19th July 2007 Archive

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Code

• Bye bye SaaS, hello PaaS Salesforce.com repackages Apex code as developer 'platform'
• Use case style means handbags at 30 paces Style is all that matters

Comms: Mobile

• AmAze hopes to amaze with free mobile route planning Sponsored directions and mapping
• Digicel seeks legal redress in Caribbean Takes Cable & Wireless to UK's High Court
• EU says roaming case is soooo last month Vodafone, O2, and T-Mobile escape anti-trust fines
• Mobile websites fail to satisfy users If you can't buy stuff, is it really m-commerce?
• Motorola discovers cheaper phones lead to lower profits Slips to number three in phone rankings
• Sprint boots 200 American patriots for using their phones You're not good enough for our 'best' service, soldiers
• Vodafone figures show jump in 3G devices Joy at data revenues leap
• When 'God Machines' go back to their maker Comment All that glitters doesn't stay sold

Comms: Networks

• BT feels the need for 50Mb speed Telco weighs up broadband options

Distribution

• Avnet takes HP and IBM chunk out of distie Magirus Today Europe, tomorrow, the world...

Hardware

• AMD parts with profits in Q2 Must improve

Hardware: Data Networking

• Private equity firms flirt with 3Com Money men gone fishing

Hardware: Servers

• Dell paddles 'blade everything' HP Jealousy or simplicity?

Hardware: Storage

• Cheap flash sinks SanDisk's profits Misty margin-filled memories
• Seagate income soars with $359m tax break Strong and confident about disk

Information: Knowledge

• Salesforce.com names Apex ship date amid growth concerns Class libraries in, execs out

Management

• Firms unsure of liability for staff net use Prosecuted? Really?

Management: Financial News

• Citrix kinda' reports Q2 earnings Revenue up 21 per cent, use your imagination from there
• Wall Street forks over Intel's future How gross were the margins?

Management: Law

• Congress sniffing Google-DoubleClick deal As FTC probe continues...
• Neteller reaches supergrass agreement with DOJ US customers to get money back no later than 30 July

Management: Public Sector

• ICO creates IT forensics team But keeps Focus for complex cases

Music and Media

• European court protects file sharers ISPs not obliged to hand over subscriber info
• The Beeb cuts off premium rate phone-in lines Inform, educate and rip off

News: Consoles

• Retailers price up Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite
• Sony to tune slimline PSP into Japanese TV Final Fantasy anniversary handheld coming too

News: GPS

• Nokia offers assistance for unresponsive GPS phones Urban canyon? What urban canyon?

News: Laptops

• Sainsbury's to hold Medion notebook launch

News: Media players

• Arcam aims high-end music server at audiophiles

News: PCs

• Apple reclaims US' third biggest PC seller spot Tied with Gateway
• The IBM ThinkPad: 15 years old today Forgotten Tech The iconic black laptop celebrates its birthday
• Toshiba asks for more batteries back Another laptop goes foom
• Voodoo's Envy H:171 is more than witchcraft

News: Storage

• CD-meets-DVD launched
• Ducati storage leaves the starting grid

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Daily Mail slammed for online bingo hypocrisy Bonkers for bingo
• eBayer offers a further Enigma Brisk bidding for German code machine
• Wikipedia clarifies steam pipe menace 'They sometimes explode'

Reviews: iPod

• Logic3 i-Station IS10 iPod alarm clock Review It's totally iTune-tastic. Mate.

Science

• Bush to gong top US boffins of 2006 Five leaders who have, um...led the way
• DARPA robo-bug to start bugging once bugs are worked out Harvard droid prof's flies undone

Security

• 'Mac worm' hacker in death threat farce Much ado about malware
• LMH and InfoSec Sellout unmasked? Month of Apple Bugs kingpin comes clean
• Security conferences versus practical knowledge There needs to be a middle ground

Security: Anti-Virus

• The return of the ransom-ware Trojan Malware with menaces

Security: Enterprise Security

• Governments' systems used to power phishing push As US training firm aids penis pill purveyors

Software

• Tesco beefs up under 20 quid software offering Sausages: check, milk: check, word-processing app: check