28th August 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• AT&T turns screws on iPhone unlocker Scary late night caller
• Finns dominate mobile-chucking contest Winning lob of 2.77 Campbells
• Orange sulks at Nokia Hissy fit party spoiler
• Vodafone cranks up 3G data rates for autumn IF you're in Central London or an airport

Hardware

• HP writes big fat cheque for 'Print 2.0' ad jamboree Beyond the paper dome

Hardware: Servers

• Gear6 satiates hungry apps with 500GB RAM monster I'll take a rack of memory, please
• Pesky hack divulges Intel's 'Project Copy Hypertransport' CSI Mountain View
• Sun pushes integration with UltraSPARC T2 Latest and greatest processor offers substantial advances

Hardware: Storage

• Chinese tech firm flirts with Seagate Updated Could Lenovo be muscling in on US-dominated HDD industry?
• IBM does iSCSI storage on the cheap Low-end DS3300 gets virtual protocol
• Seagate raises financial outlook In brief High prices don't drop demand

Management: Financial News

• Hi-Media snaps up Fotolog Gunning for a bite of the photo-sharing cherry

Management: IT Director

• Power corrupts, says workplace bullying survey Misuse of power is the biggest issue

Management: Law

• As US threatens to trash GATS, Antigua responds Tiny Antigua to bareback Uncle Sucker for cool $7bil
• Google Germany slammed for Neo-Nazi YouTube clips Touchy subject
• Yahoo! seeks dismissal of China human rights lawsuit (!!!!!!!) Add them in yourself

Management: Public Sector

• Public info office throws out data reuse complaint Zero-Now loses fight for Milton Keynes data

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• The Great Register Salary Survey Reg Technology Panel How much are you getting ripped off?

Music and Media

• The Return of iTuneski AllOfMP3 defies Western superpowers
• TorrentSpy shuts doors to America Beats judge to punch

News: Consoles

• Manhunt 2 tweaked to beat US sales ban Halloween debut
• Wii tops US July console sales chart Outsells PS3 and Xbox 360 combined
• Win an Xbox 360 Elite worth £300 Register Hardware competition

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Amimon ships wireless HDMI chipset High Definition wireless

News: Hi-Def

• Buffalo flies the flag for Blu-ray format The shape of drives to come?

News: MP3 players

• SanDisk targets iPod Shuffle with Clip music player

News: PCs

• Crytek names Crysis demo release day Ready for DX10?
• Sony integrates 'super 3G' into laptops High-speed internet on the move
• Sony preps HD-ready Vaio all-in-one iMac-alike CableCard required

News: Smartphones

• HTC slides out TyTN II 'super 3G' smartphone Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone signed up to sell it

News: Storage

• LG claims DVD optical rewriters are sexy

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Nashville strippers finger net forger Fake $100 bills fail naked lady test
• New underclass dossing in Japan's net cafes 5,400 'refugees' seek cybersanctuary
• Old timers boozing themslves into oblivion The rise of the sozzled 'Saga Lout'
• Thieves swipe biker's prosthetic hand 'No good to anyone else', insists semi-armless victim

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Restored Dam Busters fly again Big screen outing for 1954 classic

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Your one-stop shop for Photoshop Books Get photorealistic

R&R: Stob

• Hey Mr Policeman - this car is stolen! Windows Genuine Advantage is broken - again

Reviews: Phones

• EnGenius SI-680H Wi-Fi VoIP phone Review Have Wi-Fi, can call via VoIP

Science

• Tropics getting extra rainy, NASA boffins say Mind the wet spot

Science: Biology

• Shattered teens subsisting on 'junk sleep' Gadgets to blame for lack of kip

Science: Space

• Boffins bend space and time to measure neutron star Einstein shouts 'told you so', through tear in space-time
• Ex-astronaut offers apologies, Huggies to 'love-rival' Sorry for frightening you in any way
• Light sabre on cargo manifest for next Shuttle mission The force is with NASA

Security

• Aussie gov anti-porn filter 'useless', says teen 'It'll take more than that to stop me'