13th September 2007 Archive

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Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Hypercard tool gets Linux leg up Runtime Revolution responds to Linux growth

Comms

• Ofcom fails to prevent release of cell locations But operators might not play ball

Comms: Mobile

• US allows import of Qualcomm chips As long as they're in someone else's phone

Comms: Networks

• World's smallest economy dives into web scrum Tiny Pacific islands target TinyURL territory

Comms: Workshop

• You bought into mobile email - what have you got to show for it? Mobile Clinic Have mobiles increased productivity?

Hardware

• PC superstore unhinged by Linux 'Like buying a BMW and putting a Ford engine in it'

Hardware: Servers

• Azul smacks down Reg claims with $40m All funded up with somewhere to go
• Canonical and VMware team on mini-Ubuntu VMworld It's JeOSy
• IBM holds 128-thread 'Q7' variant of Power7 Exclusive 2010 super booster?
• Led Zeppelin reunion opens with Communication Breakdown Website goes down like a...oh

Hardware: Storage

• Cisco and VMware buddy up for VFrame Data Center You want to put my hypervisor where?

Management

• Fujitsu Services ends union dispute Responds to union's demands

Management: Government

• MPs criticise e-health record progress Better planning and more consultation needed
• Online car tax saves planet from carbon hell One stamp at a time...
• Report backs mobile IT for police Could cut red tape

Management: IT Director

• IT overruns costing business €375m a year A quarter run 50% over budget

Management: Law

• L'Oreal sues eBay over counterfeit goods Says tat bazaar is not doing enough
• Religious hatred a crime from October, but exemptions are wide Closes one loophole but opens others

Management: Small Biz

• eBay glitch sends packages to wrong addresses Promises fix soon

Market News

• Lawsuit claims sex-discrimination, bias at EMC Flag raised over strip club bonding
• Symantec launches new SMB partner programme Goes after lucrative, 'burgeoning market'

Music and Media

• Artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince attacks internet Prince joins The Police to fight mouse pads
• YouTube, Viacom bow to light-sabre wielding defender of online justice Jedi Knight saves the world

News: Accessories

• Belkin, SanDisk launch charity kit

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia fills out Quadro DirectX 10 line-up Entry-level and mid-range cards added

News: Desktops

• Shuttle debuts 'deluxe, glamorous' SFF PC

News: Editors' Blog

• Apple invite brings UK hacks out in iPhone fever Not us, sob

News: GPS

• Navman queues up flagship satnav range

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Motorola transmits dual Walkie Talkie range Come in Whisky, err, Vodka, Baileys, foxtrot, over

News: Hardware Widow

• Wengé wood inspires Sony's autumn Vaios

News: Hi-Def

• Sony to roll out four Blu-ray recorders Strategy to cement the format's popularity

News: Laptops

• Asus launches 'first' GPS laptop

News: Smartphones

• RIM colours up BlackBerry Pearl Pick a colour, any colour

News: Useless... but Cool

• Boffins develop Terminator-vision goggles Acid trips without the... er... acid

News: Wii

• Wii becomes best-selling next-gen console Early forecast confirmed

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Blind Judo master floors tobacco stealing skinhead Hairless, brainless and still ciggie-less
• Enraged bee bursts Taiwanese woman's breast implant Swarm in a B cup

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Keeping a Hawk-Eye on those miserable Wii kids Column Technology is bad, m'kay

Q&A

• Surge protection for Powerline Ethernet products? Q&A

Reseller

• Morse snaps up consultancy firm Goes after financial services X factor with Xayce

Reviews: iPod

• Apple iPod Classic Review In a metal mood

Science: Physics

• Reference kilo shows mysterious weight loss First Lindsay, then Nicole, now the standard unit of mass

Science: Space

• Cassini reveals two faces of Iapetus Weird black and white moon
• Sod robots, send people into space: report Manned missions will inspire the nation

Security

• NZ surveillance target attempts to flog tracking kit Kiwi 'Keystone Cops' uncloaked
• Trojan planted on US Consulate website Russian roulette

Security: Crime

• Canadian police detain Nigerian in alleged 419 scam Ghana's greed

Services

• EDS shows one in four staff the door Early retirement for 12,000 US staff

Software

• Bebo fingers Yahoo! for display ads Hey! Kids! Buy! This!
• Cybersquatter storms the Bastille (Linux) Prompts rebrand
• Virtualization standards becoming a reality Virtual reality, oh ho ho