1st August 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Action Engine gets another $20m to burn Existing investors convinced by breaking market
• Thirsty Koreans fight duff whisky with mobiles Bottle-squealer tech stops you hiding the good stuff

Comms: Wireless

• FCC opens up US wireless spectrum But ignores Google's demands

Hardware: Servers

• IBM: Dinosaurs were green Swapping 3,900 servers with 30 mainframes to save the planet
• Virtualization software to crush server market Analysis Or maybe not
• Wee SiCortex buys PathScale compiler biz QLogic decouples from code

Hardware: Storage

• Symantec charges rivals with more virtual CommandCentral Storage management hits the big five (point)-o

Lifecycle: Execute

• Aspect oriented software comes of age Becoming a staple part of the developer's diet

Management: Financial News

• AOL gets into the online bookie business Family-friendly kneecappers on the way
• Merger costs, flat sales hit Alcatel-Lucent Up hill battle
• Vislink acquires WTS for $5.5m Speeds move into US market

Management: Government

• US gov dangles $50bn IT pot over 29 companies Game on

Management: Law

• Parliamentary committee: let hybrid embryos be Recommends the ban be relaxed

Management: Public Sector

• General Dynamics named MoD networking supplier Listen out for Listener

Management: Small Biz

• UK payment service outage leaves users fuming Protx us from evil

Music and Media

• Music pirate convicted in Led Zep bootleg case Stairway to prison
• Terra Firma bags EMI Majority shareholders boogie on down

News: Hi-Def

• HD TV, without the monthly fee Come to daddy

News: Laptops

• Getac develops hardened tablet PC Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough
• Tesco takes fight to Sainsbury over Medion PCs Clubcards at the ready

News: PCs

• Nvidia gains ground in graphics Updated And it's Intel and AMD chasing up the rear

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Dancing Ballmer subjected to Zune dance therapy Steve's happy feet stomp all over iPod ads

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Could live P2P video be the antidote to YouTube dross? Craptown Utd gets its own TV station
• Kylie comforts the Time Lord Rubs back and says, 'I know how you feel'
• TalkTalk in BT Vision Premiership spoiler U-turn offers free footy for TalkTalk punters

PC Builder

• Documents point to Time takeover of Evesham Exclusive Austin takes on mysterious new directorship

R&R: Books

• I'm dreaming of...Dreamweaver Wake up and get stuck in

Reviews: Laptops

• Alienware Area-51 m9750 Review It's a laptop, but not as we know it...

Science: Physics

• Petrol latte for Kiwis in dairy biofuel push NZ perfume industry unable to absorb cheese surplus

Science: Space

• NASA ponders manned near-Earth asteroid visit No plan to recruit bald oil-drilling expert, though

Security

• Apple squeezes out iPhone update before Black Hat Nick of time
• Wi-Fi spam man avoids can Probation for smut site junk mail miscreant

Security: Enterprise Security

• A Defcon survival guide Defcon How to surf in a hostile environment and live to tell the tale

Security: ID

• Near field comms tags top one billion You might already have one, just not know it yet

Services

• Atos Origin doing well - if you ignore UK Wet blanket Britain

Software

• First Vista service pack beta for 07 No final delivery
• Microsoft joins options reformfest Automate to simplify

Software: Applications

• 'Ads-funded' Microsoft Works pilot barges onto your PC this year Interrupts you while you work
• Second Life will dwarf the web in ten years So says Linden Lab CEO