27th April 2007 Archive

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Comms: Networks

• Virgin lays down case against Sky While ITV buy-up referred to Competition Commission

Comms: VoIP

• Firm offers Indian maths graduates by VoIP All-the-the-boffin-you-can-take at a flat rate price

Hardware

• AMD and Intel take potshots in dueling court complaints Oh no you didn't!
• Apple releases MacBook battery update Rest easy, not the explosion-preventing kind
• US Army to fund Stanford-led supercomputing team Plastic tanks, trouser-launched flying spy bots

Hardware: Data Networking

• IBM touts complete IPTV systems You want it really, you know you do...

Hardware: Servers

• HP: 'IT, as we know it, is over' Analysis Ships same new products to prove it
• IBM servers get 10 Gig boost TCP offloaders aim to sharpen BladeCenter
• Rackable's margins enter witness protection program Rivals hold MS, Yahoo, Amazon and Q1 profits hostage

Hardware: Storage

• Reg readers total 3,238 years against cancer The final score as grid.org closes shop

Lifecycle: Plan

• A hosted 'Web 2.0' requirements management experience Xeau-eee

Management

• From managed chaos to coherent infrastructure Reg Reader Workshop Poll results: The management information journey
• Fujitsu threaten one redundancy Union baffled and baited

Management: Law

• Nominet board election is go The runners and riders
• Rep. Barney Frank takes a gamble on online wagering House of Cards Sticks it to the UIGEA

Management: Public Sector

• 'Traffic Taliban' moots speed cameras in cats' eyes Richard Brunstrom's latest cunning plan
• Dell finally switches on PC network in Glasgow schools 177 schools left without computers for weeks
• MPs warned about e-health records Government 'pressuring' patients to not opt out
• Schools ban iPod cheaters Broke the first rule of Cheat Club
• Survey: young Brits ready to embrace evoting The over 55s, not so much

Management: Reg Weekly

• Spectrums and Sea Harriers: ah, those were the days To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Management: Small Biz

• BT slammed in broadband cut off battle 'Victory for consumers', claims mortgage firm

Music and Media

• Congress may loosen noose on internet radio Bill seeks to reverse Copyright Royalty Board decision
• IAB raises touchy subject of internet audience measurement Measuring sticks and stones
• MPAA chairman promises legal DVD copying, interoperable DRM The Invisible Hand
• MPAA veteran Jack Valenti dead at 85 Champion of free speech, and DRM
• Sky+ Anytime, but not last time Upgrade deletes recorded shows from some Sky+ boxes

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Man demonstrates extreme geekiness, reviews 105 PSUs Magnum opus

News: Consoles

• Nintendo pledges to pour out more Wiis Admits demand-anticipation failure
• PlayStation pioneer hangs up his joypad Exit comes as Sony projects $2bn loss

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Sony snapper to see further with 6x optical zoom

News: Hi-Def

• Wal-Mart denies cheap HD DVD deal Scheme simply hadn't got that far?

News: Media players

• Apple TV hackers called to create open source set-top You have nothing to lose but your CableCards

News: TV

• Free BBC HD satellite TV service given green light Sky alternative to launch 2008

News: iPod

• iSymphony tunes up Bluetooth wireless hi-fi

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Fishbowl this Episode 14 Glug glug glug

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Cause of global warming found Discovery revealed in letter to editor
• Enraged AC Milan fan eBays goalie Dida €71 top bid for blundering Brazilian
• Man snaps up Sea Harrier on eBay A piece of Falklands history for £10k

Odds and Sods: Letters

• 'As I watch England turn into a quivering pile of dung' FoTW Reasoned analysis of Iranian nuke claim
• Virtual overdoses of chocolate Wi-Fi Letters As well as trains, drunks and exoskeletons

PC Builder

• Acer acquisition will be bigger than a breadbox, smaller than Gateway Oh, you tease ...

Reviews: Smartphones

• Nokia N93i camera phone Review It's a phone. It's a camcorder. It's a robot. Well, maybe not a robot...

Science

• Canada announces monster solar plant 40MW from one million panels
• UK airline pilots spot giant UFO 'Mile wide' mystery object hovers off Channel Islands

Science: Biology

• Fungus fingered in US honeybee wipeout Possible cause of Colony Collapse Disorder?

Science: Physics

• Japan wants levitating trains by 2025 Feel the force

Science: Space

• Engineers write defence against aliens manual NASA consultants advocate sci-fi mujahideen tactics, call Sagan 'total jerk'
• Hawking amazed by weightlessness Next stop, space

Security

• Nominet gets academic on abuse Boffins take aim at scammers
• Thai insurgents move to keyless-entry bombs Cellphone devices blocked by security forces

Security: Spam

• $1bn lawsuit takes novel approach in fighting spam Harvesters of sorrow targeted

Services

• Payroll specialist fails to pay staff Mission critical, you say?

Software

• Sage chairman leaves after seven months Horn-Smith gives himself the chop