2nd November 2007 Archive

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Code

• Reality distortion for Java on Leopard? Not cool, Steve

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Sun's 'Project Copy Linux' hits milestone Download time
• VMware douses open source with waterfall of nonsense Peace, love and lack of innovation

Comms: Mobile

• Immigration minister fined for car mobe chat outrage HELLO! I'M IN THE CAR!

Comms: Networks

• ICANN annoints Vint Cerf's successor ICANN 2007 Los Angeles ICANN icon moves on to intergalactic internet
• MyTravel's website woes 'Code release' cockup downs booking system
• SaveTheInterneters to save the internet from Comcast 'No more BitTorrent busting'

Hardware

• Apple gives MacBooks some Santa Rosa loving Refreshments for Pros, too

Hardware: Data Networking

• Canadian firm sues 22 firms over Wi-Fi patents J'accuse... everyone

Hardware: Servers

• Big Blue gets into greenwash Data centres to get green certificates
• Is MySQL's Google's Trojan Horse for world domination? Analysis Er, probably not. At least that's what IBM, HP and Sun hope

Hardware: Storage

• Seagate's US customers get refund When is a Gig not a Gig?

Management: Financial News

• CA reaps benefits of reaping employees Triple bubble
• VC legend Perkins regrets HP debacle and taunting the poor Lamentation bonus pack ships with new book

Management: Law

• Shills protest Paris Convention on IP ICANN 2007 Los Angeles Why does commerce get second class trademark treatment?
• Teflon top cop evades justice, responsibility Comment Menezes Met trial unsatisfactory on all counts
• Yahoo! says! sorry! to! Senate! For being economical with the actualite

Management: Reg Weekly

• Mac users get a new OS, and a Trojan for good measure To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Management: Small Biz

• MiFID: Financial borders fall but small firms must beware Minnows won't benefit much

Music and Media

• X-Factor singer withdraws over 'happy slapping' vid Hit me baby one more time

News: Consoles

• Manhunt 2 hacked open to reveal 'removed' gore Hot Coffee-like controversy brewing?
• Sony PS3 narrows gap with Nintendo Wii Xbox 360 in the ascendant as others fall

News: Handhelds

• Asus' Eee PC laptop so small, buyers sent boxes of five Shipping blunder

News: Hardware Widow

• Better plate than never: sign up now for the gold iPhone Diamond-encrusted version coming too

News: PS3

• Sony said to have sub-$100 PS2 in the pipeline Cheaper, smaller

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Budget cuts Episode 37 But how will we buy beer?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Cops expose cross-dressing Catholic school principal Misdemeanor prostitution citation for leather-clad Kentucky educator
• Demon satnav imprisons plucky trucky in pasty hell Yokels fed trapped driver of 'wedged' truck local diet
• Oz motorist reacts rather testily to small todger slur Road rage attack provoked by 'little pinkie' gesture
• Satanic car key traps 12 motorists in car park of horror Weeping drivers rescued by exorcist Ofcom
• Website battles to free Oz barmaid's jubs Net exposure for Luana De Favari

On the Job: Salary and Employment

• Java and .NET to drive double-digit wage growth Talk turkey

Q&A

• Parallel ATA version confusion Q&A

Reseller

• Insight profit down nearly half in Q3 Blames pesky staff wages for $$$ dent
• Microsoft fires cannon at counterfeiters Walk the plank, arr

Reviews: GPS

• Navman S30 satnav Review Cheerful as well as cheap?

Science

• Oz Army eyes electric vibro vest to replace batteries To 'harvest' power Matrix style from wobbling body parts

Science: Biology

• Beer better than water: Official Hell no, H₂O

Science: Physics

• African human-powered lighting plan announced People. Is there anything they can't do?

Security

• Hackers field malware from fake US election sites The Trojan Candidate
• Security site knocks spots off Mac OS X Leopard firewall Even when you turn it on it's no good
• Task force aims to improve US cybersecurity 'This is not a tech focus; it is a Washington focus'
• Web security glitch derails TheTrainline.com Points failure

Security: Crime

• Masked thieves storm into Chicago colocation (again!) Think your data's secure. What about your data center?
• Scepticism over cyber-jihad rumours al-Qaeda (still) can't hack

Services

• Law Lords back protection for credit card purchases abroad Status quo preserved, peace reigns

Software

• Confused BBC tech chief: Only 600 Linux users visit our website 'Umm... or it could be 97,600'

Software: Applications

• Friends Reunited considers dropping pay walls Stalking is a right, not a privilege
• Minor Firefox update addresses stability glitches Nothing to see here, please move along
• MySpace backs Google's anti-Facebook play And Bebo too