11th October 2007 Archive

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Code

• Binary interfaces in component development Part 2 A template class with static data - how can that possibly go wrong?
• Open source CMS - promise without pitfall Introductions all round

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Citrix adds OS provisioning to lineup Ardence technology digested

Comms

• Intel and Nokia make first step to forming mobile internet axis Comment Nokia to use Intel's chipset in WiMAX devices

Comms: Mobile

• Dot-mobi domains go to highest bidders Auction generates $850,000

Comms: Networks

• Mystery Israeli satellite telly disruption blamed on UN Independence Day-style alien invasion plot discounted

Hardware

• MoD in £270m splurge on extra HQ computer terminals Heads into the 'Above Secret environment'

Hardware: Data Networking

• SysAdmin of the Year deadline draws near Honor thy troubleshooter

Hardware: Semi-Coherent Computing

• Google, Intel and Sun save the world! Radio Reg Or something like that

Hardware: Servers

• Beeb news website goes titsup The news is... there is no news

Management: Financial News

• Sony Ericsson profits fall on cheaper phones More units shipped though

Management: Government

• UK ID card service mounts birth, marriage, death landgrab A big hello to whole-life logging

Management: IT Director

• Suicide website creator arrested for murder Latin: sui caedere, to kill oneself — important distinction here

Management: Law

• DA suppressed Alabama Baptist pastor autopsy Died of suffocation, but why?
• Disney download rapped for cost and clarity ASA slams Mickey Mouse outfit
• EU privacy verdict on Google set for new year Data D-Day
• Student suspended in gun rights email row Shot by both sides

Management: Public Sector

• MP warns against Microsoft monopoly in e-gov services 'Those who don't use Windows should simply not bother'

Market News

• Sage rips hole in US management team Spits out bullish forecast as shares dive

News: Accessories

• JVC floats buoyant speaker for bathtimes

News: Consoles

• Rockstar to battle BBFC over Manhunt 2 ban Developer says ban is a 'setback for all videogames'

News: Mac

• Apple nears MacBook revamp release? Speed bump and new iMac-like enclosure suggested

News: PS3

• Korea IPTV deal recasts Sony PS3 as set-top box

News: Phones

• UK to get Samsung music phone next week Company begins SGH handset rollout

News: Smartphones

• RIM settles SureType patent infringement spat Licenses predictive text tech from Eatoni

News: TV

• Telly vision: future display technologies Coming soon to a screen near you...

News: Xbox

• MS readies second-gen 65nm Xbox 360? 'Jasper' due next year

News: iPod

• iPod Classic to ring till loudly for Apple, analyst says Kerching!

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• 3,000 chickens paralyse central Scotland Lorry crash poultry pandemonium
• Preterite peter-out: How the end beginned Dark forces of regularisation smite irregular verbs

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Britney's wares exposed online Forthcoming album escapes into cyberspace

Reseller

• Dell pushes $9bn sales through the channel Pump up the volume

Reviews: Phones

• Sony Ericsson Walkman W660i music phone Review 3G makeover

Science

• Chemistry Nobel awarded to semiconductor boffin While Doris Lessing scoops literature gong
• Judge rules Gore's film an inconvenient catalogue of errors No drowning polar bears on this planet, Al

Science: Physics

• Boeing delays 787 Dreamliner Six month knock-back to November 2008

Security

• Crudware pusher to pay $25,000 to settle charges Warning! Windows requires immediate attention
• Exploit Wednesday follows Patch Tuesday Word update Action adds to malicious reaction
• Security spending soars Enforcement tech eats up 20% of IT budgets

Security: Enterprise Security

• US regional bank hacked Thwarted hack exposes score

Servers/Storage

• US trade body knocks up disk drive, PC vendors Disk patent case spins faster

Services

• Logicalis wins big in Wales Broadband for the public sector

Software

• Americans' interest rates plummet When it comes to internet searches that is

Software: Applications

• Mozilla mobilizes for mobile Firefox browser 'We plan to rock it'
• Windows update brings down TV newscast Production system crashes just ahead of show
• YouTube invades Google Earth Video placemarks add a 'sense of life'