13th June 2007 Archive

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Comms

• Pipex plotting carve-up for Tiscali deal Exclusive Sale to be announced in weeks

Comms: Mobile

• 3GSM morphs into Mobile World Show New name, same old show
• Tao Group throws in the towel Software firm 'in administration'
• Truphone enhances its presence And adds SMS and 3G

Comms: Networks

• Google throws a bone to privacy watchdogs Will keep your data for 18 months
• Orange rapped for 'unlimited' broadband But ads watchdog rubber stamps 'fair use' again

Hardware

• EC dampens fears over IT tax Trade body claims ITA changes are afoot

Hardware: Servers

• Fujitsu Siemens waxes up mini mainframe BS2000 servers sparc up

Hardware: Storage

• Symantec promises unified storage for managers Vision 2007 Soccer balls and tears for journalists

Lifecycle: Manage

• It's business not technology Editor's blog Anyone got a taxonomy map?

Lifecycle: Plan

• BPEL, business process management, SOA and you Will 'coding in the large' replace what we do now?

Management

• HP challenges staff to help it go green Sets 'carbon footprint challenge' for employees

Management: Financial News

• Fujitsu results: good mid-table performance Needs bigger offshore presence
• Yahoo! shareholders shun protest vote Semel keeps $71.7 million comp package

Management: Government

• UK security industry pleads for closer goverment ties What am I bid for these shiny new handcuffs?

Management: Law

• Iran approves death penalty for pornographers 'Corruptors of the world' beware
• Ofcom's Nathan Barley quango slammed by public Letter of the week, via the telco regulator...
• Privacy chief warns EU on terror laws Security over privacy 'becoming a mantra'
• US harvests anti-terror research Cameras watch for face twitchers

Music and Media

• Babelgum touts indie credentials P2P telly gets arty

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia clocks up GeForce 8600M for 8700M GT New top-of-the-line mobile GPU

News: Consoles

• Sony claims more than a million PAL PS3s purchased Fastest Sony console sales ramp

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Creative tunes laptop-friendly X-Fi audio enhancer to UK

News: Hi-Def

• Toshiba slashes HD DVD hardware sales forecast Promotion Group's numbers not so rosy either

News: TV

• Koreans offered first 70in LCD TVs consumers can buy

News: Useless... but Cool

• Japanese offered USB bum-cooling cushion Universal Serial Butt?
• Shake those pinkies with the USB Dance Mat game Finger-twistin' fun, it says here

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• China runs out of surnames 93 million Wangs and rising
• Cornish separatists menace Jamie Oliver Serious email threat against unwelcome 'incomer'
• Fancy an earful? Click here for tech support 'Pain in the butt' customer gets email short shrift
• George Bush's watch clocked on eBay On its way to Oz via Kazakhstan
• Hello, Apple PR. Dr. Freud will see you now Comment One man's journey from humiliation to hope
• MS polishes UK dialect dictionaries Last call for vocab, me old china plates

Reviews: Accessories

• Creative Live! Cam Optia AF webcam Review Any which way you cam...

Security

• 10 reasons why the Black Hats have us outgunned So, you want to be a hacker? It's as easy as...
• Embedded problems: exploiting NULL pointer dereferences Interview Your device could be at risk
• SonicWALL tags Aventail Joins SSL VPN party

Security: Anti-Virus

• Macs are more secure: official World's most annoying adverts cleared

Security: Crime

• AOL phisher nets six years' imprisonment Snared
• FBI logs its millionth zombie address Come on over for a little Bot Roast

Security: Enterprise Security

• SSL bug stars in MS June patch batch 'Black Tuesday' brings four critical fixes
• Symantec's 'Hamlet' becomes 'Endpoint Protection' Vision 2007 Corporate antivirus no longer a tragedy?

Software

• Microsoft clarifies Windows Server virtual licensing Buy more, get more
• Techies of Leeds unite It's GeekUp night, get your best T-shirt on

Software: Applications

• Apple's Safari lacks bold vision Half of the web just disappeared
• EFF lawyer is smokin' on Google Street View Wants out, Google gives him a grilling
• New site marries Google, Yahoo! Search engine split-screen
• Patent holder calls for eBay 'Buy-It-Now' injunction Widget fidget

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft recruits latest open source expert If you can't beat em...
• Torvalds slams Sun over Linux intentions Hey, let's meet up, says Sun's Schwartz