22nd October 2007 Archive

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Code

• Don't unit test GUIs Part I A different viewpoint
• New tune for Microsoft software design? Stop milking same old cow

Comms: Mobile

• Chiltern Railways completes mobile phone ticketing circle NFC, what's that for then?
• Orange UK's chief exec gets shuffled Has ex-CEO been tangoed?
• SAS man makes phone-based publicity lunge McNab in booky attention grab

Comms: Networks

• Virgin Media pins hopes on the broadband donkey No-brainer

Comms: VoIP

• AT&T embraces let's-sue-Vonage fad 'Sprint and Verizon got nothin' on us'

Hardware

• ISP blows the whistle on router chip 'fault' Exclusive: Market-leading hardware doubted

Hardware: Data Networking

• BT battens down Home Hub backdoor Lockdown shuts out pwners
• WiMAX? You mean 4G WiMAX gets welcomed into IMT-2000 specification

Hardware: Virtualization

• Citrix kicks off XenSource era by going bandwagon mad Virtualization, compliance, green IT and VoIP. What's left?

Information: Databases

• MDX: Why it will matter to application developers That's Multi-Dimensional eXpressions to you, guv

Management: Government

• EU, US plan 'clear to fly' checks for visa waiver revamp US 'modernises' visa waivers, Frattini wants to join in
• Finger-chopping jihadis derail MPs scanner system, claims MoS As opposed to cost, complexity, unfeasibility...
• Science facing funding crisis, MPs warn VAT discounts could help

Management: Law

• Cops and Home Office plot uber-CCTV network Tracking all of the people, all of the time
• EU stretches Google-DoubleClick inquiry The wait continues
• Schoolkid chipping trial 'a success' A big brother for every pupil
• Sheet music site forced offline Cease and desist for scores

Management: Public Sector

• Guardian launches Web 2.0 fix for Africa's problems 15 million readers, one Ugandan village. That'll work...
• Identity and Passport Service announces ID supplier shortlist Eight make the cut

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• Mobile tech: Crystal ball gazing Reg Technology Panel Tell us what you want, what you really really want

Management: Small Biz

• Siemens buddies up with SMEs All your comms in one bundle

Market News

• HP buys Arab channel biz Oil, gas, SAP

News: Accessories

• Sensory jacket deals body blow to gamers Ow, stoppit

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel previews integrated DirectX 10 graphics core GMA X4500 promised to deliver 3x 3DMark06 performance

News: Consoles

• Manhunt 2 leaked by Sony Europe employee Eye-gouging warez edition an inside job

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Audi drives into mobile phone production All-in-one car key and phone

News: Mac

• Dealer debuts campest MacBook Pro in the universe Gold Blend

News: Media players

• SanDisk launches Flash video player for TVs Online content source too

News: Phones

• Skype mobile phone on its way? VoIP calls while you walk

News: TV

• LG launches 'world's smallest' plasma TV 32in model coming to UK next month
• Samsung shows 1cm-thick 40in LCD TV

News: UMPCs

• Asus to offer Eee PCs pre-loaded with Windows MS readies pared-back Vista?

News: Xbox

• Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 prices in Japan
• Toshiba to field HD DVD-equipped Xbox 360? Could even be integrated into an HD TV

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Hampshire copper in bus flash outrage Boy in Blue unzipped
• L1NUX number plate roars onto eBay Well, ambles really

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Beeb confirms Davison-Tennant Who hook-up Moffat-penned sketch for Children in Need

Q&A

• Best powerline Ethernet products? Q&A

Reseller

• Dell PCs added to Staples diet Retail presence fastened

Reviews: Storage

• LaCie Golden Disk 500GB external hard drive Review Shiny shiny?

Science

• Northern ocean filling up with CO₂ Joining the south in carbon un-sinking

Science: Biology

• Delhi's deputy mayor killed by monkeys Wild animals do for SS Bajwa
• Safe drinking guidelines 'plucked out of the air' But stick to them anyway, alright?

Science: Physics

• Nanotubes offer self-mending aircraft wings, golf clubs Teeny pipes. Is there anything they can't do?

Security: Crime

• Cops pull plugs on TV-links, claim 'facilitation of infringement' Copyright or copy-ridiculous?

Software

• Microsoft will not appeal EU monopoly fine Towel thrown in