9th August 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Ban texting while driving, say Americans Even if half of them do it
• Discovery expands mobile offering Meerkats on mobile
• Vodafone hedges bets with WiMAX Forum membership An egg in every basket

Comms: Networks

• Pipex invites customer to get 'c**ted' NSFW The rudest password

Hardware

• Pentagon chief: no more oil for blood, man US war machine to run on mushroom-based fungus fuel
• Project Hostile Intent plans 'non-invasive' DHS brainscan Not the mind probe again, officer? My ass hurts

Hardware: Data Networking

• Get your Ultra Wide Band from Monday Regulation hot on the heels of products

Hardware: Servers

• IBM Information Server Blade tackles data integration Server blade meets data management software
• Management vs. the virtual server LinuxWorld A look at how the industry is moving to abstraction
• Rackable wraps Al Gore around new storage kit LinuxWorld Disk a landfill can love
• Red Hat nails Dell as JBoss dealer LinuxWorld Bundle trio

Management: Financial News

• AMD passes the collection plate again Brother, could you spare $1.5bn?
• Dell Ex-CEO Rollins to get $48 million cash Might be hard to break a $10,000,000

Management: Government

• Home Office pops open ID procurement porkbarrel Minister: 'Groundbreaking ... huge benefit ... can't wait for mine'
• Offender tracking database could be binned Costs jump to £950m

Management: Law

• NZ parents may lose battle to keep baby '4real' 'Superman' plan B to the rescue

Management: Public Sector

• BBC to advertise to foreigners Adds ads to broadband-delivered video

Management: Small Biz

• Segway builders develop speedy swim fins DARPA, Navy SEALs team with dorkmobile firm on super-Flippers

Music and Media

• Blockbuster reels in MovieLink Incurable NetFlix envy
• Hacker cracks Netflix copy restrictions DRM is dead. Long live DRM.
• Mediaroom: Microsoft's 'operator friendly brand' Comment What's in a name?
• UK punters love music on the move Young or old
• Universal Music Group invests in rap competition site World's largest label / puts bread on the table

News: PCs

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

News: Storage

• Buffalo's USB HDDs get bigger, faster Bells, whistles, but no horns

News: TV

• LG brings the cinema to your living room But can it cook popcorn?

News: Xbox

• Xbox 360 Premium to get HDMI? Somehow, someway, somewhere

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Thai police strapped with Hello Kitty armbands Delinquent officers bear 'mark of shame'

PC Builder

• Evesham ex-employee registers Geemore.com ...and .co.uk

R&R: Books

• Shall I compare thee (code) to a summer's day? Book review Beauty that's code deep

Reseller

• American sent to the slammer for faking Windows certificates Microsoft has a party

Reviews: Laptops

• Lenovo ThinkPad X61 Tablet Review Dr Lenovo has increased the strength of medication with the latest X61 Tablet

Science: Physics

• Sunspots make the world hot and wet But climate change still down to humans

Science: Space

• Shooting stars to dazzle in September... Diary marker ...And this Sunday night
• Space Shuttle Endeavour heads for the skies 'Flawless' launch, and a pretty picture...

Security

• Malware license agreement tells it straight 'FU' sucker
• PDF spam tsunami hits email inboxes Junk mail leaps 30 per cent
• Symantec security products less than secure Two words: Live Update

Security: Anti-Virus

• Is AV product testing corrupt? Who can you trust?

Security: Crime

• French teen held over online Potter translation Jumping the gun

Security: Enterprise Security

• Microsoft plans six critical patches Fixes critical vulns in Windows, Office and Internet Explorer

Security: Spam

• Dutch police arrest six in 419 scam Australian victim bilked of $1.5m

Services

• Jilted Apax gets second bite at GFI Informatique Private equity firm buys shares as Fujitsu bid closes

Software

• XML upgrade assessments needed for higher ed 'Start planning now,' report says