1st November 2007 Archive

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Code

• Microsoft to search browsers for JavaScript compatibility Online irony
• Web 2.0 - carry on, don't lose your job Been there, seen that

Comms: Mobile

• Japanese officials in tables-turned GPS tracking rumpus Pork payola probe plans protested
• Leap Wireless gives MetroPCS the cold shoulder No Solicitors
• Nokia and Vodafone music services go live iPhone: attack best form of defence

Comms: Networks

• Virgin Media downed by Manchester arsonists Halloween spooks cable operator
• Whois reform: ICANN says let's run more tests ICANN 2007 Los Angeles You know, we shouldn't rush into anything

Distribution

• Avnet buys Aussie networking distie ChannelWorx

Hardware

• Acer and HP patent rumble rumbles on Lawsuits aplenty
• Fujitsu Siemens says bye-bye to VXA SNW While Infortrend says hello to 2.5-inch RAID
• Lenovo ditches IBM from ThinkPad early IB-who?
• Mandriva bigwig (nearly) accuses Ballmer of b-word 17,000 Nigerian Linux boxes mysteriously switched to Windows
• Ubuntu laptop clan trapped in hard drive hell OS 'not to blame' for maniacal disks

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco borgs Securent for $100m And sprays China with cash

Hardware: Servers

• Half-petaflop IBM BlueGene supercomputer plan announced Open source supercomp OS next year
• HP accelerates server accelerator effort Like code on a rocket ship
• Royal Navy presses IT Crowd for nuclear missile 'servers' Video 'Sometimes I just turn it off then on again'

Management

• Google succumbs to German cybersquatter's advances (maybe) 'I would like to perform a lot and also be paid well'

Management: Government

• Germany rolls out ePassport II - it's fingerprinting good! Enhanced security is 'tamper proof'
• Speed-cam fines topped out in 2005 Strangely, UK.gov eased off in 2006

Management: IT Director

• Domino's pizza prices may rise Programmer salary demands rocket accordingly

Management: Law

• Developer keeps software rights as implied term argument fails in court Ownership claim not stated in contract
• How just thinking about terrorism became illegal What's on your hard drive could mean hard time
• Met Police guilty in de Menezes case Large fine plus costs
• Ofcom's 0870 rip-off reforms stumble at the final hurdle Burglar bungling delays consumer protection
• Police aim to stamp out virtual child abuse Focus on Sadville grooming fears
• Police fight to retain 30 year old petty crime records Appeal information commissioner's ruling
• Privacy advos demand 'do not track list' for websites As web marketeers tune up for FTC privacy meeting
• US ban on internet access tax gets seven year extension But the option's still open
• USPTO shake-up derailed by injunction No fair changing the rules during the game

Market News

• Irish jobs safe following HP plant closure One site fits all

Music and Media

• Music in China: The Inside Story Special Report Behind the Great Wall of sound

News: Accessories

• 'Seat of your pants' gaming chair comes to UK

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Qimonda samples GDDR 5 Hold up, we're only just adopting version 4

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• DARPA selects 11 robotic grunts to take driver's license test Shudder. Have you seen R2D2 parallel park?

News: Mac

• Laggard Apple lets Leopard virtualize Tired of thinking different

News: Networking

• IEEE powerline networking group selects HomePlug AV Will choice be confirmed at second ballot?

News: Storage

• Asus intros 'quietest' HD DVD drive Sssshhh...
• LG fills its DVD rewriter gap 20X writer now available

News: TV

• Samsung glass breakthrough to slash LCD TV prices? Works out how to use window glass

News: iPod

• iPhone rubber fingers not a hoax, inventor insists Exclusive Latex slip-ons to protect your display

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Reg lexicographical Shock Army liberates mobe ICT confirmed dead amid ruins of linguistic conservatism
• Docklands train runs off without operator Stop the train, I want to get on

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• X-Files movie sequel is go Few details forthcoming on 'supernatural thriller'

Q&A

• Is the Xbox 360 Elite a multi-region DVD player?

R&R: Books

• Learning Ruby Book review Hot on syntax

Reseller

• Computerland predicts 'satisfactory' year Sailing by

Reviews: Handhelds

• T-Mobile Sidekick Slide messaging phone Review Still doesn't quite cut it with kids

Science

• Biofuels make poor people even poorer Oxfam warning
• Singapore Airlines bans A380 rumpy-pumpy Mile-high passion killers
• Texan boffin fixin' to make cheaper fuel cells Joins Honda camp in opposition to Toyota, Google

Science: Space

• NASA delays space station repair to ponder tear What do you mean nobody brought the glue?
• Star formation? All a bit of a wind up Magnetically speaking, you understand
• Tycoon to offer $760m for affordable orbital launch Bubble-baron Bigelow buys ballistic-balloon boost

Security: Enterprise Security

• IBM launches $1.5bn IT security push Compliance and control

Security: Spam

• Irish man rescued after falling for 419 scam After being swindled, man traveled to Ghana to recover funds

Software: Applications

• Pirate Bay aims to sink BitTorrent File-sharing arms race