2nd August 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Bluetooth gets better pairing for less power Joins NFC party too
• ESA backs satellite broadcast to mobile phones DVB-H party hots up
• Google builds own phone More carrier disruption
• Nokia ships 100 million phones in Q2 iPhone who?

Comms: Networks

• Public internet threatened by private telcos The net as 'Government regulated monopoly'

Hardware

• HP withdraws case against Pelikan Printing supplier admits selling new for old
• Intel wins at Monopoly, grabs $60bn unfairly - says... You know who
• Laptop industry hit by components shortage Bye bye, cell cell
• Lenovo profits soar Net income leaps 13-fold
• US robot carrier-jet contract announced Top Gun soundtrack remix: Take my job away ...

Hardware: PCs & Chips

• I bumped into that Alan Sugar on memory lane... Column Sweet nostalgia for the PCW generation
• Intel revolted by its own 'insensitive and insulting' ad Racist inside?

Hardware: Servers

• HP puts customers to another Itanium test with aging gear 2009 will be sweet. We promise
• IBM reorganizes System i into two new business units For big 'uns and little 'uns
• Intel's 'Montvale' half the chip it used to be More good news for Itanium

Management

• Xerox job losses on the cards after all We'll save your jobs..oh no we won't

Management: Government

• Gaming 4G warfare for the USAF, with rayguns Among other things...
• UK watchdog calls for an end to 'piecemeal' e-voting trials Stop messing about

Management: Law

• Google: Kill all the patent trolls US patent system 'in crisis'
• Judge ruled against NSA surveillance in US Bush move against star-chamber not coincidental
• Police want DNA collection superpowers All your genes are belong to us, sonny Jim
• Sealand seeks to cash in on online casino bonanza Fictitious nation to thumb nose at Cheney administration
• Use of web archive was not hacking, says US court Though bypassing its protection measures could be

Management: Public Sector

• e-Borders to cost £1.2bn The price of tougher checks
• Teachers vote to ban internet Miniskirts, The Beatles, gramophones next on list?

Music and Media

• Techies blast big media over copyright warnings More like copywrong warning, am I right? I'll get my coat

News: PS3

• Sony talks up PS3 TV tuner But where will it launch?

News: Phones

• Expansys to punt Samsung i620 Beats Vodafone to the starter's block?

News: Wii

• US cracks down on mod-chippers 'Storms' businesses, homes in 16 states

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Disney p-p-picks up Club Penguin Mickey Mouse social network bags $700m

Science

• Miserable Brits declare War on Comfort Comment Politician joins the patio heater jihad
• Scientists force confessions from mucky fingerprints No more clean getaways

Science: Space

• Cassini to make third Enceladus flyby And NASA recycles a comet-chaser

Security

• Flash: Public Wi-Fi even more insecure than previously thought Black Hat How to gain permanent access to Gmail accounts
• Making open-source browsing safe for the masses Black Hat A short conversation with Mozilla's 'chief security something or other'
• Russian phishers loot $500K in two-year hacking spree Turkish banking customers target in long-running scam
• Worm threat forces Apple to disable software? Disables support for gateway device

Security: Crime

• Man cuffed over 'cycling cheat' email hack Tour de Farce
• Victim turns to Facebook in hunt for brazen burglar Crimewatch: Web 2.0-style

Security: Spam

• Spammer gets 30 years in the slammer Suddenly wishes Viagra was harder to come by

Software

• Adobe bends to might of US printers Watch out Teamsters
• Dell to acquire ASAP And ex-CEO Rollins joins private equity group
• Nokia's New Coke moment? Analysis The Communicator software debacle

Software: Applications

• Free Software Foundation plans protests at 'corrupt' BBC Video, sound and fury over iPlayer
• Social networks to replace imagination and be woven into clothes Or maybe just pump more ads
• VMware prepares Fusion dump for Mac crowd Get it while it's cheap