3rd May 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 3 CEO to retire in June Deputy steps up
• Granny waxes lyrical in 'txt laureate' challenge 'O hart tht sorz, My luv adorz...'
• Mobile phones no longer used for calls Too mundane for 21st century
• Orange simplifies data charging Unmetered access for all

Comms: Networks

• Cigarette fire takes out Internet2 Redundancy is so net 1.0

Hardware

• IBM claims self-assembling chip leap Steals idea from nature

Hardware: PCs & Chips

• Intel consigns Cornish town to oblivion Panic in Penryn at Google search relegation

Hardware: Servers

• Sir Alan Sugar unveils East End supercomputer Amstrad boss on 'robot prisons', boozy pilots and BBC's 'different brain sets'

Management: Financial News

• Capgemini and HP gain ground in public sector marketplace Two winners in ICT supply battle
• Cash machines get a voice But it's in Swedish...
• Murdoch makes high premium bid for Dow Jones $5bn surprise offer could tempt Bancroft
• Northgate continues shopping spree Mangetout
• Symantec revenue hop can't stop profit flop Restructuring costs cramp company coffers

Management: Government

• Euro Data watchdog warns of database creep Unbridled development a problem for EU
• Registrars victims of latest UK.gov IT fiasco IT modernisation abandons registrars at altar
• Researchers, spooks favour satnav-based road pricing Could be popular - easiest to hack
• US flies visa control kite over Pakistani Brit 'terror suspects' Tough talk cloaks the next data grab?

Management: Law

• Google asks court to dismiss Viacom suit Floats 'safe harbour' defence
• Google resumes linking to Belgian newspaper sites Cash from cache
• Living on the wrong side of the technology tracks Computers, Freedom and Privacy Digitally disenfranchised
• Sealand dismisses McKinnon asylum offer as 'rumour' Sanctuary at sea plan sunk
• Student expelled for high school Counter-Strike map Texas school's war on game's virtual war on terrorism

Management: Public Sector

• 80% of complaints to EU privacy watchdog are misdirected Should have gone to national bodies instead

Music and Media

• Pandora shuts box on users outside US Record cartels kneecap streaming service
• Right-to-reply website launches Canofworms.com

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD picks Phenom, axes Athlon as high-end handle? Uninspiring
• Intel preps lower power Core 2 Quads

News: Mac

• Apple pledges green glasnost But eco-activists still not satisfied

News: Phones

• Nokia unveils 'emerging market' handset septet clamshells and candybars

News: Smartphones

• RIM reveals BlackBerry Curve More consumer than corporate?

News: UMPCs

• From 1981: the World's first UMPC Forgotten Tech Epson's battery powered mobile computer

News: Useless... but Cool

• Slam out power chords like Hendrix

News: iPod

• Creative slings Stone at iPod Shuffle Zen and the art of digital music

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Gutsy eBayer touts 'Royal Marine surrender kit' Just as commandos return en masse from Afghanistan. Oops
• Sudanese goat wife pops her hooves Tragic death ends marriage made at the point of a shotgun

PC Builder

• Danes 'prove' sudden iBook death syndrome Danish turnover Apple

R&R: Books

• Programming in Haskell Book review Yes, Melinda, there is a choice: Functional Programming

Reviews: Smartphones

• HTC S310 Windows Mobile smart phone Review Entry-level handset

Science

• US missile defences in successful Pacific test Aegis cruiser knocks down regional-power-type threats

Science: Biology

• Oz boffins unleash the power of beer 2kW microbial fuel cell to run on brewing waste
• Poisonous spiders invade Britain Global warming sparks arachnid warning

Science: Space

• Mars is caked in patchy ice, say NASA scientists Not a god awful small affair, scans show
• MoD to publish secret UFO files Tinfoil mob likely unruffled by flimsy cover story
• NASA to go into the space business? Advertising space, that is
• Space shuttle crashes in Alabama It was on a train at the time

Security

• Rivals dismiss MS Forefront security push Business OneCare
• Tesco teams up with MyThings to 'trace' your valuables Online item registry
• Time for new network security certification Comment Since GIAC messed up

Security: Enterprise Security

• Microsoft preps seven bulletins for Patch Tuesday Critical fixes for Windows, Office, Exchange and more

Security: Spam

• Glastonbury hippies force-fed spam We didn't even tick a box, man

Software: Applications

• Google says iApologise for iGoogle cockup (again) Data still AWOL
• Yahoo! puts! IM! online! Download-free zone