11th June 2007 Archive

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Code

• Big Blue buys Swedish software firm 'Complex systems' push
• Latest Artix model grows flexibility SOA without a stack of stacks

Code: Scripting

• Adobe turns Apollo into AIR And developers into AIR-heads

Comms

• MPs to cast closer eye on broadband ripoffs Interview Luff gets tough

Comms: Mobile

• These LiPS are made for talking ... and texting ... and ... Version 1 Linux ready for mobile phone use

Comms: Networks

• Virgin Media tech support goes premium rate 'How do I send an email?'

Comms: VoIP

• Skype goes out to mobile phones Assuming you know who you're going to call

Hardware: Data Networking

• Citrix eats dead NAC vendor assets Tastes like chicken, SSL and IPSec VPN functionality
• Quova tracks mobile net users They know where we are - and it's for our own good...

Hardware: Servers

• IBM's beefy Power6 boxes slaughter Java While low-end Dellintel trumps IBM's 4.7GHz heater
• Red Hat makes a security bundle with Symantec A muscular appliance
• Supermicro knocks big boys with Superblades They're super. Thanks for asking

Hardware: Storage

• Keep backup simple and do it well Comment A storage vendor lesson

Lifecycle: Execute

• IBM Jazzes up Eclipse Open source support

Management: Government

• UK importing Army spy-drones to replace losses Can't wait for British-badged ones

Management: Law

• Chinese reporter targets Yahoo! from prison cell Court! action! against! collusion! with! Beijing!
• Congressman seeks exemption for games that mix skill and chance GIGSE 2007 Skill games redux
• eBay jewellery store fined $400,000 for shill bidding eBay reports offender to authorities
• FCC's ban on 'fleeting expletives' ruled unconstitutional TV's over-zealous profanity police rebuked by court
• Privacy International accuses Google of smear campaign Bottom for privacy, but top for smearing

Management: Public Sector

• Google Maps aids terrorists, NY lawmaker warns 'It's only a matter of time'

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• RIM's growth to 'outstrip Apple' Reg Technology Panel BlackBerry demand looks set to continue

Management: Small Biz

• Scotland ranked 'worst small country' Gloomy conclusion of business probe

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD 'Bobcat' to challenge Intel next-gen UMPC platform Rival for 'Silverthorne'

News: Consoles

• C of E blasts 'sacrilegious' Sony shoot-'em-up Resistance: Fall of Man in virtual cathedral shock

News: Hardware Widow

• Sony brings bold colours to latest laptops

News: Mac

• VMWare offers Windows-on-Mac tool at half price Fusion due in August

News: Smartphones

• Next-gen Palm Treo spied on web... twice Offspring of union twixt phone and Creative Zen media player

News: iPod

• Marks & Sparks to sell iPod suit this weekend

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Divine Essex pebble aids Venezuelan kiddies eBay silliness with a purpose
• Iran releases detained telecoms workers Gulf fishing trip goes Pete Tong
• Robots en route to Dublin car parks Droids to park your car
• Thailand sacks randy sniffer dogs Mounting trouble for Mok and Lai

On the Job

• BrainAcademy 2007: are you smart enough? No winners last year, the gauntlet is down

PC Builder

• One billion PCs in use in 2008 Landfill operators of the world, rejoice!

Reviews: Smartphones

• HTC Touch Window Mobile 6 smart phone Review Look but don't - despite the name - touch

Science: Biology

• CITES bans international trade in sawfish Snouts and fins off the menu
• Robot gender-bending reptile is a lover, not a fighter Animatronic droid lothario goes undercover to help breeding programme

Science: Space

• Puddles on Mars, aerospace boffin claims NASA to allocate wellies budget?
• Shuttle docks with ISS after 'almost flawless' launch Torn thermal blanket not a problem

Security

• Anti-spam sites weather DDoS assault Storm Trojan fingered in tempest
• Large-scale DOS attack menace continues to grow Cyber warfare's collateral damage

Software

• Euro patent workers have no faith in their masters Hell is examining EU patents
• US gov rejects Google's Microsoft complaint Pot calls kettle...

Software: Enterprise

• Can intelligence really help business get out of a hole? Whitepaper BI want to break free