8th November 2007 Archive

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Code

• XP guru to developers: 'Shape up' QCon No longer the wizard

Code: Java/J2EE

• Fatten or strip - the great Java debate QCon Sugary syntactical goodies

Comms

• Carphone Warehouse banks on US, iPhone to lift H2 Did they just mention they're selling iPhones?

Comms: Mobile

• BlackBerry boss blows raspberries at iPhone Sticks it to Microsoft too

Comms: Networks

• Hospital radio station struggles with Yahoo! email 'blockade' Cap don't fit
• Is Sprint getting cold feet about Pivot and Xohm? Comment As another bad quarter bites
• Verizon hijacks your browser Makes like VeriSign
• Vint Cerf and Co. sic the world on Comcast The Net Neutrality Squad

Hardware

• US banks stay away from Cisco in Q1 Sub-prime takes the shine from quarter

Hardware: Data Networking

• Bluetooth SIG backs Wi-Fi as fast WPAN choices proliferate Comment Turns to 802.11n

Hardware: Servers

• AMD cancels party as act of analyst preservation Barcelona debacle not implicated
• AMD readies 'stream processing' chip for HPC clan High-end FireStream chip targets poor scientists
• HP counters Intel's 'Montvale' omerta with love Still on the horse
• IBM adds 'autonomic' tools to data center gear And it knows what you're thinking
• Start-up rolls out meaty desktop cluster For geeks like you and you

Management: Financial News

• BT jobs axe slashes profits Sacking 5,000 people is expensive, y'know
• eBay fingered for QXL bid Bid received for online auctioneer

Management: Government

• ID Cards cost cut to £5.6bn UK.Gov thanks Lastminute.com for helping slash costs
• MoD's Baron techwealth quits for Le Mans biofuel bid Wants to spend more time with his alcohol car
• UK gov greenlights 450MW wind farm Ready to scare Don Quixote by 2013

Management: Law

• Shooting report reveals glaring failures in Met's operation Analysis Ian Blair's command under the microscope
• Surge in encrypted torrents blindsides record biz Exclusive BPI claims losing is winning in P2P arms race

Management: Public Sector

• HMRC extends Aspire deal to 2017 Cost cutting drive

Metal: Architectures

• Why do we think virtualization is new? Opinion Define your terms

Music and Media

• Music DRM 'dead by next summer' Let's get ready to album bundle

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel investigates Rambus XDR memory PlayStation 3 tech a possible successor to DDR 3?

News: Cameras

• HP to quit digicam business... sorta Photography by proxy

News: Laptops

• Sony goes green with... er... leopard skin look laptop Hardware Widow PETA-bytes

News: PS3

• Sony posts PS3 firmware 2.0 Added: remote control and more

News: Phones

• Sony Ericsson illuminates web with K660 Light-up keys...
• Sony rolls out Walkman handset duo Play, snap and chat

News: TV

• Sharp updates DVR with Freeview Playback 'series link'

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Camelot pulls scratchcard amid numerical anarchy '-6 higher than -8? I'm not having it'
• Canadian hi-tech gentleman jewel thief finally nabbed But gets silver lining of plod-adoration
• Mum sends stripper to teenage son's school A 16th birthday treat to remember
• Tesco punts Xbox 360 bundle for £33.24 Updated Get 'em while you can

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• 'I'll be back' is most-quoted movie line 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn'
• The Champions heads for the silver screen Guillermo del Toro to direct celluloid adaptation

PC Builder

• Europe helps boost Systemax Q3 Profits jump 41%

Q&A

• Call recording on the iPhone... or other mobiles Q&A
• Which multi-port external HDD enclosure? Q&A

Reviews: Mac

• Mac OS X Leopard - Time Machine Review Part 2 - the World's best back-up tool?

Reviews: Smartphones

• HTC TyTN II smartphone Review TyTN II: sounds like an ICBM...

Science

• BAE in South Coast mouse-click drone spy plan There'll be ro-birds over the white cliffs of Dover
• Clinton calls for Kyoto successor As China topples US from number 1 on the pollution charts

Science: Biology

• Aussie boffins translate whale chat 'How you doin'?'
• Quacks probe brain-boosting tech ethics Soma time?

Science: Space

• US manned spaceflight after Shuttle could be delayed Not so solid crew module launcher

Security

• Hushmail open to Feds with court orders Open secret
• Program automating online jihad found in the wild Electronic jihad 3.0
• Security researcher cuffed in Telecom Italia spying probe Preatoni held by carabiniere

Security: Crime

• 17 charged over multi-million card fraud racket Cybercrime Inc.
• Controversial Russian Business Network drops offline 'Bulletproof' host struck down. For now
• Ukrainian eBay scam turns Down Syndrome man into cash machine Exclusive 'How a mule made an ass of me'

Security: Enterprise Security

• Website for computer security experts hacked Triple F get F for security?

Servers/Storage

• IBM's global message: the UK versus the US Two events, four similar messages
• Intel does small storage box with EMC Entry-level NAS storage SS4200x