8th August 2007 Archive

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Comms

• Cisco's Web 2.0 enthusiasm helps profits climb CEO hails second major internet phase
• Customer exodus hits Virgin Media Sky gloomy
• Line rental cost a barrier to broadband Most would forgo DSL if price increased

Comms: Mobile

• Court finds Qualcomm guilty of standards abuse First create a standard, then sue the adopters

Comms: Networks

• Sacked PlusNet boss blasts BT sale 'stitch up' Exclusive Blood on the carpet

Hardware

• It's not easy being green Minimising heat and power waste
• USAF seeks control of aerial kill-bots Pilots love drones? Something's fishy here ...

Hardware: PCs & Chips

• PC buyers: 'Vista Capable' machines weren't Vista capable Judge calls for trial

Hardware: Servers

• Novell CEO confirms that Microsoft is a reality LinuxWorld Come to our world
• Novell squirrels its way into the virtual datacenter LinuxWorld Zen for Xen
• XenSource calls VMware a cash-hogging automobile LinuxWorld Open source explained through car talk, bandits

Hardware: Storage

• Sun adds bargain line to StorageTek family Thumper given SMB storage duty

Management: Law

• Cameraman drops first YouTube suit to join class action While Google maintains its innocence
• Websites could be required to retain visitor info Even if it would break their privacy policies

Management: Public Sector

• Biometrics tackle immigration abuse Fingerprint visas 'first line of defence'

Music and Media

• Google News fails to Digg-ify itself Expects business card from Tooth Fairy

News: Desktops

• Dell UK dances with Linux Open source touches down

News: Hi-Def

• Toshiba touts third-generation HD DVD Whatever will Blu-ray say?

News: Mac

• Apple unwraps trio of aluminium iMacs Good news for Apple fans?

News: PCs

• Packard Bell jilts Acer for Lenovo Worldwide PC love triangle

News: Phones

• Russian firm targets wooden phones at posers everywhere Hold your Gresso next to your Breitling
• Samsung phone offers easier messaging Wil it rly wrk?

News: TV

• Sharp sues Samsung over patent claims Another day, another patent dispute

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• We'll never get alien telly, says Zagreb boffin Tentacle'n'slime smut bonanza hopes dashed

Reviews: Laptops

• Sony VGN-TZ11XN/B laptop Review Gimme, gimme. Wait... is that the price or my phone number?

Science: Biology

• Fist-sized monkey flies from Florida to New York Do you know there's a marmoset on your head?
• Yangtze river dolphin is an ex-cetacean Nature pays the price of progress

Security

• FaceTime exposes prospect contact info Red faces over coding snafu at IM security firm
• Free download empowers black hat hackers Two out of three white hats don't care
• Merchants remain angry over Protx outage Analysis Root cause analysis
• SurfControl dips into the red ahead of WebSense takeover All under control
• UK VPN security is outstandingly mediocre BOFHs struggle with TLAs

Security: Enterprise Security

• Cisco patches serious holes in voice-enabled offerings Four updates in all

Security: Spam

• 419-lite scammers target pet lovers How much is that doggy?

Software

• IBM and Novell team up for chunk of open source market Tout free app server software, taunt Microsoft
• Microsoft defends vendor standards lead LinuxWorld Interoperability by another name
• Programmer granted royalties from commissioned software Despite no copyright agreement

Software: Applications

• Free software darling SugarCRM blasts OSI LinuxWorld Restrictive hypocrites

Software: Operating Systems

• Oracle claims no Linux ulterior motive LinuxWorld Mixed messages