30th April 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Vodafone's new pricing model excludes VoIP and P2P How much is your application worth?

Comms: Networks

• BT furnishes strategy boutique Top brass installed
• Ofcom and DTI slam Murdoch TV strategy 'Scuse me, while I piss off Sky

Hardware: Servers

• Rackable president ousted after two days Ejector Board seat

Information: Knowledge

• On Business Objects' Cartesis acquisition Performance management consolidation

Lifecycle: Execute

• DSDM Atern goes beyond IT Fast project principles extended to all business change

Management: Government

• ID card will be needed to vote, says UK election watchdog Use it to fix the bit that isn't broken...

Management: Law

• Euro police data plan attacks 'fundamental rights' EDPS slates police data sharing proposals, again
• Home Secretary bigs up fingerprint-activated iPods Jeesh Maria
• New law could save internet radio Congress looks to overturn crushing royalty ruling

Management: Public Sector

• Lords investigate 'unconstitutional' surveillance society Call for evidence goes out

Management: Small Biz

• BT wants your small business juice Aromatic

Music and Media

• Peter Gabriel takes sledgehammer to music downloads (again) Updated Genesis of ad-supported services

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Samsung speeds Flash for MP3 players

News: Consoles

• PlayStation mag tears out 'unsuitable' slaughtered goat pic Would entrails have revealed future furore?
• Xbox 360 Elite arrives in US - or does it? Big-name sites show limited availability

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• BT brings Wii-like remote control to PCs Shake, rattle and roll

News: Mac

• Apple 'revises' sub-notebook Mac release date Mac Mini not due until 2008?

News: PCs

• OLPC bumps prices, adds Windows capability The $175 '$100 laptop'

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Get bug-free with these software testing titles Test your way to success

R&R: Opinion

• Adding mobility with Antenna Software Editors' Blog Mobilise everything

Reseller

• Satisfaction guaranteed by ComputerLand Books shutting anytime now

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• EVGA 680i LT SLI nForce-based motherboard Review Cut-down 680i - or shoved up 650i?

Science

• 'Artificial snot' enhances electronic nose Nothing to sniff at
• Top scientists list favourite gizmos Innovations that changed the world

Science: Space

• Scotty blasts off on final mission Actor's widow beams him up

Security

• MS to 'backport' Office 2007 security improvements Papering over the cracks

Security: Crime

• Child porn investigations keep FBI agents busy Guilty plea, charges in two unrelated cases

Security: Enterprise Security

• F1 engineers plan appeal in Ferrari espionage case In the pit
• Marshal aims to secure laptop content Will extend its messaging security to control PC files too

Software

• A tribute to Jim Gray Lost, but not forgotten
• Microsoft flashes up Silverlight media challenge MIX07 So many languages, so little time
• Supreme Court: Microsoft off the hook in AT&T case Decision could save companies billions in future patent battles

Software: Applications

• Beeb's iPlayer service gets greenlight Video thrills the radio star
• Google cedes Chilean village to Argentina Government demands return of Villa O'Higgins
• Yahoo! buys! ad! exchange! Right Media joins the club

Software: Enterprise

• Sickly NHS provider still seeking saviour iSoft in advanced talks