5th September 2007 Archive

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Code

• Ada suppliers court Microsoft Vista and .Net are platform for embedded apps

Comms: Mobile

• Apple unveils larger nanos Dabbles in paradox
• O2 starts charging for calls to non-places Contract get-out clause activated
• Palm drowns Foleo at birth Let's work on core stability, first
• Virgin fills Warehouse with media Carphone expands Virgin offering

Comms: Networks

• Google launches US wireless crusade Third time's the charm?

Distribution

• C2000 gives credit where its due Opens arms to SME channel resellers

Hardware

• Gateway sells professional biz unit to MPC Hopes to milk consumer channels worldwide

Hardware: Servers

• Finally, a Xeon MP with four cores and modern blueprint Intel bids adieu to aging NetBurst microarchitecture
• XenSource dishes embedded hypervisor to OEMs XenExpress OEM Edition for servers

Hardware: Storage

• NetApp sues Sun over ZFS claims Passive-Aggressive behavior

Lifecycle: Plan

• Microsoft spins standards defeat into victory Fast track to nowhere

Management: Financial News

• Yahoo! swallows! BlueLithium! Ads chemical romance

Management: Government

• BMA call to halt e-record rollout Until a review has taken place

Management: Law

• Top judge: put everyone in UK on the DNA database Wiggy jurist wants a more inclusive society

Market News

• Warez land man 30 months in prison Just because your friends distribute 20,000 copyrighted works...

Music and Media

• NBC leaves Apple for Amazon From one less-than-ultimate experience to another

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Asus announce 'first ever' Socket AM2+ mobo Fails to mention what it does, when it'll ship

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• IFA 2007: all the stories, all the best kit

News: Hi-Def

• Toshiba to tempt Matrix buffs with freebie HD DVD player Turn up at the right shop, at the right time

News: PCs

• NEC fills PC with water for silent running
• Packard Bell pitches UMPC-like laptop Why lug a big notebook around?

News: Phones

• O2 XDA Denim unzipped on web US FCC spills beans

News: iPod

• Apple rings in changes with iPod Touch iPhone iNspired
• Original iPod revived as iPod Classic
• Widescreen iPod Nano debuts... as described
• Zune price slashed to under $200 Pre-Apple announcement

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Germans plan 578m-high überpyramid Mass mausoleum for paying customers
• Nepal fixes Boeing 757 with goat sacrifice Hindu sky god duly remedies electrical fault

R&R: Books

• Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk There's more to continuous integration than you might think.

Reviews: Storage

• IronKey 1GB secure USB Flash drive Review Cast-iron data security?

Science

• BBC cans Planet Relief special 'Concept might breach impartiality guidelines'
• Steve Fossett missing in Nevada Teams search for adventurer's aircraft

Science: Physics

• Raygun 747 test will be delayed, hints Boeing Budget cuts for pork-scoffing jumbo

Science: Space

• Virgin rocket-ship terminal revealed Pictures of the coach station to the stars

Security

• NASA boffins resist intrusive security probe Space brainboxes in sex-snoop vetting lawsuit

Software: Applications

• Facebook to show profiles to search engines Get those photos cleaned up...
• Novell fills Microsoft Silverlight hole Officially official

Software: Open Season

• It's Open Season on open source Meat Cast Three kings tackle MS, Google, MySQL, Web 2.0 and freedom