30th May 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Mobile games set for simultaneous launch End of operator exclusivity

Comms: Networks

• BT chief speaks fluent PowerPoint CISAC Boss sets telco against royalty share

Hardware: Data Networking

• Brocade gives SAN FAN a one-two Blades, appliances and software — oh my
• Is Avaya up for grabs? Shares jump as tongues wag over possible buy-out

Hardware: PCs & Chips

• Palm reveals 'secret' smartphone buddy .25 pound device gets 2.5 pound accessory

Hardware: Servers

• HP grants little telcos NonStop rights Pay less for the very best

Management: Financial News

• IBM whacks 1,600 more services jobs Only 147,000 to go
• Last.fm scrobbled for $280m CBS whips the long tail
• Terra Firma ups ante for EMI Don't bite the Hands that feed you...
• VCPoker.com busts on saucy ad campaign Gambling is not sexy, especially for the socially inept
• VeriSign boss signs off Shock departure

Management: Government

• Google Earth unearths crashed Darfur gunrunning plane Leaked UN report, US gov says pranged Antonov was arming Janjaweed
• Gov. resists ID card scrutiny Will Brown sign up to Blair's baby?
• Pentagon: China threatens space and cyberspace Commies get nukes, sat-kill lasers, 'electromagnetic dominance' virus units

Management: IT Director

• Firms urged to tighten up access policies Survey reveals worrying lack of security

Management: Law

• Broadcom verdict broadsides Qualcomm $19.6m patent slap
• Judges define scope of McKinnon appeal Arguing a legal point again
• Morocco unbans YouTube Was Western Sahara to blame?
• US cities in Web 2.0 battle against graffiti Flickr style GPS scrawl mashup metatags the taggers

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• Mobility: what do you want exactly? Reader survey And how do you want to pay for it?

News: PCs

• Epson adds to Stylus series D92 inkjet printer proudly presented

News: iPod

• Zune to sell one million by June Microsoft MP3 player exceeds expectations

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Bomb squad disables suspect sex toy Explosive climax to Post Office scare
• CafePress drops Buddha-snap doggie G-strings Thailand outraged by 'offensive' canine apparel
• Tesco's old timers get yoof slang pamphlet 'Lingo-lean staff to get word-savvy'

PC Builder

• Toshiba gives price-cutting AMD the nod No longer just Intel inside

R&R: Myths and Legends

• It was Microsoft wot done it Database myths and legends (Part 9) What did happen to that Bloor Report?

Reseller

• CDW goes private for $7.3bn Bid premium etc.

Reviews: MP3 players

• Creative Zen Stone MP3 player Review More of a pebble than a stone really

Science

• MIT eggheads build 'human-robot relationships' With Pixar style desk lamps, cyber-teddies, and droid flowers
• Westminster blows £29m to save £20k The suspect maths of energy-saving street lighting

Science: Biology

• Man barely survives hamster attack Severe allergic reaction ends in hospital
• Pesticide link to Parkinson's disease Gardeners join boxers on at-risk list

Security

• The Mirror website cracked Down all day
• Apple plugs two QuickTime holes Second security patch in less than a week
• Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks DC++ flaw sees massive data storms
• USB stick security suite puts squeeze on software Yoggie Pico offers baker's dozen

Security: Anti-Virus

• Sophos apologises for going legal on school techies School of BOFH

Security: Crime

• Germany declares hacking tools 'verboten' Crackers

Security: Enterprise Security

• Phony BBB email dupes more than 1,400 execs Gone Spear phishin'

Security: Spam

• Tiscali coughs to spam blacklisting after a week without email Updated 'Er...try Hotmail...for another week'

Services

• CSC details iSoft objections 'It's in the interests of NPfIT'

Software: Applications

• Google Maps hits the streets New ground-based city views wow the crowd

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft waves in Minority Report-style computing era Another Minority operating system?