26th October 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 3 UK brings VoIP to cheapskates Skype handset to launch Monday
• Global mobile penetration to reach 75% by 2011 Asia-Pacific region drives surge
• Trolltech pulls the Greenphone 'Not really a hardware company'
• UK mobiles not worth stealing Home Office parrots MICAF good news

Comms: Networks

• Sprint fails to explain XOHM nonsense CTIA Love and kisses to Her Majesty
• Vonage shuts door on Verizon suit (almost) 'You might get $120m. You might get less'

Comms: Workshop

• Going mobile is part of the process Workshop roundup Because life's isn't just a bowl of BlackBerries

Distribution

• Ingram Micro Q3 results buoyed by weak dollar Worldwide sales leap

Hardware

• Intel and AMD tug of war drags up Q3 chip sales Kerching

Hardware: Storage

• Sun throws legal counterpunch at NetApp As Sandisk throws lawsuits round like confetti

Management

• IBM grabs London congestion charge deal Boots out Capita

Management: Financial News

• Microsoft racks up best quarter since 1999 You mean someone's actually buying Vista?
• Oracle snubs BEA on share price $21 per share? You're having a laugh

Management: Government

• Brown promises simultaneous liberty and security No mention of egalité or fraternité
• Government backs down on controversial FOI fees change Bows to pressure groups
• Scottish poll probe: e-counting gets 'hold off until safe' verdict Not to blame, but not a fabulous idea
• UK minister pledges policing for Second Life Will the cops be imaginary too?
• UK.gov plans more active-traffic motorway ANPR cams As Big Blue takes over in the Big Smoke

Management: IT Director

• British computer society blunders on BCC Email gaffe leaves 700 emails out to dry
• Software upgrade KOs gas shipping auction system Fax machines running red hot at UK's National Grid

Management: Law

• California teen offers GPS challenge to speeding rap Radar gun mistaken, log shows
• European Commission asks for new IP protection layer WIPO 'not flexible enough'
• Facebook sued for mis-sending dirty texts 'It's the new Google'
• Police tackle crime hotspots with scary warning poster Denying lay-bys the use of law enforcement

Management: Reg Weekly

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Music and Media

• BBC man: Sadville is great for bubblewrap kids Your taxes at work
• Long lunching Luddites show world how to do IT Column Vive La France!

News: Accessories

• The retro arcade controller For button tappers everywhere

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD 'Spider' gaming platform to debut next month Phenom plus RD790 plus RV670
• Intel opens second 45nm chip plant Claims it's greener then the rest
• Intel roadmaps next-gen Extreme 'Nehalem' chips Chipset details emerge too

News: Consoles

• Court convicts 'million pound' modchip man Vows to fight back

News: Mac

• Welcome back, Apple. Seriously. Leopard - they still do computers

News: PCs

• OCZ buys high-end PC builder Hypersonic drive

News: TV

• LG switches on latest display Small scale, good features
• Samsung to mass-produce 14in OLED TVs in 2010 Will Toshiba get there first?

News: Useless... but Cool

• World of Warcraft asks Europeans to please speaka da English Until normal customer service is resumed

News: iPod

• Griffin evolves wireless music Cables are history

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: A foray into HR Episode 36 It takes six pints to really know a guy

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Bike bonk bloke lands on sex offenders' register Cleaners catch cycle molester in flagrante delicto
• BMW gives away 5 Series and $850k Lagos-based 'International Awareness Promotion'
• Devon beachcombers can keep Napoli booty No plans for prosecutions over salvaged treasure
• Funnyman-loving Facebookers mock US prez race Obama no better than online privacy
• Pol Pot's Merc - yours for £35k 100,000 miles, one despotic owner
• Racist Reg ignores Nigerian helicopter pioneer FoTW 'You disgust me!!!!!!'
• Red Arrows to fly at Olympics, Sun announces Tessa Jowell 'determined' to rope in flyboys

Reseller

• Big fines and jail time for MS scammers Operation Cyberstorm nabs conspirators

Reviews: Phones

• Motorola Razr 2 V8 mobile phone Review Cutting... er... edge?

Science: Biology

• Boffins uncover ginger gene in neanderthal DNA Similar to modern humans

Science: Rise of the Machines

• Robo Development Conference in pictures Robo Developer Know thy roboenemy
• Robot builders hunt for a killer application Robo Developer How to sell a robot for pleasure and profit

Science: Space

• Astronauts ride robotic arms into space ISS spacewalk under way

Security

• Microsoft sics worldwide braintrust on XP vuln PDF attack prompts round-the-clock patch fest

Security: Crime

• Man who urinated on dying woman for YouTube glory jailed Outraging public decency
• Online sales of stolen gear prompt call to list serial numbers eBay must act on crime

Security: Enterprise Security

• New strain of Gozi Trojan prowls the net Variant of SSL-sniffing malware unleashed in nasty PDF attack