20th June 2007 Archive

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Code

• SAP expands mobile reach SOA features

Comms: Mobile

• Fring thing comes to Windows Mobile Skype, GoogleTalk, MSN, and Twitter all in one client
• Lag caught with phone charger up jacksie Prison officers notice murderer's 'discomfort'
• Yahoo! and MSN up the mobile browsing stakes We will fight them on the desktop...
• YouTube hits iPhone Oh, and Apple TV too

Comms: Workshop

• BlackBerry versus Microsoft Reader Poll Let's get specific
• Mobile Clinic: How do you make mobile data secure? Mobile Clinic Keeping it safe

Distribution

• Rivals torture consumers via Microsoft Comment Talk about unfair competition

Hardware

• Apple buyout rumours circulate as iPhone launch nears Can St. Steve move up a plane?
• Gateway recalls 14,000 batteries Is that a barbecue in your lap or...
• Quick-charging electric cars could be round the corner Updated Main problem of battery vehicles potentially fixed

Hardware: Servers

• HP and Novell double team Sun Technology Forum Torched by Transitive
• Operating systems are old and busted USENIX VMware founder wants data center coup
• Sun appears to own part of Java server start-up Azul As the settlement turns

Hardware: Storage

• HP's storage gets a case of the greens Technology Forum Think disk made out of trees
• Pillar packs more storage in Axiom boxes Going green, crowded, but green

Lifecycle: Execute

• CruiseControl builds for the Enterprise Screen Digest

Management

• Employers must spot signs of depression Mental ill health the second largest cause of sick leave

Management: Financial News

• Will Murdoch swap MySpace for Yahoo! stake? Tabloidtakeovertastic...

Management: Government

• Boeing offers 'optionally manned' jets for US Navy At last, backseaters could be rid of troublesome pilots
• Brown asks cops for gadget wish list Write to Santa
• Byrne explains the UK's wondrous, biometric, ID card future Count them in, count them out, count them all about...
• Jack Straw: let MPs use handhelds, laptops in Commons Bums-on-benches push could see live TV spamming
• Open Rights Group recounts e-voting horror story Lovers of democracy, turn away now

Management: Law

• Amero case spawns effort to educate Julie Group seeks to avoid future wrongful convictions
• UK extends ecommerce directive to terrorism laws A blog posting in Europe could land you in UK courts

Market News

• Google calls for greater Windows Vista openness Friends in government
• Post Office loses Amazon contract Last cheque's in the post

Music and Media

• Neverland director to helm Bond 22 Marc Forster issued licence to thrill
• Newspapers not killed by net - shock! But web freeloaders fill their boots
• Swedish man gets benefits for Black Sabbath addiction Who's next? Ozzy?

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Albatron brings Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS in on a budget DirectX 10 for the masses?

News: Desktops

• Sony debuts dual-box HD-editing PC One unit for you desk, one for under it

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Dell outputs its 'smallest' colour laser printer

News: PCs

• Gateway recalls 14,000 more laptop batteries
• Logitech out to lure laptop users with latest accessories
• Woman cleans keyboard... in dishwasher Keyboard survives to type the tale

News: Phones

• iPhone variants on the way? No s**t, Sherlock...

News: Smartphones

• Google boss brandishes 'powerful' iPhone Schmidt triggers positive feedback

News: Storage

• Samsung spins up 1TB desktop HDD

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Need hard facts? Try Conservapedia 'The truth shall set you free', claims Wiki rival
• Sex game bloke traps modesty in padlock Cue firemen bearing hydraulic cutters
• Texas cops taser diabetic seizure man 'We just took care of him'

PC Builder

• Nota bene: World goes notebook crazy Can't get enough of 'em

R&R: Books

• Handy guides to SharePoint Server 2007 Books Share 'em with your mates

Reseller

• Circuit City has outstandingly awful Q1 Withdraws guidance for 2007
• Consumers happy to pay 'green premium' Give thumbs up to price hikes for enviro-friendly kit
• DSG computing sales up, profits down Downers include laptops, France

Reviews: TVs

• Evesham 26in Alqemi V and VX HD TVs Review Hi-def, lo-price

Science: Physics

• Pentagon's raygun-packing 747 to visit DC Jumbo wants pork

Security

• Apple TV gets its first critical security patch Flaw made it possible to remotely access home networks
• Harry Potter transcript claim doesn't convince Meddling muggles boast of last book transcript attack
• Is that YouTube clip you just watched booby trapped? Streaming malware
• Phishermen, not zombies, causing biggest security woes McAfee issues revised forecast
• YouTube 'riddled with 40-plus security vulnerabilities' Faced with ultimatum, Google finally responds

Security: Crime

• Brits to US tech firms: we need you! ...to catch our criminals
• Police officer arrested over IT abuse "Very serious allegations"

Servers/Storage

• Opteron darling Newisys lives! Just a flesh wound

Software: Applications

• Google takes aim at Microsoft, carbon, China Zentering on PowerPoint competitor