4th July 2007 Archive

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Code

• Google Mashup beta goes out to world+dog Persistence is its saving grace

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Developers diss Windows client Going niche

Comms: Mobile

• Exploding mobile battery kills Chinese welder Motorola investigates fatal blast
• LG dials up YouTube-enabled handsets Jumps on Google bandwagon
• Nokia picks up good vibrations license deal All a-buzz for Immersion's haptics

Comms: Networks

• AT&T rigs net neutrality study All hail the tiered internet

Comms: VoIP

• ASA slaps Vonage over price comparison ads Unfair to BT

Comms: Workshop

• Mobile handset selection Mobile Clinic Function, features, features and functions

Hardware: Servers

• CeBIT reinvents itself for 2008 Scrub down and spruce up

Lifecycle: Plan

• Evolutionary database design 'Technically trivial'

Management

• McLaren suspends top F1 engineer Ferrari wants technical documents back

Management: Government

• Brown calls for e-petitions to get debated in Parliament Blogocracy is go
• EC wants to suppress internet bomb-making guides Eurocrats, terrorists vie for techno-dunce supremacy

Management: IT Director

• National Archives and MS strike preservation deal Shining light on the 'digital dark age'
• Vista aligned with good IT practice Comment Has Microsoft really hit the mark with forward thinkers?

Management: Law

• Incoming EPO president reopens software patent debate All change, please
• Judge knocks back NYT wiretap documents suit Details of Bush-ordered NSA eavesdropping stay secret

Management: Public Sector

• UK health ICT spend looking healthy Off-the-shelf software and NPfIT fuel growth

Market News

• Calyx shareholders approve MBO Healy gets the nod
• Dell's SEC deadline looms File by 16 July or risk de-listing

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Asus overclocks graphics card for 37% performance boost And prepares to split into three separate companies

News: Consoles

• How hot is your Xbox 360?

News: GPS

• TomTom files patent for camera sat nav What you see is where you drive

News: Media players

• Linux media centre integrates YouTube Open source advantage

News: PCs

• LG sues Quanta... again DVD patent spat

News: Phones

• Nokia sheds light on Prism fashion phone
• T-Mobile wins iPhone Germany exclusive, paper claims Vodafone to be the UK provider?

News: Storage

• Panasonic spins 'first' 4x recordable Blu-ray Discs

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Catherine Tate to accompany Doctor Who Runaway bride confirmed for series four

Reviews: Storage

• SanDisk Cruzer Pro, Enterprise secure USB Flash drives Review Pay a premium, get password protection

Science

• Chilean scientists crack lost lake mystery Went down the plughole, as suspected

Science: Biology

• Chinese women crave Bill Gates' sperm Give me a baby, big fella
• Plain chocolate could help your heart Not a license to chow down

Science: Physics

• Oz boffins tout Trekkier-than-thou teleportation system Our transporter is more Star Trek than yours

Science: Space

• Solar-powered ion drive asteroid probe set for launch Not much va-va-voom, but very economical

Security

• iPhone hack bypasses AT&T DVD Jon strikes again
• Security consultant's blog found pushing crudware A warning for us all
• Storm Trojan feeds on Independence Day Heavy spam squalls herald malware blitz

Security: ID

• Fidelity employee steals 2.3 million consumer records Database administrator hustles info to marketeers

Software: Enterprise

• Floristry giant slams Oracle 'indifference', cosies up to EnterpriseDB You don't bring me flowers anymore