31st August 2007 Archive

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Comms: Networks

• FCC to fine network operators who can't find customers They can run, and they can hide

Devices: Platforms

• Montavista reveals Linux debug secrets DevRocket in your pocket

Distribution

• Ingram Micro fingers new European chief Koppen out

Hardware: Servers

• Researchers: AMD less power-hungry than Intel 'Opteron more efficient than Xeon'

Lifecycle: Execute

• Shotgun Wedding: Enterprise Architect 7.0 Good UML diagramming that won't break the bank

Lifecycle: Plan

• 'Commercially unimportant' copyright infringement punished Being insignificant doesn't make it right
• SIS nixes OOXML approval Voting irregularities, it appears

Management

• California OKs class-action suits for unpaid overtime Arbitration policies can't stop litigation

Management: Financial News

• Facebookers bring HSBC to its knees Web fanatics get free overdrafts

Management: Government

• NHS outlines NPfIT milestones PACS, choose-and-book and electronic prescriptions honoured

Management: Law

• Information Commissioner updates personal data guidance Explains what constitutes personal data
• UK online gambling regs go live tomorrow Computing Which? hack gets skinned

Management: Reg Weekly

• Microsoft gets bugs, Google gets worms, and Orange goes bananas To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Music and Media

• NBC to Apple: 'You're fired!' Apple to NBC: 'You can't fire me! I quit!'

News: Accessories

• SanDisk goes launch-crazy IFA 07 8GB cellphone and camera cards, six-card adapter, and solid-state drive

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Casio demos 'world's fastest-shooting' digicam IFA 07 VGA video at 300fps, anyone?
• Sharp shows off TVs, iPod hi-fis, Blu-ray player IFA 07 Staying on the cutting edge

News: Hi-Def

• Sony breaks out 'mass market' Blu-ray players IFA 07 HD for all

News: PCs

• Acer backs Blu-ray IFA 07 HD media centre PC launched to prove it

News: iPod

• Cowon strikes at Archos with Wi-Fi media player IFA 07

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Chilling the bearings Episode 30 Freezers have other uses, too

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Cops seek 179mph net vid biker Burn-up footage sets new UK record
• Irish firm seeks Trainee Assistant Banana Ripener 'A good knowledge of Excel' a must, naturally
• Kung fu monks battle gobby net ninja Demand apology for online slur

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Racist Reg hacks slammed for 'vitriolic hatred' FoTW So, what's the velocity of a Welsh flame in a vacuum?

Reseller

• Fujitsu Siemens bangs energy efficiency drum Out of the rough, into the green

Science

• Moller touts flying-saucer hovercar, again Skycar - it blows

Science: Space

• Mars rovers roving again, for now Skies clear, but dust poses new threat
• Russia plans 2025 Moonbase, 2035 Mars shot All your base ...
• UK plans surveillance for Earth-menacing asteroid Keeping an eye on Apophis

Security

• Mystery SNAFU exposes email logins for 100 foreign embassies (and counting) In Tunisia, Iran's password is 'Tunisia'

Security: Anti-Virus

• AVG cries wolf at Adobe Reader More dodgy upgrade madness

Security: Crime

• Aussie scam artist rides bank computer glitch to $9m overdraft Death bars refund

Security: Enterprise Security

• Monster.com attack hits federal job search site Collateral damage as Monster talks of previous assaults

Software

• Microsoft settles eight year patent case with Eolas Undisclosed payment over rights violation claim

Software: Applications

• Blogging: made in England? Column Crouching tiger slagging blogger