15th October 2007 Archive

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Code

• Issue-tracking systems for Agile development On the right Trac

Code: Scripting

• Calling the PHP cowboys in from the range Agile is 'perfect for PHP programmers'
• Eclipse releases RAP 1.0 Ajax toolkit It's a RAP

Comms: Mobile

• 3's Skype phone to hit the pre-Christmas rush Mobile internet push (again)
• Mobiles give you brain cancer? Column Take a message, I'm on the other line
• Moto buys into UIQ At last

Comms: Networks

• EU watchdogs aim for broadband equality Life in the slow lane

Hardware: Data Networking

• HPA outlines plans to measure Wi-Fi exposure No children will be harmed in this experiment

Hardware: Storage

• Brocade ships 8 Gbit/s blades to OEMs SNW Adds McDataness to 48000 Director
• EMC NetWorker adds de-dupe and CDP management SNW Avamar and RecoverPoint find a daddy

Management: Financial News

• AOL axes another 2,000 jobs That's 20 per cent of the company

Management: Government

• Road pricing 'back-burnered' by Brown gov't As Mayor Ken eyes GPS governor kit
• SWIFT to stop processing EU banking data in the US But not until 2009

Management: Law

• Arnie terminates phthalates in kids' toys California ban on suspect chemicals

Management: Small Biz

• UK biz groups bemoan CGT reform Oh Darling, how could you?

Market News

• Supremes ignore appeal from Microsoft and Best Buy in gangsta case Arm 'thermonuclear device'

Music and Media

• Led Zeppelin catalogue goes digital Available for download next month

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel shows off working quad-core mobile CPU 'Penryn' part, due this time next year

News: Laptops

• Intel demos notebook chiller Company dips toe into laptop cooling

News: Media players

• D-Link to bring DivX onto your HD TV

News: PS3

• Sony talks up PS3 update Bid to boost Blu-ray firmware interactivity

News: Smartphones

• Nokia releases 8GB N95 smartphone Apple who?

News: Storage

• Hitachi halves hard drive head size Paves way for 4TB desktop drives, apparently

News: Wii

• LucasArts to wield Wii Light Sabre in UK next week Gaming festival to feature peripheral

News: Xbox

• MS keeps mum on 'Go Play' Xbox 360 Arcade edition Core on its way out?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Red Arrows Olympic 'ban' causes online furore 'Too British' to grace London's skies

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Ian McKellen keen to reprise Gandalf Likely to don beard and silly hat for The Hobbit
• Oscar Wilde voted top Brit wit 'Either those curtains go or I do'

Q&A

• Convert LPs to CDs... without a USB turntable? Q&A
• How can I widen my wireless network? Q&A

Reseller

• Microsoft claims more pirate scalps Resellers and market traders nabbed

Reviews: Laptops

• Rock Xtreme X770-T7800 notebook Review Could it be a contender?

Science

• AI egghead: Human-robot humping, marriage by 2050 No different from same-sex, or inter-racial nuptials
• Airbus delivers first A380 Singapore Airlines takes the controls

Science: Biology

• Japanese diggers unearth dino skull First of its kind

Science: Space

• MIT boffins plan for asteroidal doom One in 45k is still a chance...

Security

• Bell Micro issues security training alert to channel Urges resellers to climb on board
• The balkanization of Storm Worm botnets New hope in blocking prolific pest

Security: Crime

• Anti-fraud site turfed offline after Joe Job attack Fasthosts falls for phisherman's ruse
• International manhunt tracks pedophile suspect to Thailand Unscrambled pics yield more than 350 tips
• Security flap as Finnish password hashes posted online Login looting not unlikely

Security: Spam

• US smut spam duo jailed for five years apiece Take them down

Software: Applications

• Google updates desktop for Linux Beta-tastic launch