6th June 2007 Archive

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Code

• eBay's phishy old problem Comment We were wrong, but is eBay wronger?

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Crocodile tears for under-fire Microsoft MVP 'It pains us to threaten you, but...'

Comms: Mobile

• UK MoD: O2 won't help employees serve in Iraq Updated O2: Of course we will, but we don't support the war
• Vodafone Live 'improvements' kill mCommerce Repurposed not to work any more

Comms: Networks

• 200 million people use DSL That's some contention ratio
• Pipex retains personal data for escapees' own good ISP expecting ex-customers to come back

Comms: VoIP

• ooVoo readies six-way Jetson chat client Analysts suffering from video latency

Comms: Wireless

• BT Openzone closed for business Wi-Fi access vanishes
• Wi-Manx launches WiMAX...nearly Isle of Man steals Europe's wireless limelight
• Wireless power limit doubled to bridge digital divide And UWB licences to be axed

Hardware: PCs & Chips

• Chip start-up could ignite Blade PCs Comment Living the PC lifestyle sans the space heater

Hardware: Servers

• Google beats chip and server makers to the future Analysis Who needs oil and gas when you have text ads?
• Sun finally crafts proper x86 and SPARC blades Once, twice, three times a lady
• Virtualisation gets trendy It's real versatile, man

Hardware: Storage

• NetApp and 3Par become storage buddies Block meets file
• Storage 'robot' guards loads of data RAID for dummies

Information

• Citrix and Microsoft introduce BOB Open the box and find a branch

Lifecycle: Execute

• ITIL v3 is go Best practice books by the yard

Lifecycle: Manage

• Autonomy pumps up the MS-Sharepoint search action Go faster stripes for enterprise accounts

Management: Financial News

• C&W chairman in plea to join fat cat bonanza Executive helicopters all round
• SEC slaps admin order on IBM Probe dropped after two years - no admissions or denials

Management: Government

• House of Lords steps into US-EU data spat UK ATS pilot still not catching terrorists
• Olympic promotional footage provokes epileptic fits 'I was thinking about the 2012 Games and then I was out'
• Parliament must listen to the blogger in his pyjamas - Cameron Spamocracy

Management: Law

• Europe could give Microsoft verdict soon Secret meeting last month
• MS, Yahoo! and Google snub debate on freedom Not all publicity is good publicity
• Substitute teacher's conviction for porn popups set aside 'Erroneous' testimony to the rescue
• Unknown group sues DOJ over gambling laws GIGSE 2007 The fundamental right of all Americans to lose money
• US appeals court smacks down FCC obscenity rule F-bombs away!

Market News

• Networks First buys ANS Converged services are us

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Ads watchdog okays Intel 'world's best processor' claim Time for a re-think?
• AMD desktop price cuts due next month
• AMD's neo naming scheme - details emerge Computex GP-7080, anyone?
• Intel de-cloaks Bearlake chipsets Computex
• Intel details Core-based mobile, desktop Pentiums Computex
• SanDisk doubles Flash hard drive capacity Computex
• Toshiba shows 'world's first' skinny HD DVD-RW drive Computex

News: Mac

• Apple adds LED-backlit displays to updated MacBook Pros Faster CPUs, Firewire 800 too

News: Networking

• D-Link debuts 200Mbps mains networking pack

News: PCs

• Asus pitches wee Eee PC companion Computex Sub-sub-notebook that's Palm Pilot for the 21st Century?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Buttocks, thongs, and bullsh*t: Street Viewers cop an eyeful Nothing escapes Google's all-seeing eye
• Long Beach cops boast first Segway-borne bust Wheels of justice cuff teen tearaways

Odds and Sods: El Reg URL

• So what's in a URL? The Reg URL? Your opinions solicited

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Perfumier concocts Paris Hilton chokey scent Limited edition fragrance 'distilled in toilets'
• Swedes unfurl talking paper Coming soon: the interactive Playboy centrefold?

Reseller

• Citrix unveils branding program Customer awareness push

Reviews: Cameras

• Pentax Optio M30 digital camera Review Photo finish or super snapper?

Science

• Dutch students brew up powdered alcohol hit Booz2Go - alcopop in a sachet
• MoD boffins in Cornwall GPS-jamming trials Could be spoofing satnav, not just jamming

Science: Biology

• Priapic litigant sues health drink outfit Hard time after swilling extra vits

Science: Space

• NASA chief regrets having unpopular opinion Right to ignorance under fire?
• UK boffins: extraterrestrial life will be discovered soon Aliens' TV preferences could spark interstellar invasion

Security

• Firm offers to patent security fixes Cash from chaos
• IBM lights on Watchfire Development secured
• Judge pours generous portion of cold water on Zango Crudware maker 'unlikely to prevail on the merits'
• MS anti-Trojan shield fails to protect older Offices MOICE and sleazy

Security: Enterprise Security

• Microsoft puts in Stirling work for unified security Nirvana Also: Visual Studio and SQL Server updates

Services

• Dell eyes up service companies Scottish buy just the beginning

Software: Applications

• Ask.com rolls out new algorithms, skins Four per cent of all Web searchers take notice