12th November 2007 Archive

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Code

• Holiday debut for Oracle 11g middleware bundle OpenWorld Relative promise

Comms: Mobile

• Google puts $10m on the table for Android apps Develop applications for non-existent phones and win $275K
• Mobile games not bringing in the bucks Worldwide revenue dips
• Readers reflect on iPhone launch Letters Much ado about GUIs

Comms: Networks

• How a bread truck invented the internet With thanks to Vint Cerf's hearing aids

Distribution

• DCC sees PC market deflation And profits slide on banana settlement

Hardware: Servers

• Dell welcomes new Xeons with something old and new Hear the R900 roar
• Diversity attacks Top500 supercomputer list SC07 While IBM keeps gloating
• HP spreads Virtual Connect to 1,600 servers Pops out power management monster
• Sun throws new servers, switch and storage gear at HPC set SC07 Constellation finally spotted
• Windows Server 2008 to come in 8 flavors Viridian gets a name and a $28 price tag

Lifecycle: Execute

• A simple unit test for GUIs Hands on Part 2: Server envy

Management

• Cambridge computing profs 'desperate' for applicants Increasingly generous percentages grudgingly considered for acceptance

Management: Government

• Government staff sacked for web breaches Big Brother watches Big Brother
• New York State takes on the DOJ over e-voting We don't want no stinking voting machines
• Passenger data deal based on plan opposed by privacy regulator But it'll help fight terrorism, apparently
• Squaddies warned off Facebook Don't be a 'soft' target

Management: Law

• Amnesty calls for internet rights for all Gov action required
• Mass. firm sues Google over 1997 patent Off to Eastern District of Texas - again
• Prince sends army of lawyers to take on Pirate Bay Wave after wave

Management: Public Sector

• Watchdog issues voluntary public data standards Best practice

Management: Small Biz

• eBay glitch wipes out 11 year-old account without a trace Updated Reps couldn't help owner because he wasn't a valid user

Market News

• Symantec begins round of layoffs Unspecified number to get axe this week

Music and Media

• Microsoft animates FlickrYouTubeDotMac -enstein 'Will be loved by millions'
• Music biz sues Robertson again EMI goes after Sideload

News: Accessories

• Orange shines on world's first solar-powered Bluetooth headset Keep it under your hat - not

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel rolls out 45nm 'Penryn' gaming, server chips Sneaks out more 65nm Xeons too

News: Consoles

• Nintendo DS fans plan Children in Need charity game-in Play games, raise cash

News: GPS

• HTC intros satnav enabled Touch Cruise The Touch Cruise

News: Networking

• Firm pledges first 400Mb/s powerline product early '08 DS2 offering to outstrip HomePlug rival?

News: Phones

• Rival iPhone unlock teams hint at 1.1.2 success Clear as mud

News: Xbox

• Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan Sony's foundations rocked?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Bangkok vigilante 'wipes out' sleeping security guards Ten victims 'did not deserve to be paid'
• TV villain talks into wrong end of iPhone Bionic Woman outrage rocks blogosphere
• Wannabe US bank robber fails intelligibility test Teller can't understand demands for cash
• Woman bites boyf in wedding tackle Sometimes attack with a dog figurine just isn't enough

R&R: Comics

• Reg Dev gets Monkish Manual backup

R&R: Myths and Legends

• Oracle 'cheated' in TPC benchmarks Myths and legends Denies wrong doing

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT graphics chip Review Nvidia's bang-for-buck winner?

Science

• Airbus scores whopping £16.7bn Emirates deal 70 A350s and 11 A380s
• Toyota ponders plug-in hybrids C'mon baby don't light my fire

Science: Biology

• US eggheads in spurious va-voom/intelligence linkage Backhaul-v-middleware 'Allsopp ratio' is key stat

Science: Physics

• Massive fire on Olympic site Exclusive pic There's the fire, son

Science: Space

• 21st century travel: building your own warp drive Better than a bendy bus
• ESO spies warped, star-forming spiral galaxy As seen by an EU commissioner
• Galileo slammed by UK politicians 'Stop this folly'

Security

• Chinese Trojan on Maxtor HDDs spooks Taiwan Ghost in the machine
• Firefox broken Jar vuln. menaces Gmail Jar Jar links peril

Security: Crime

• Cyber-jihad fails to materialise Bruce Willis stood down

Security: Enterprise Security

• Fake smut codec ruse used to punt Google Pack Malware loaded on kosher tool

Security: ID

• Privacy laws should be overhauled, says European regulator Locks horns with Google

Software

• Businesses put their weight behind web-enabled apps Quocirca's changing channels It's not all about SaaS
• IBM buys Cognos for $5bn Denies copying SAP, Oracle
• Microsoft sells Windows twice But it's all for a good cause, apparently