9th November 2007 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Fat or thin: an insider's view on Java's destiny QCon Evolution, not revolution

Comms: Mobile

• Battery firm: iPhone could melt your brain If only it had a removable battery
• The iPhone: Everything you needed to know The tears, the laughter, the previous coverage

Comms: Networks

• BT Vision misses customer targets (by a shedload) We call shenanigans on IPTV numbers

Devices

• Analysts talk telephone numbers on mobile games Dot-com again

Hardware

• AMD hit by birth defects lawsuit Ex-employee alleges chemical exposure damaged son
• HP goes octal with workstations Packing Xeon heat

Hardware: Servers

• AMD datacenters more loyal but rare Intel allegiance a matter of metrics
• Microsoft invades 'city of friendly people' $500m data center adds to good cheer

Hardware: Storage

• Seagate sells R&D group to Xiotech Swap meet for Compaq and DEC exes

Management: Financial News

• Apple hit with another class action iTunes gains another enemy
• I'm a walking billboard .... bitch Don't be bluffed by Facebook's bluster
• Tech spending fears hit Qualcomm shares Profits up but shares fall
• Warner Brothers snaps up UK gaming firm TT Games joins the big league

Management: Government

• 16,000 namesakes cry foul over US terror watch list TSA dedupers are slower than a slow thing in slow town
• Synergy gone mad - travel agents to enrol for £100 ID card? Ideal if you're planning a getaway...

Management: IT Director

• Dublin designer branches out with 'tree' PC Cultivates award

Management: Law

• BitTorrent site Demonoid.com downed by Canadian record industry 'Your move freeloaders, eh?'
• Blank media levy breaches should be criminal, say authors Report tries to stop EU scrapping levy
• Mandelson tells US to change online gambling laws Stop discriminating

Management: Reg Weekly

• Only the iPhone can save mankind To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Management: Small Biz

• Government postpones company law reforms But some parts may still arrive October 2008
• UK gov offers £100m for innovation Political points make prizes

Music and Media

• The Government wants to copyright my thoughts! Hive Mind Healthwatch No.1 All that is solid melts into air

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia doubles profits as sales exceed $1bn Outpacing arch-rival
• Sapphire unwraps entry-level AMD 2900 GPU 2900 GT to supplant 2900 Pro?

News: Hi-Def

• Sony CEO: format war in 'stalemate' We were winning until Paramount got off the fence...

News: Laptops

• Vodafone dials up 7.2Mb/s HSDPA USB dongle On contract and PAYG

News: PCs

• Asus to launch desktop Eee PC next year Laptop replacement?

News: Phones

• 15 years ago: the first mass-produced GSM phone Forgotten Tech Happy Birthday, Nokia 1011 (almost)
• Queues start a day ahead of UK iPhone arrival Two for a pand...show us ya money

News: Smartphones

• iPhone 'killers' stand up and be counted Samsung? LG? HTC? Who'll crucify the Jesus Phone?
• O2 relaunches XDA Orbit smartphone Orbit 2 faster, adds 'super 3G'
• RIM sues LG over Chocolate, Shine brand 'Black Label' too close to 'BlackBerry', firm claims

News: Wii

• Nintendo confirms Wii DVD support coming But not in time for Christmas

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: How dangerous are your users? BOFH Userometer Click here to find out

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Lily Allen gets 'social networking' TV show 'An important voice of her generation'
• Winona Ryder to suckle Spock in Star Trek XI Talented thespiatrix confirmed as Vulcan's mum

Reseller

• Resellers get shirty over FixITlocal 'This is a local job for local dealers'
• Trading Standards comes a calling on Cardiff's software sellers Pulls a FAST one

Reviews: Storage

• Iomega eGo 160GB external hard drive Review Hard drive meets hip-flask

Science

• Chinese boffins in copper nanotubes acronym outrage What a bunch of...
• Living brain in powerful robot body tech goes live For moths
• Wave power prototype sinks after seven weeks AquaBuOY 2.0 'highly successful', says developer

Science: Biology

• Bacteria to blame for global warming? Nifty little hoax doing the rounds
• Six-month hangover for 60-pint Scotsman Ow ow owww my head

Science: Space

• Black holes blamed for super-charged cosmic rays That's 'active galactic nuclei' to you, sonny
• Christmas Doctor Who exhibition at UK Space Centre Diary marker Inner children jump up and down
• Orbital tourism industry holds spacewear fashion show Space crumpet Client base chiefly comprising scantily-clad babes, seemingly
• Second Skynet satellite to launch tonight Pay-as-you-go satcomms for the UK forces

Security

• Alicia Keys hit by MySpace Trojan hack Fallin'

Security: Crime

• Botmaster owns up to 250,000 zombie PCs He's a security consultant. Jail beckons
• Prosecutor concludes opening in Reiser trial 'Single reason explains it all, and that's that this man killed her'
• UK anti-fraud firms pool resources 3rd Man takes Early Warning to the checkout

Security: Enterprise Security

• Zero-day bug hangs over Oracle database Forget about it

Software

• Ballmerized Nigerian PCs might run Mandriva after all Despite $400,000 Microsoft whatchamacallit

Software: Open Season

• Oracle hunger fallout: Will Red Hat survive? Radio Reg Ex JBoss CEO says IBM might do the eating