

News: Networking

• Future PCs to integrate powerline Ethernet IDF HomePlug AV on board

News: PCs

• Intel intros top-gun gaming PC platform IDF
• Intel picks VIA's Mini ITX for cut-price PC mobo IDF Target is emerging markets, not case-modders

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Blu-Ray disks hacked by sweet talking teenagers Letters While politics and humour are banned

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• MSI NX8600GTS graphics card Review Surname T2D256E-HD-OC, in case you were wondering

Reviews: Cameras

• Pentax Optio E30 compact digital camera Review 7-megapixel camera for less than £100. Yes, less...

Science

• N Korea preps nuclear reactor shutdown Satellite images indicate imminent action, spooks claim

Science: Biology

• Anteater kills zookeeper Abdomen ripped open in 'unusual' attack
• UK's bumblebees face extinction 'Devastating' effect on agriculture to follow

Science: Space

• Astronaut runs Boston marathon from space Four hours, 24 mins
• Gravity-B proves Einstein right To within one per cent, anyway

Security

• California Senate fights RFID tracking for schoolkids Are you Sarah Connor? *Beep* Move along.
• Chocolate the key to uncovering PC passwords Sweet talk and sweets is all it takes
• ISP ejects whistle-blowing student BeThere's damage control found lacking
• Phishers spread their nets Fewer attacks target more institutions

Security: Anti-Virus

• Adware poses as ActiveX control PCs smited by bogus smut-surfing tool

Security: Crime

• Commercial child abuse websites growing Thirty per cent growth

Security: Enterprise Security

• Grange Hill firm's website exposed thousands of CVs H♀lly♂aks in the sh**ty
• Consumers baulk at returning to hacked stores Breach of trust

Security: ID

• Facial recognition 'proven' as airport crowd filter In theory

Services

• Capgemini union backs below inflation pay rise Hard nut to crack

Software

• Borland bails out of California, moves HQ to Austin, TX Texas hold 'em
• Clarity shareholders call for boss's head Want new boss and finance director

Software: Applications

• Presentation boost for Google Docs & Spreadsheets Web 2.0 Expo PowerPoint free

Software: Operating Systems

• A Linux for the rest of us? Zero config distro tailored for newbies