13th November 2007 Archive

This is the archive for The Register. You can browse articles by publication date, or enter a query into the search box.

< 12th November 2007 | November 2007 | 14th November 2007 >

Code

• Open source Java - one year later Plus ça change
• Oracle Fusion: resistance is futile OpenWorld Ten assimilation tips
• Oracle takes open source love to virtualization OpenWorld Not just a database
• Project Astoria a hit at TechEd Cleaner than SOAP

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• VMware dangles Server 2 beta $28 cheaper than Microsoft

Comms: Mobile

• Data makes the tills ring at Vodafone Chalks up £1bn in six months
• GSM jumps from the pocket to the desk top Fixed-line bypass
• O2 chief dampens iPhone hype Always look on the bright side of life...
• Optimise your mobile content for free Volantis server goes open source

Hardware

• Intel celebrates 'Penryn' launch Manufacturing exec warns rivals forgoing new materials
• Rackspace flattened by Texas trucker Keep on hostin'...or not

Hardware: Data Networking

• Woven's big daddy switch retrofits GigE SCO7 Super speed at Sandia

Hardware: Semi-Coherent Computing

• Is the world ready for a 1TB iPod? Radio Reg How to deal with storage overload

Hardware: Servers

• HP whips out d*** in a box SC07 By d***, we mean cluster
• Reno 911: World's largest reboot underway SCO7 The sound of 10,000 OSes clapping

Information: Databases

• Get into data with Groovy Hands on Part 2: Object grabber
• Oracle database roadmap builds over Raw Iron OpenWorld Access for all

Lifecycle: Plan

• The ICONIX Process in pieces: Domain modelling Book extract, part I Keep refining

Management: Financial News

• Cable & Wireless loses international boss Boardroom coup?

Management: Government

• Government rejects retreat on e-voting 'Further pilots will be necessary'

Management: Law

• Blogger warned to delete Avis logo But is using a picture of a logo trademark infringement?
• Court date for challenge to 'new' patent rules UK conflict with Europe is 'absurd'
• EC threatens legal action against airline websites Study: Over half misleading the consumer
• EU Google-DoubleClick probe calls for Google-DoubleClick probe $3.1bn merger could 'harm consumers'
• Net giants argue for user-generation immunity Surely, we're not responsible for our users?
• Prosecutor sets date for Pirate Bay showdown Copyright broadside in January
• Yahoo! Settles! With! Jailed! Chinese! Journos! Though you're welcome to remove exclamations

Music and Media

• Google sweet-talks Spice Girls king 'Could change TV forever'

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia to launch top-of-the-line mobile GPU on Monday? GeForce 8800M GTX imminent, apparently

News: Desktops

• Intel readies 45nm 'Diamondville' CPU for low-cost PCs Foundation for Asus' desktop Eee PC?

News: GPS

• TomTom tackles traffic jams in HD We want your data

News: Handhelds

• Samsung intros WiMax gadget quartet

News: Laptops

• OLPC offers one-for-two to generous North Americans Give One. Get One.

News: Networking

• Solwise pushes powerline Ethernet security - literally Instant network encryption

News: Phones

• Nokia unveils glamour-puss phone pair Put one next to your Bentley

News: TV

• Axe hangs over UK town's analogue TV signal Whitehaven forced to go digital tonight
• LG monitors to attain 5000:1 contrast ratio Don't sit too close

News: Wii

• Nintendo creates online catwalk for Wii Miis Brickbats or bouquets
• The Wii Shaft controller Ditch your Nunchuck

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Eurostar cancels 29 Feb 2008 No leap year luuurv trains to gay Paree
• Sozzled Oz footie fan tattoed with 'gay' team tribute Beware Thais bearing pricks
• US man blasts stubborn wheelnut with shotgun 'Severe' injuries for Darwin Award near-miss
• Woolworths flogs Disney Princess chair for £100m Cash-flush royalty click here

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Don't give booze to elephants, sobs Paris Hilton Conservationists hail heiress's heartfelt appeal
• Lily Allen 'in talks' to become Doctor Who's assistant With Rhys Ifans as new Time Lord?
• Marvel launches digicomics initiative Vintage issues hit the web

R&R: Stob

• Programming with Marigold gloves on Stob Martha Stewart clicks your button

Reviews: Cameras

• Pentax Optio M40 compact camera Review Good looks aren't everything...

Science

• Plastic police to enforce London bag ban? Updated Hippy councils force Cockneys to use hemp
• S Korea joins hunt for stuff with frikkin' laser beams on it Raygun lust goes global

Science: Biology

• Beseiged Bavarian village preps anti-millipede defences Foot-high wall to hold back invading hordes
• Boffins refine mind-to-prosthetic link Cogito ergo moveo
• Scientists unearth 'missing link' jawbone Possible common ancestor of great apes and humans?

Science: Physics

• Cig-lighter electropulse cannons offered to US plods Cold dead turkey strangely incapable of flight

Science: Space

• Deadly planet-smash asteroid was actually Euro probe Patrick Moore on high alert in space boulder flap rumpus
• Merkel-Sarko confab could yield Galileo rescue plan Brits, cloggies may need wits about them come December
• Skynet 5B still on ground after Arianespace snags 'System has been delivered on time'

Security

• DoubleClick caught supplying malware-tainted ads Updated 'Your PC is hosed. Click here to fix'
• Infamous RBN quits China Nexus of evil may be broken up

Security: Enterprise Security

• Windows random number generator is so not random All too predictable

Security: ID

• Foreign Office web security failed Data Protection Act, says info office Visa details exposed

Servers/Storage

• Bell Micro waves new marketing tool at resellers Do it on the cheap in-house
• Dell soups management platform for new servers OpenManage 5.3 kills extra update tools
• HP buys into data centres And more to come

Services

• Capgemini makes HMRC job cuts Exclusive Compulsory redundancies loom for 600 staff

Software

• Adobe boss quits Pdf co. gets new CEO
• FAST cracks down on pirates near Penzance Trims software losses on Celtic fringe

Software: Applications

• Bebo courts big media with 'we're different' plea Bebonic plague