8th October 2007 Archive

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Code

• Kiddie coders embrace Facebook as new-age dev platform Linked in - but not LinkedIn
• The Misfit Geek and AJAX acceptability Microsoft strategy explained

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• VMware makes storage fluid The point to point upgrade

Comms: Mobile

• Do you want a high-score with that? Burger King chomps on mobile gaming
• Operators show Nokia who wears the housut* Exclusive You and whose portal?

Comms: Networks

• BT offers £1K for Wi-Fi application Why do mobile phones have Wi-Fi?

Hardware: Data Networking

• McDonald's goes McWireless Extra value Wi-Fry

Hardware: Servers

• Google and IBM push cluster computing on colleges Program lends gear, curriculum to academia
• Reborn Teradata bets on the unexpected Datawastes Databases are magic

Management: Financial News

• Eircom moves closer to split Reports of submission confirmed

Management: Government

• SMS-enabled solar parking meters for Eastbourne Txt chat hits new levels of tedium

Management: Law

• Get a grip, file-sharing freeloaders: you've never had it so good Comment Don't get mad, get licensed
• Info chief shrugs off Bluetooth regulation Blue spam free for all
• Interpol launches worldwide hunt for abuse pics man Cops unscramble face
• Lords to rule on overseas credit card protection Appeal threatens confidence in e-commerce
• The RIAA will come to regret its court win Column Can you spell p-y-r-r-h-i-c v-i-c-t-o-r-y?

Management: Public Sector

• Primary care trusts offered data analysis service Support services step up

Market News

• Intel asks EC to relax deadline Needs more time for antitrust response

News: Hi-Def

• Cheap PS3 won't help Blu-ray, claim HD DVD backers Can't hinder the format, though

News: PS3

• Church slams cathedral gun battle game's Bafta nomination 'Sacriligeous' Resistance: Fall of Man up for a gong

News: TV

• Clap-controlled TV consigns remote to bin of history A round of applause, please

News: Useless... but Cool

• T-shirt helps geeks detect Wi-Fi networks Wearable wireless-finder

News: Wii

• New product code points to revamped Wii? Accessory bundle, perhaps - or DVD playback

News: Xbox

• MS admits Halo 3 'disc unreadable' errors But it's keeping mum about the cause...

News: iPod

• Apple updates iPod software
• iPod Nano in airport trouser conflagration horror 'Flames reached his chest' sobs pants-on-fire mum

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Canadian prof develops drunk-driving sim Why not just get lashed and play Gran Turismo?

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Law & Order takes on Second Life Internet drama meets TV drama

Odds and Sods: Site News

• El Reg triumphs in media battle of the wits No spelling round. Phew.

Q&A

• How can I play Blu-ray Discs? Q&A

Reseller

• Fujitsu to buy Swedish reseller Mandator

Reviews: Media players

• Slingbox Solo TV-over-the-net device Review Slingbox pared back to basics

Science

• Japanese in exoskeleton ancestor-respect scheme Motorised wrinkly porta-parent plan
• Nuclear accident messier than we thought Checking Windscale's sums after 50 years
• UK's future depends on science and technology Holders of government science budgets delighted

Science: Biology

• Genetics boffins on the verge of artificial bacteria The other Second Life
• Stem cell prof wins Nobel prize Switching off mouse genes

Science: Physics

• Boeing robo-chopper for DARPA's super-spyeye Multi-channel perve platform gets whisper mode

Security: Crime

• ITU pools experts to thwart cybercrime Meetings about meetings

Security: Enterprise Security

• Government websites invaded by smut and spyware Redirection ruse used to peddle smut bazaars

Security: ID

• ID thieves bring ease of use to trafficking forums Stolen info translated into German, Albanian and French at no additional cost
• MPs call for ID theft czar October revolution aims to topple cybercrime kingpins
• Tax man praised for owning up to lost laptop Encrypted PC passes leak test

Software

• Why UML won't save your project Modelling a badly thought-out project just doesn't help...

Software: Enterprise

• SAP splashes out on BO Updated: €4.8bn buys software firm and strategy change