3rd July 2007 Archive

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Comms

• Eircom injects €5m in Northern Ireland network More good news for the job market
• Virgin: Take the money and run, Beardie Analysis: Carlyle's cash could come in handy

Comms: Mobile

• Global mobile subscriptions hit three billion Multiple SIMs boosting numbers
• Malware scammers target iPhone iFraud
• Never say sorry I'm late again Have your phone say it for you
• Stingy AT&T spoiled the iPhone party Why the Jesus phone couldn't perform miracles

Comms: Networks

• Customers give new ISP market thumbs down Consumer casualties on broadband battleground
• Downing Street dodges 'unlimited' broadband debate The latest victory for people's paralysis
• Google buys voicemail firm for $50m Loose change for Grand Central
• Riverbed dives into certification territory Teams up with Pearson Vue

Hardware: Servers

• Dell gets hot over refrigerant Ich liebe Liebert
• Dell provides software assurance to Special Ops Command SEALs deal with snake-eaters
• SAP confesses to 'inappropriate' Oracle downloads Ooo-er
• SEC chases former Veritas execs over cursed AOL contract Watchdog still bugged by year 2000 deal

Hardware: Storage

• Autonomy forks out $375m for US expansion Eats Zantaz Inc

Lifecycle: Execute

• Institutional idiocy in IT High tech narcissism or old fashioned stupidity?

Management

• Digital divide becoming chasm, research reveals Work on bridging the gap has stalled

Management: Financial News

• Gates loses 'World's richest' crown Slim only in name
• Sony teams up with Nielsen to track game ads Press start to enjoy Funyuns® brand Onion Flavored Rings

Management: Government

• 'Effete' Europe useless in GWOT, says bin Laden man Declining continent - we don't need them anyway...
• Banks want data pulled from US Swift told to retreat all but US data
• EU launches EUtube with a bang NSFW Minor kerfuffle over soft-core shagfest
• MEP plans EU build ban on cars faster than 100mph Committee considers tech-lite plan to save planet
• UK gov fights public spending website Says it'd 'cost too much'

Management: IT Director

• Internet Governance Forum still searching for something to govern ICANN San Juan 2007 In the beginning was the...uh...

Management: Law

• Possession of extreme porn to become criminal offence Perpetrators face three years in chokey
• Slot machine inventions denied patents Game over
• Woman arrested for WoW love affair She was a 31 mage, he was a 17 warrior. Unfortunately, we're talking about their ages

Management: Public Sector

• London NHS paper reveals plans to share patient data Social services and ContactPoint included
• Whiteboards could damage kids and teachers' eyesight Razzle dazzle 'em

Management: Small Biz

• GSMA tackles 'innovation bottleneck' on mobile phones More innovation needed, and quickly

Market News

• Apple, Ebay and Amazon receive failing grade from environmentalists Big Blue is green, Apple is brown. Whodathunkit?

Music and Media

• New ASA boss targets bogus web sites Advertiser websites in his sights
• Russian copyright wars to continue despite AllofMP3 shutdown iTuneski RIP, but more where that came from
• Universal downgrades kneecapping to kick in nuts Reserves nuclear option

News: Consoles

• Six Wiis sold for every PS3 purchased in Japan We want Wii, say consumers

News: GPS

• Holux says balls to GPS

News: Handhelds

• Wireless gadget maker to offer on-the-move internet for free DataWind blows in to Blighty

News: Hardware Widow

• Philips parades gem-like gadgets for luxury loving ladies Look, girls, sparklies

News: Phones

• Carphone Warehouses picks BlackBerry

News: UMPCs

• Intel, MS eye Japanese housewives in mobile PC push Keyboardphobe friendly

News: Useless... but Cool

• Defend your home with a walking webcam I, Robot

News: iPod

• Vibrator speaker system causes a buzz You hum it, I'll play it

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Pensioner used live shell as doorstop Bomb disposal disarms 'family heirloom'
• US nutter counts to one million on net Charity marathon caught on webcam
• Website honours battling Glasgow baggage handler Buy a pint for 'BAA's answer to Jack Bauer'

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Kylie confirmed for Who Xmas special Oz popstress embarks on Voyage Of The Damned

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Gigabyte Odin GT 800W power supply unit UK Exclusive Review The Father of the Norse Gods sends a new PSU...

Science

• Swiss take on North America at nano-droid Subbuteo 'Sh*t, I've dropped the Annapolis football team down a drain'
• US Navy looks to achieve spy-fi miracle-dork capability 'OK Brains, where's the secret enemy HQ?'

Science: Space

• Europe and Russia plan next generation spaceship Parallel to Orion
• Inflated real-estate market goes ballistic (in space) You can afford to build it: can they afford to come?
• Starburst snap holds clues to galactic evolution Hubble's still got it

Security

• Hacker stalked Linkin Park frontman Musical discord
• iPhone hackers disclose vulns and hunt for clues Closing in on their Holy Grail
• Talking Trojan taunts victims Everything must go

Security: Enterprise Security

• MPack malware exposes cheapskate web hosts Apache and the Domino Effect

Software: Applications

• Massachusetts kowtows to Microsoft Redmond's 'open' standards approved
• Yahoo! Unveils! New! Banner! Ad! Engine! It knows what you want

Software: Operating Systems

• Palm OS II launch date delayed again Not dead, just sleeping