23rd July 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Add a dash of Wi-Fi and sprinkle with data services How do you concoct the right mobile services mix?
• Amp'd shuts up shop Last one to leave please turn down the volume
• Culture matters: Why i-mode failed Opinion Top execs get blinded by shiny technology too

Comms: Wireless

• San Francisco's proposed Wi-Fi network facing angry mobs Pitchforks out for Google, Earthlink, and tech-happy mayor

Hardware

• Fasthosts hit by severe floods Updated Unlucky web host firm suffers second downtime in a week
• NASA seeks inflight comms for sky marshals 'Don't call me at work love, I'm undercover'
• OLPC project goes into production First machines being made
• US wants trucks mounted with frikkin' laser beams Raygun lorries to beam enemy shells out of the sky

Hardware: Servers

• HP bids $1.6bn on Opsware, $214m on Neoware What did you buy today? A latte? That's cute
• VMware learns to measure itself Births benchmark for AMD, Intel and the server crowd
• XenSource ropes Symantec into storage OEM deal Strength in numbers

Hardware: Storage

• Isilon gets thin with phat storage app Thin-provisioning. It's all the rage

Management

• TomTom bids €1.8bn for map provider Where maps meet social networking?

Management: Government

• Bradshaw assumes NPfIT minister's mantle Replaces Lord Hunt

Management: Law

• Belgian ISP will appeal order to block file-sharing Claims ecommerce directive trumps copyright directive
• ICSTIS tells sex lines to clean up their act Warns on warnings
• Web radio firms cry foul over DRM proposal Cap offer comes with anti-piracy strings

Management: Small Biz

• Facebook buys Firefox startup Firefox co-founders get networking
• Read about the last British computer company - in the bath Psion special goes binary
• Take a secure hotspot home with you Roaming service lets company IT manage your home broadband

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Logitech plugs in 'world's smallest' cordless mouse dongle Don't lose it...

News: Hi-Def

• LG spins 6x speed Blu-ray Disc burner BD/HD DVD combo drive too

News: MP3 players

• MS: Zune 2.0 to arrive in time for Xmas Jingle bells
• Transformers, MP3 players in disguise

News: PCs

• AMD admits no 'substantial' Phenom output in '07 Preparing Athlon 6400+ to fill the gap?

News: Phones

• Samsung spotlights 'first' five-megapixel camera phone

News: Wii

• Laser-sight gun grip targets Wii gamers Bang, bang

News: Wireless

• Novatel Wireless preps 'smallest' HSUPA modem Five times the upload speed of HSDPA

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Conservapedia too pinko? Try Metapedia Aryans battle 'Cultural Marxism'
• Dubai claims world's tallest building title Dubai Tower hits 512.1m

On the Job

• Autonomy reports big jump in pre-tax profits Revenue up 18 per cent
• PHP takes aim at Radar Zend pitches PHP to the enterprise

PC Builder

• Western Digital channel in a spin over new green HDD 'Show the channel more respect'

Reviews: Gadgets

• Thomson DTI 6300-16 TopUp TV Anytime DVR Review DVR meets VoD

Science

• Boffins build miniature robot Jesus Walks on water; but can't turn it to wine

Science: Biology

• Brainless civil servant amazes doctors Frenchman's skull a 'huge fluid-filled chamber'
• Chinese tuck into Texas turtles Export trade threatens snappers, conservationists claim

Science: Space

• The search for alien life How do you look for something if you don't know what it looks like?

Security

• MPack developer on automated infection kit Interview 'We are just a factory producing ammunition'
• US service personnel at risk of ID theft Half a million people's records sent unencrypted

Security: ID

• Hitachi goes global with vein recognition biometric Buster Bloodvessel

Security: Spam

• Spammers dump images, switch to PDF files Cat-and-mouse

Software: Applications

• Microsoft and Yahoo! trumpet anti-Google privacy policies Just like Ask.com