8th June 2007 Archive

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Code

• Google promises mobile software platform to challenge Windows Analysis Getting in to Gears

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Tie your own Office ribbon TechEd Microsoft shows extending Outlook 2007 with VSTO 'Orcas'

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Collabnet makes Eclipse distributed Distributed development tools for Eclipse IDE

Comms: Mobile

• A life on the ocean wave(length) I'm in the Pacific! No, the PACIFIC!

Distribution

• Redstone 'delighted' after year of takeovers Conversant with convergence

Hardware

• Xerox kicks off new channel partner scheme VP says, it's all about 'customer intimacy' now...

Hardware: Data Networking

• Apple to climb on to Google's cloud? Jobs says 'stay tuned'
• Infinera grabs top tech IPO of the year Optical bull

Hardware: PCs & Chips

• Surface computers: debunking Microsoft and Han Letters More on the 3D, tabletop UI

Information

• Microsoft buys data management firm, pulls product line And ends spat with LG

Information: Databases

• MUST is a must A good addition for migrating Access DBs
• The great migration debate: Essbase to Analysis Services Moving Cubes

Management

• Britons are workaholics, survey says One in four working more than 48 hours a week

Management: Financial News

• Sony turns job axe on the US Reports operating loss of $1.91bn
• Vodafone rejects call from rebel investors Sticking to its knitting

Management: Government

• CSA 2.0: defaulting dads to have travel, ID, life switched off And get to buy their own bullets?
• EU aims to stop 'visa shopping' Schengen states to share visa data
• How Saudi slush kept UK aero biz afloat Analysis Surplus Eurofighters could be dropped on high-living Saudis
• MEPs draft ring of flowers for fortress Europe Caring, sharing police databases

Management: IT Director

• Oxford University Libraries say chuck out your crap Quick, the WEEE directive is coming!

Management: Law

• A cloud over the moon and a suitcase full of cash GIGSE 2007 The march of the gamblers
• Cyberstalker caught after months on the run Tracked down to East London cybercafe
• UK mulls admitting wiretap evidence in court The secret's out

Management: Public Sector

• BT claims London NPfIT successes Acute trusts back on track

Management: Reg Weekly

• IBM dodges bullet as the great URL debate rages To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Music and Media

• Babelgum opens up for all Beta IPTV for everyone
• Humane Society gets firmer with Amazon's cocks Fumes over Feathered Warriors
• JK Rowling badmouths eBay Auction site 'humiliated' and 'harassed'

News: Consoles

• Five things Sony needs to do save the PS3 Price cuts, exclusive games and a more integrated mobile strategy would help

News: Mac

• Apple readying aluminium iMac?
• Newer releases MacBook battery renewer
• Parallels enhances Windows-on-Mac tool 3D graphics a-go-go

News: iPod

• TerraTec docks iPod to internet radio box

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: PFY rescue mission Episode 20 Back in the saddle

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• eBayers fail to bite amazing penis-shaped crisp Limp bidding, despite magical powers
• Slovakian fountain stunt groom released Wedding back on as dad says 'sorry' for nude escapade
• Wheelchair user hitches lift on front of lorry 'Quite a ride', admits Michigan man

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Connery says nay to Indiana Jones reprise Retirement 'just too damned much fun' admits hero's dad
• Paris Hilton dereassigned back to jail 'Mom, mom, it's not right', wails recaged heiress
• Paris Hilton dragged back into court Judge to hear case for 'reassignment'

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Naked builders hate ugly logos, but don't frequent Google Maps A lucky escape for the rest of us?

Reseller

• Kelway acquires Elcom Hopes to hit £100m mark

Reviews

• PC or not PC? Ten desktops on test Group Test Which system is right for you?

Science

• Rwanda fires up Africa's 'biggest' solar plant 250kW facility helps keeps the lights on

Science: Biology

• Canadian surgeons unmask Vulcan Patient oozes 'greenish-black' blood
• Scientists demand ban on North Sea cod fishing 'Reduced reproduction' threatens stocks
• World's tigers on 'catastrophic' road to extinction The end is nigh, says new report

Science: Physics

• Boffins demo wireless electricity Switching on lightbulbs from a distance

Science: Space

• Atlantis looking good for rain-free launch NASA could use some good news
• Galileo to get public cash, agree EU ministers Military aspects remain to be settled

Security: Anti-Virus

• The slow death of AV technology Time to jump ship?

Security: Enterprise Security

• Yahoo! patch squashes messenger bug Vuln researcher questions company's disclosure practices

Security: ID

• DIY kits dumb down phishing 9 out of 10 crooks use ready-made code

Software

• Bradford axes more than 400 jobs Union blames 'spiralling' IBM/Serco costs
• Downing St ambivalent on open standards Yeah, but no, but yeah..
• Morse splits to AIM high Outlines plan to Monitise future

Software: Enterprise

• SAP plays tease over mid-market Salesforce 'killer' It's different, but better. Oh yes...