24th May 2007 Archive

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Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Compelling Linux server slithers into the open Get Slugged

Comms: Networks

• Four-radio AP touts high-density Wi-Fi Wireless Event Extricom's channel blanket wins friends
• RAF builds massively multiplayer flight sims World's greatest LAN party is go

Comms: VoIP

• Jajah calls patent big brothers for global VoIP domination Meesah wanna takem over dem telephones

Comms: Wireless

• Desperately seeking WLAN apps for London Wireless Event Westminster offers prizes to get citizens using city Wi-Fi
• Qualcomm to sink €100m into European SMEs Form an orderly queue

Distribution

• Dell goes direct into Wal-Mart's clutches Low prices meet always low prices

Hardware

• HP escapes fine for boardroom spying scandal Promises not to do it again

Hardware: Servers

• Server market continues to thrive HP and IBM jockey for first place
• SME sector to 'explode with blades': IBM Blade server market to be worth $11bn by 2010

Management: Financial News

• Business Objects gobbles Inxight Shoulders its way into search tech

Management: Government

• Big brains gather to ponder future of UK security Ashdown, Robertson, to head panel of cops, spooks, peaceniks
• Fancy a nuclear power station in your backyard? A southern nuclear explosion

Management: IT Director

• Expel the IT bodgers, says Microsoft If you can't stand the heat, you'll get thrown out the kitchen

Management: Public Sector

• Mayor Ken's Low Emission Zone - a load of hot air? Analysis Motorist surveillance goes orbital

Music and Media

• iPod generation can get Lost TV-based game comes to fifth generation iPods
• UK arrest gives AllofMP3 touts the fear Euro touts lose bottle

News: Consoles

• Sony to release PS3 firmware update today Upscaling comes to old games, movies

News: TV

• Sony goes Bose with teeny-tiny home cinema rig

News: iPod

• Monster mashes iPod Shuffle, 'phones

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Pupils flog public school on eBay Updated 'Not quite as good as it used to be'

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Competition Commission to probe Sky's ITV buy Sky says: 'Bring it on'
• If Google is a Russian spy op, when will it buy U-Haul? And Ninthly The Parboiled Age
• Ofcom rules on Celebrity Big Brother racism rumpus C4 forced to broadcast apology

PC Builder

• Lenovo swallows tasty profit Waves goodbye to Mary Ma, says hello to US

Reseller

• MP's son guilty of VAT carousel fraud Dad will 'contest the verdict'

Reviews: Gadgets

• Elgato Turbo.264 H.264 encoder UK-first review Vroom, vroom

Science: Biology

• Bird flu confirmed in Wales Not the really scary one, though
• Chimera bill: consultation begins Select Committee wants evidence
• Enormous vulture menaces home counties Do not approach a 'very large bird' called Emmy
• Straight blokes best at reading maps But don't ask them to find the car keys

Science: Rise of the Machines

• Robot gunships join US Army Airwolf cyber-copters ready next year

Science: Space

• Studying Venus from the ground up A helping hand for Venus Express

Security

• Spyware bill seeks Senate approval Third time lucky?

Security: Anti-Virus

• Skype worm leaps onto MSN IM in peril

Security: Enterprise Security

• Brinkster.com battens down the hatches We're gonna need to change your lost password. Thanks
• PlusNet blames itself for webmail spamfest Russian connection in hacking investigation
• Ryanair check-in site exposes data Doors to manual

Security: ID

• Europe mulls anti-ID theft law But doesn't expect it to be useful

Software

• Google wants to really get to know you Which database would you like to be stored on?
• Microsoft too busy to name Linux patents OSBC Reworks definition of visibility