29th June 2007 Archive

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Code

• How not to survey your customers Blog A great customer turns bad survey questions into valuable feedback.

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Sun turns over cluster code Solaris agents no longer secret

Comms: Mobile

• Air France starts mobile check-in Pour la convenance, naturellement
• BlackBerry gets free international calls EQO service uses local minutes and data instead
• Gartner reaps iPhone backlash after making business case Mixed messages
• Mobile content market opening up: Valista Expects operators to reduce prices

Comms: Wireless

• 3Com mounts school Wi-Fi fightback Touts 'second-generation wireless' against health hysteria

Hardware

• Waste computer edict finally hits UK Charity says don't junk kit, send it to Africa instead
• Western Digital buys platter maker Komag HD supplier in $1bn bid to match Seagate and Hitachi

Hardware: Data Networking

• Fon VoIP network being disrupted by protest over Wi-Fi adverts Users submerging routers to neutralise flaw
• WiMAX to lead $13bn capex boost in 2007-2012 Wi-Fi to be sidelined

Hardware: Servers

• Intel has four-core Opteron stuffer set for August Exclusive Barcelona: 'It could have been a contender'

Lifecycle: Execute

• Tivoli integrates compliance management Automated tool contrast policies with behaviour

Management: Financial News

• BlackBerry still making jam Juicy results

Management: Reg Weekly

• Boffins go HPC crazy while America stands in the iQ To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Market News

• MP's son jailed over VAT scam Sentenced to three years

Music and Media

• 'F*cked' record companies in 'cataclysmic' meltdown - manager So are live promoters the new pigopolists?
• Seeking common factors in the Web 2.0 bubble Column Or, why we're not all doomed, after all

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Logitech pumps up webcams to 720p HD

News: Handhelds

• Apple's first handheld: the Newton MessagePad Forgotten Tech

News: Hi-Def

• Blu-ray, HD DVD combo discs due early '08 Total HD release slides?

News: PCs

• AMD to crush AMD with 2.0GHz 'Barcelona' Hits stores in September
• Gateway brings a new twist to the tablet PC

News: Phones

• Apple posts iPhone-friendly iTunes, accessories
• Euro iPhone launch will reveal 3G handset for Vodafone, T-Mobile Ignore the US launch...
• O2 set to ditch handset upgrade lock-in Subsidy cuts

News: Smartphones

• Apple iPhone from all angles The hooplah. The stories. The comment
• HTC rolls out old-style PDA phone

News: Storage

• WD debuts DVR friendly add-on hard drive

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Children fight back against RIAA, take over Mensa Comments While Blighty faces new Armada

PC Builder

• The greening of Dell notebooks Energy Star 4.0 badges for new launches

R&R: Books

• Programming Flex 2 Book review A book on programming RIAs

Reseller

• Record e-auction saves £100m Further savings expected for public sector

Reviews: Storage

• ZyXel NSA-2400 network attached storage box Review Four-drive central storage for your LAN

Science

• Blackholes make simulated universe debut Supercomputed big bang
• Portable bots get cattleprod zapguns, hover capability Working Daleks only a matter of time

Security

• Beavis and Butthead in London jihad Huh-huh-huh, let's break somethin'
• Scots police raid Honeywell for alleged music piracy Servers imaged and staff questioned
• Unwanted e-card conceals a Storm Don't download it - as if you needed to be told...

Security: Crime

• Cyberstalker to spend six months in jail Months on the lam end with maximum possible sentence

Security: Enterprise Security

• Lawmakers worry over government network breaches Congress interests itself in cyber security

Security: ID

• UK oldies go crazy for e-shopping Fave pastime is frittering away the kids' inheritance
• US gives in to EU demands over data PNR and Swift finally put to bed - but still restless

Security: Spam

• DoJ alerts US citizens to spam attack Pesky phishers impersonate keepers of Justice

Services

• Capgemini jumps on Infosys takeover talk The Indians are coming
• MPs rap BBC over Siemens deal Not good value

Software: Applications

• Google embarasses MapQuest Driving directions redux
• Google flirts with online OS Docs, Spreadsheets, Folders