17th May 2007 Archive

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• Microsoft tries to hit jackpot with patents FUD but do the numbers add up? To subscribe to Channel Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of channel news in a single hit - click here.

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Microsoft pushes for SaaS SMBs the target, partners and ISVs the weapon

Comms

• BT swallows a third of new broadband punters Regains lead
• BT: we need fibre, not share buybacks Analysis The short-term thinking that's holding back UK plc
• O2 high speed broadband stuck in the garage Bungled bundle

Comms: Mobile

• Consumers more excited by GPS than mobile TV Not getting lost more important than Lost

Hardware

• DSG results hit by sunshine Dixons blames sunny April for poor sales

Hardware: Servers

• EMC to hang fire on VMWare stock sales for two years (or more) Will retain its Pac-Man shaped percentage after IPO
• Slammer turns Florida election result into worm food Breached server takes down evoting machines

Hardware: Storage

• IBM polishes grid for healthcare providers It's only May and they're celebrating GMAS?

Lifecycle: Manage

• Trouble looms for enterprises who don't know what storage they've got Complexity could be the downfall of many

Management

• Salesforce.com continues rise Claims fastest expansion

Management: Financial News

• BEA Q1 weakened by too much choice WebLogic v AquaLogic

Management: Government

• Will bloggers get the blame for DoH mess? Opinion Criminal charges for who?

Management: Law

• 100,000 'erroneous' records on DNA database Load failures of 26,000 are part of the problem
• Google free again to pump out porn thumbnails Breathe free, breathe heavy
• Judge doubts Intel can defeat Intelmark trademark Says proposed link is too tenuous
• Judge in tech trial says he 'doesn't know what a website is' As news breaks of beaks nabbed surfing smut at work

Management: Public Sector

• Galileo is military, EC admits Wants extra taxpayer cash for satnav independent of US
• NHS staff bemoan NPfIT problems Delays a growing risk to patient safety

Music and Media

• RealNetworks bags Sony NetServices Musical convergence

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Capcom uploads DirectX 10 game demo

News: Consoles

• Metal Gear Solid 4 delayed until 2008? No Snake in the grass this year

News: Media players

• Alba outs ultra-budget Freeview DVD recorder

News: PCs

• Acer debuts ProFile pro-laptop look Looks tough, weighs next to nowt
• Gates predicts death of the office phone Video for Office users

News: Phones

• 'Media monster' Motorola mobile hits UK World's first 'kick-slider' phone

News: Storage

• Samsung shouts up 'first' 8GB MicroSD card

News: iPod

• LG takes a Shine to touchy-feely music player Updated

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Armed cops in Lara Croft bust action Manchester gun-toting minx scare
• BMW helps nail 105mph V-sign biker Registration database black ops
• Hilton to go down for 23 days Hard time in 'special needs housing unit'
• Illinois baby issued with firearms permit Gun-slinging tot packs 12-bore Beretta

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• US in The Long Good Friday remake outrage 'It's a diabolical liberty...'

PC Builder

• Trade Commission probes HP-Acer patent spat ITC wants the poop on suit

Reseller

• Dell plans channel shake-up CEO gives indirect biz green light

Reviews: Gadgets

• Freeloader portable solar energy charger Review One thing to fuel them all...

Reviews: UMPCs

• Fujitsu LifeBook FMV-U8240 ultra-mobile PC Hands-on preview Miniaturisation gone mad?

Science

• Darwin's letters go online From stinky feet to natural selection

Science: Biology

• Government clears road for human hybrid embryos Spiderman, anyone?
• Scientist says nerve gas nastier than you thought US troops may have been accidentally gassed in Gulf War

Science: Physics

• NASA blows whistle on Antarctic Y2K (+5) meltdown Continent swaps snow for ice

Security

• Feeling left out? Get your PC infected today! Spoof malware campaign racks in the hits
• Fraudsters feast on credit card scam Bogus gadget site funds takeaway fraud
• JavaScript in web browsers is new security weak spot Ajax fingered as main culprit

Security: Crime

• Met staffer arrested over Al Qaeda terror report leak JTAC report 'passed to newspaper'

Security: Enterprise Security

• Grifters find rich pickings on social networking sites Phishermans' friend

Software

• Google launches universal search 5,672,968,176,820,971 results found