4th October 2007 Archive

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Code

• Microsoft targets developers with 'open' license .NOT open source
• Sun hypes new hypervisor and virtualization console Marketing now, shipping in '08

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• OpenSUSE 10.3 opens for business Chameleon adds more colours to its palette

Comms

• BT aims to make UK a Wi-Fi kibbutz Hold the FON

Comms: Mobile

• Australian court rings to the sound of satisfaction Female orgasm calls for reply
• China Mobile connects top of the world GSM cell tower to mount Everest
• O2 lurches into MySpace So much for Vodafone's 'exclusive'
• S60 users go Wiiiiiii While the Japanese get a fitness phone

Comms: Networks

• Late, fast and pricey: O2 broadband is go Line rental not included, pay-as-you-goers pay a premium

Comms: Wireless

• ARM finds friends for mobile Linux A common penguin

Hardware: Servers

• Gartner: no relief for data center costs 'Significant disruptions'
• IBM and HP objects of x86 server customer desire Sun and Dell get tepid marks and ire
• IBM attacks HP's dwarf blade with muffler Ship the box. Stop the violence

Hardware: Storage

• EMC buys into online backup via Berkeley Data Systems Mozy Osbourne

Management: Financial News

• Will Bungie jump from Microsoft? Halo and goodbye?

Management: IT Director

• MasterCard caught with pants down twice Red and orange balls blush

Management: Law

• Facebook 'friend request' lands UK man in jail 'I didn't know my ex-wife had an account, your Honour'

Management: Public Sector

• Mtas put on hold until 2009 First aid

Market News

• Intel shares drop on price war warning AMD's stock declines too

Music and Media

• 'It's Britney, bitch' riding high again Gimme More tops US digital singles chart

News: Consoles

• Nintendo leads DS gamers up the garden path Got wood?

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Singing in the shower goes high-tech Drip-hop beats

News: Hi-Def

• Universal goes online to win HD DVD votes Studio adds web-enabled content into titles

News: Useless... but Cool

• Popping the question the 21st century way Buy ring, record message, await answer

News: iPod

• iLuv rolls out iPod-enabled portable DVD player Updated iLuv, you love, we all love iLuv

Odds and Sods: Site News

• You want to learn about Ubuntu? It's all here - from Hardy Heron to Feisty Fawn

Reviews: Media players

• Apple TV 160GB media player Review A must-have for anyone with music and movies on a PC?

Science

• MIT touts new mind-to-machine algorithm Unifying, but not universal, approach
• Scientist punts anti-snoring pillow Less noise, more zeds
• Teeny tiny ozone hole for 2007 Nothing like as impressive as last year

Science: Biology

• Harvard boffins brew up chilli-based anaesthetic Can you feel the burn? Er, no.

Science: Space

• Fifty years since Sputnik Everything changes, everything stays the same
• Manchester Uni wins radio telescope HQ From Sputnik to the future of space science

Security

• Portrait of an (alleged) cyber bully as a young man Accused CastleCops nemesis didn't get mad. He got bots.

Security: Crime

• Police cuff 77 in fake cheque crackdown Spam scam scum slammed

Security: Enterprise Security

• Apple patches Windows QuickTime bug Look before you link
• Israel suspected of 'hacking' Syrian air defences Did algorithms clear path for air raid?

Security: ID

• German watchdog opposes Google purchase of DoubleClick Double trouble for privacy
• Schools chief pushes Big Brother out of dinner line Gov purees fingerprints for food policy
• UK start-up tackles PIN fraud with patterns Bye-bye shoulder surfing

Security: Spam

• And now for something completely different: Good news on spam SEC beats up on pump-and-dump junk mail

Software

• eBay boots off Skype rival Wounded kitten bites spinning hook
• Sage partners worry about falling into Line Hey, what happened to the MMS?

Software: Enterprise

• Oz watchdog sticks to its Google-attacking guns 'Down with sponsored links'

Software: Open Season

• Ubuntu chief bids for prima-donna status Audio Dell, OpenOffice and Oracle let us down