5th October 2007 Archive

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Code

• IBM coughs up SMB software Little guys have needs too
• Linux on mobile: manifest destiny? Or unholy past?
• Open .NET challenge for iPhone development Moonshine for OpenMoko

Comms

• BT says its Wi-Fi kibbutz isn't targeting 3G Community open to other ISPs by year's end

Comms: Mobile

• Doubters fret at Nokia Navteq deal Comment But the logic is unassailable
• Orange offers extended network coverage At a price

Comms: Networks

• Birmingham trust signs up to VoIP Joins NHS national broadband network
• Pipex-Intel WiMAX emerges as Freedom4 4 how much exactly?

Comms: Wireless

• Google and Frontline smack Verizon over US wireless auction (again) Court gives a helping hand

Distribution

• Northamber blames Vista, weak dollar for revenue slide Distie feels the crunch
• Westcon catches Latin American minnow Logicalis buys out Latin minorities

Hardware: Data Networking

• Forget municipal Wi-Fi, welcome to Zigbee City Gothenburg to get 270,000-node Zigbee network
• Global Voice hits right note with €32m bond Metro networks for London, Berlin, and Munich
• Money men rubbish spooky fears over 3Com deal National security concerns unfounded

Hardware: Servers

• IBM preps Power6-based blade and Blue Business Platform Making another bundle

Management: Financial News

• IBM drops attempt to patent outsourcing Patent stupidity

Management: Law

• Betfair catches whiff of tennis match fix Fraud, anyone?
• Computer glitch nixes death row appeal in Texas Judge holds firm on deadlines
• Facebook faces more legal trouble Has to hand over sex offender info
• RIAA hits paydirt: wins first music-sharing jury trial Jammie Thomas fined $220,000 for 24 songs

Management: Reg Weekly

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News: Consoles

• MS claims Halo 3 is world's fastest selling game Rakes in $300m during first week on sale

News: Hi-Def

• DRM on steroids controls backfires on Blu-ray Double-plus bad

News: Phones

• UK company presents the pop-out post-a-phone Flat as a pancake landline

News: Xbox

• Microsoft and Bungie part ways Microsoft platforms now a 'primary focus' for developer

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Skip diplomacy Episode 34 Friendship through mutual embarrassment

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Kim Jong Il: dictator, gnome, and now 'internet expert' Who told him about the tubes?
• Lawmaker shows nudie pic to high school seniors Mammary stick malfunction
• PC superstore puts Microsoft on sale for under £150 Would you like a warranty for your software giant?

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Alcohol makes you smart enough to study it Comments And plane wings are a little chilli

Reviews

• O2 Cocoon mobile phone Review Nothing to do with pods, pensioners or swimming pools

Science

• Spammers target hamsters after Ig Nobel winning research Gay bombs, viagra, and indexing 'the'

Security: Enterprise Security

• Coming to a Windows PC near you: 4 critical security updates Terminate the remote execution vulnerabilities
• Sun patches multiple flaws in Java 'Highly critical' bugs leave Windows, Linux and Solaris users open to attack

Security: Spam

• Spammers turn YouTube into spam relay channel Will anyone notice the difference?

Services

• Geeks and Nerds caught on film lacking geeky nerdiness Canadians assailed by shoddy repairmen

Software: Applications

• MS drops nagware validation for IE7 installs Free for all