25th July 2007 Archive

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Code

• Liferay and ICEsoft team up to take Ajax to the enterprise A helping hand for enterprise developers
• Wiki tool makes adding services easy Elementary, my dear Hayes

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Intel aims parallelism aid at open source fans OSCON Help us, help you, help us

Comms

• China Mobile dials up bumper June Adds 5.5 million subscribers
• Mobile-mast danger is all in your head 'If you believe something's going to harm you, it will'
• ROK Media Store launches, sans content BYO music, for the moment at least

Comms: Mobile

• Motorola signs up for tiny projectors To fit into tiny phones
• Yahoo to start optimising for mobile Same technology as Vodafone, but without the glitches

Hardware

• First Airbus seats to be auctioned for charity On eBay, of course
• Mac and iPod save Apple's quarter Remember them?
• Toshiba, Fujitsu, NEC want 32nm friendship Can't keep up with Intel on their own

Hardware: Servers

• HP offers 3-D thermal mapping for data centers Tracks data center heat, Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
• OSI approves 'badgeware' license OSCON Socialtext wins with CPLA
• Red Hat flags OSI offenders on partner site OSCON Users force enlightenment
• SugarCRM trades badgeware for GPL 3 OSCON A hero is born

Information: Databases

• Neon's Oracle guru called in to beef up Titan You know you're an Oracle geek when...

Management: Government

• Can Osama keep Bush afloat? Part 2 The buddy system
• Oz cans porn filtering trial ISPs shoot the Internet Sheriff
• US gov's flying laser hit by delays, problems Aerial raygun flotilla scheme savaged

Management: Law

• Facebook in court over IP theft allegations Rival Harvard Web 2.0 geeks say they wuz robbed

Management: Public Sector

• MP slams school biometric guidance 'Lacks clarity'
• Transformation feeds outsourcing surge New contracts and renewals to see 10% increase

Management: Small Biz

• AMD says virtualisation will win SMB hearts Uses Barcelona as chat up line
• Brit IT millionaire dies on Chinese mountain Suspected heart attack claims 'very fit' adventurer
• Sage gets mergers and acqusitions director Board room shuffles

Music and Media

• AllofMP3.com owner faces jail time iTuneski in trouble again
• Latins prefer Microsoft to Google Talk about spicy
• UK gov rejects Cliff Richard's copyright extension UK gov refuses to extend oldie-pop copyright

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Your very own R2 unit multimedia machine Practical purchase or overweight glob of grease?

News: Hi-Def

• Samsung parades 30in screen with DisplayPort Another reason to dig yourself an arse groove

News: PCs

• Western Digital tear it up with 2TB HDs More storage sir? Ooh. You know you want it sir.

News: Phones

• Oki mobilises iris scanner software Whole new meaning to eye phone...

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Qantas spunks AU$100m on 'pterodactyl' LogoWatch Roo lovers hopping mad at revamped logo
• Suit blows £105k in London bar Vodka, Red Bull plus £80k in champagne

R&R: Books

• Project management expertise at your fingertips Books Be on time, on budget, and on target

R&R: Opinion

• Unisys gets a first The only TPC-E entrant, so far, `wins’

Reseller

• LogicaCMG hit by boardroom row Didier Herrmann told to leave

Security

• Mozilla confirms own URL handling bug 'Turns out it's a problem with Firefox as well'
• Zero-day security flaw leaves Firefox wide open Uri: Russian thug or hacker's paradise?

Security: Crime

• MySpace erases 29,000 sex offenders Major cull

Software

• BBC Trust backs calls for Linux iPlayer Exclusive OSC hails positive meeting
• Serena plans Agile marketplace breakout Old dog, new trick
• Skype violates open source licence Linux fundamentalist strikes again