24th August 2007 Archive

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Code

• Governance in the Web 2.0 world Everything over http

Comms: Mobile

• 3 Ireland's broadband (nearly) back on its feet Update: FTP, VPNs and Outlook should now be working

Comms: Networks

• Kingston Comms loses BT connection World cut off from Hull

Hardware

• Dell laptops not in the pink after all Paint it black

Hardware: PCs & Chips

• Coming to terms with Raon's Everun tiny, Lolita-based PC Review It's a goer, if you hate keyboards
• Intel puts more hardware security in vPro line Refreshes stale chips

Hardware: Semi-Coherent Computing

• Data center efficiency - the good, the bad and the way too hot Meat Cast Avoiding crisis in the rain-forest

Information

• Data governance and the holy grail Data workers of the world unite

Management: Financial News

• Nokia battery recall to cost Matsushita up to $172m

Management: Law

• Businessman loses battle for gripe site domain name Fails to sway WIPO
• Model train software spat threatens future of open source Analysis Throws copyrights from the train

Management: Public Sector

• Website addresses health inequalities in England Lists details of unhealthiest areas

Management: Reg Weekly

• Firms get cozy, play nice - must be something in the air To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Music and Media

• BioShockers delivered from DRM hell Rapture on up to five PCs
• iPhone sparks counter measures from Verizon, RealNetworks and MTV Handset-to-handset fighting
• Net radio grabs olive branch from royalty police But wants another
• Yahoo!, Microsoft ink web pact with Chinese government 'The end of anonymous blogging'

News: Accessories

• Razer, MS each pitch the peak in gaming mice Scroll through the enemies

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Japan to get ultra-dinky Bluetooth USB dongle
• Sony scientists develop sugar-fuelled power pack No low-cal versions in the pipeline though...

News: Laptops

• Dell laptop explodes 'like fireworks' Oh no, not again
• Dell laptops not in the pink after all

News: Phones

• Spare some change - for the sub-£10 mobile

News: Smartphones

• iPhone unlock procedure posted Video shows it working?

News: Wii

• Wii wins console war, market watcher claims Nintendo next-gen sales surpass Microsoft's

News: Xbox

• MS warns gamers: steer clear of Xbox racing wheel

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Bank holiday transport farrago Oyster cards and TomTom are no-go
• IBM faces Second Life strike Flying furry penis pickets
• London man coughs to 172mph Porsche jaunt Sets new UK record for illicit excess velocity
• National Guardsman suspended over personal website No holds barred on howtokillpeople.com
• Teen sticks Xbox 360 power supply in bowl of water Result? Hospital for Darwin Award near-miss
• US customs bust coke-smuggling 'submarine' Stealth vessel packed with $352m of Colombian naughty salt

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Channel 4 cans Celebrity Big Brother There is a god, evidently
• Nicole Richie does 82 minutes hard time 'Treated like any other inmate' during prison hell ordeal

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Boys' toys get burned, glued and impounded Comments And stilted love scenes make us yawn

Reviews: Consoles

• Xbox 360 Elite games console Review Small tweaks, big difference?

Science

• Crypto boffins break car cypher Gone in 24 hours
• So, what's the velocity of a sheep in a vacuum? Plus, the size of Wales in cubic furlongs

Science: Biology

• Rentokil to set Q Branch on UK's rats 'James Bond-style technology' to battle rodent hordes

Science: Space

• Queen's axe-man wins his PhD Viva put him under pressure
• Uranus strikes a pose for Hubble's camera Edge on view of the rings

Security

• Internet ramraiders rear-end domain parking service NameDrive weathers DDoS assault

Security: Crime

• 'Microsoft' to compensate 419 victims Been scammed? Claim your £100,000 here
• Movie pirate forced to ditch Linux House-arrest Ubuntu fan left staring at Windows

Security: Enterprise Security

• How to case high-profile targets without really trying Tool makes it a snap to match domains to MySpace accounts

Security: ID

• Google changes Street View privacy policy Blurs faces and number plates on request

Services

• Capita to provide Southampton 'Gateway' Despite concerns over procurement process

Software: Enterprise

• IBM and Microsoft launch battling unified comms packs One ring to rule 'em all