18th October 2007 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Sun clarifies client-side Java strategy (sort of) 'Filthy rich internet applications'

Code: Scripting

• We'll beat Microsoft and Sun, says Adobe's chief software architect AIR time

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Sun tries to flex R&D muscle with homegrown package manager Like Linux code but better - grr

Comms: Mobile

• Mobile phones soon to be allowed on aircraft Hiya, I'm on the plane
• Nokia delivers huge profits hike Flogging cheap mobiles is easy

Comms: Networks

• Post Office strikes with broadband delivery Hush hush ISP push

Hardware: PCs & Chips

• Nokia slides latest Linux tablet onto market Internet device gets a keyboard

Hardware: Servers

• Citrix preaches 'second mover advantage' over VMware Analysis Far enough behind to succeed

Hardware: Storage

• Avoiding x86 cuts iSCSI cost and watts iStor claims speed record for single-chip iSCSI controller
• Fujitsu punts Fibre storage arrays to SMBs SNW Eternus line hits lower limits

Management: Financial News

• Facebook flotation 'years out', says Zuckerberg Keep your $15bn, suckers
• Skype rings up a loss for eBay Price cuts ahead

Management: Government

• Government denies road charging 'blackmail' Rubbishes 'stalking horse' claims
• Home Office minister invites DNA database debate As records hit four million
• UK.gov makes bizarre threat to throw self off internet Curtains if sites not accessible by 2009

Management: Law

• Absolute Poker probed for insider cheating Player named Potripper received invaluable intel from part-owner
• Big media gangs up on pirates, file sharers Copyright cabal ahead
• No-humping 20mph limit for London Wireless enforcement/revenue panopticon expansion
• Ryanair ad banned for slating Lastminute.com Cartoon robber apprehended
• US court demands stronger copyright filters for Morpheus Grist to the Viacom-YouTube mill?

Management: Small Biz

• Small biz needs to get safe online Be careful out there people

Market News

• PC sales boosted by Europe's laptops Steady growth

Music and Media

• Video-sharing pact leaves Google out in the cold Viacom wants cash

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel readies budget dual-core Celerons End of the road for single-core CPUs?

News: Consoles

• Oz censor bans Soldier Of Fortune: Payback Bodies blown apart too much it seems

News: Editors' Blog

• How to get colour composite-video from an Apple TV Updated Got a standard def 16:9 telly? Now you too can use an Apple TV

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Sony's pitches photo storage pod You'd better get snapping

News: MP3 players

• iRiver rolls out portable DAB B20 DAB Radio MP3 Player

News: Networking

• Developer to demo 400Mbps powerline Ethernet Double today's LAN-over-mains bandwidth

News: PS3

• Sony slashes US 80GB PS3 price by $100 Announces 40GB model too
• Sony, Toshiba to form JV to fab PS3 chips Cell, RSX production transferred

News: Storage

• WD claims highest hard drive density crown 640GB-per-platter drives now possible

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Fire service may charge for shifting fat people Lancashire moots obesity levy
• Trouserless car-breaker fingers leprechaun Cincinnati man offers novel defence

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Chris Pine steps into Kirk's shoes Major roles filled for 11th Star Trek celluloid outing

On the Job: Recruitment

• MySpace opens up to developers Belated move to counter Facebook

Q&A

• Slotload DVD drives and half-size discs Q&A

R&R: Opinion

• Adobe: friend or enemy of open source, open standards? Treading a fine line

Reseller

• Cantec to click with Irish tech fans? Retailer rebrands as Click.ie
• PC World feels the Vista pinch (again) Profits warning at DSG

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38-based mobo Review Maximus or minimus?

Science

• Boeing trumpets 'relevant battlefield laser' raygun Copes easily with aggressive sitting ducks, barrels of fish
• Erratic fleshies sabotage, wreck innocent flying robot Human pilots too dangerous to tolerate any longer?
• Restored Vulcan takes to the skies Updated First test flight for XH558

Science: Biology

• Bubbly billygoat-bursting boffinry brouhaha at MoD Caprine-fizzing experiment moratorium outrage
• Museum drops Watson talk in race row Remarks 'beyond acceptable debate'
• Scottish? You're drinking too much One million sozzled Caledonians at risk

Science: Physics

• North American cities go green under LED street lights Cutting costs and CO₂

Science: Space

• Supersized stellar blackhole prompts model rewrite Boffins go back to the drawing board

Security

• Fasthosts customer? Change your password now Updated Police called to major hack
• Pump-and-dump scammers debut MP3 spam Duff note
• Tibco middleware in zero-day security flap Multicasting migraine
• US phishermen trawl UK waters Phishing forecast sees front moving away from eBay

Security: Crime

• Teen accused of hacking emergency 911 system Bogus call sends SWAT team to home of unsuspecting family

Security: Enterprise Security

• Cafe Latte attack steals credentials from Wi-Fi clients Would you like a corporate login with that espresso?

Security: ID

• PIN patterns go mobile Though shoulder surfing is less of an issue

Software: Applications

• China hijacks Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! traffic? 'You will use Baidu'