20th November 2007 Archive

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Code

• Xajax and PHP: JavaScript without the pain Hands on Automatic for the people

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• FSF thickens license soup for SaaS Tasty

Comms

• Google 'not interested' in bidding for UK spectrum Exclusive Just having a chat with Ofcom

Comms: Mobile

• Orange and The Cloud hook up for Wi-Fi 10,000 hotspots for Orange customers
• Vodafone blocks iPhone in Germany It's a 'pretty poor experience', so you can't have it

Comms: Networks

• Analysts warn of US broadband meltdown Updated BT watching UK situation closely
• Cox pulls a Comcast with eDonkey Remove tumor. Bust ISP

Hardware

• Atari may hit reset button again 'Substantial doubt' about ability to remain afloat

Hardware: Servers

• GPGPUs and FPGAs are now fully implanted in our brains SC07 The server booster bonanza takes hold
• Symantec: Most data centers are a green tease It's not nice to fool mother nature

Hardware: Storage

• Isilon fattens clustered NAS with 1TB disks Embiggen your back-end
• Sun's OpenSolaris gets CIFS-ilis Breaks out in Windows file-sharing rashes

Hardware: Virtualization

• Reg readers get physical with virtual machines Tap your brains

Management

• Small print is ignored and needs a rethink, govt study says Consumers' eyes glaze over at 'turgid and confusing' info

Management: Financial News

• TJX consumer settlement sale offer draws scorn Everything must go

Management: Government

• Brown pledges to be greener than greens Saving the planet, one opinion poll at a time
• Darling admits Revenue loss of 25 million personal records UK Identity Crisis Lost: Two discs, 25 million accounts
• Giuliani: Eye-O-Sauron™ border scan-towers are top idea Tough but virtually tender
• How HMRC gave away the UK's national identity UK Identity Crisis Gov, banks scream 'Don't Panic'
• Inland Revenue boss quits over 'major ops failure' Details on up to 15m go missing

Management: Public Sector

• Foreign Office on target for £120m efficiency savings Despite IT project delays
• Most doctors plan to dodge health database Fear confidentiality breaches and poor security
• Public procurement directive strengthens rights of rejected bidders Ten day 'standstill period' allows challenges

Music and Media

• Adam Curtis: The TV elite has lost the plot Beeb Week The stupidity of crowds
• What's Auntie for, exactly? Beeb Week Impartiality and the BBC

News: Consoles

• Arnie's back - in videogame format Hasta la Vista, politics
• Nintendo takes shine to golden DS Lite Metallic pink version too
• Wii-like motion-control games to come to the PS2 Next-gen gamplay, old console

News: Handhelds

• Sony Ericsson ‘invents’ drag-and-drop for handhelds 'Point and flick' file transfer

News: Hi-Def

• Warner puts 'Glu-ray' disc on hold - again Blu-ray/HD DVD combo's time is past

News: PS3

• Sony posts PS3 update - two weeks after the last one Instability issues adjusted
• US FCC gets to play with PS3's DualShock 3 controller Ready to rumble

News: Useless... but Cool

• Show your faith in USB Flash drives

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Beer set to hit four quid a pint Stuff global warming, this is serious

R&R: Opinion

• Reg Dev wants your Big Three for 07 and 08 Was it good for you?

Reseller

• Novell blows kisses to channel Release the beast

Reviews: Smartphones

• Nokia 6110 Navigator GPS phone Review Gets you from A to B without going via L, O, S or T

Science: Biology

• Drink rats' milk, suggests battling Heather Mills Radical planet-hugging plan
• Having a migraine? Blame your brain Study finds structural differences

Science: Space

• Brian May appointed university chancellor An academic kind of magic

Security

• Email security: Where are we @? Reg Guide It's trouble, but we love it anyway
• Hushmail warns users over law enforcement backdoor Still secure, up to a point

Security: Anti-Virus

• Trojan spreads using PI wiretapping scare The Simple Art of Malware

Security: Crime

• Monster.com attack puts users at risk (again) Exploited job seekers

Security: Enterprise Security

• DNS security improves as firms tool up to tackle spam Configuration errors blot copybook
• Leopard security bug puts Mail users at risk Nasty vuln, purged from Tiger, seizes new OS

Security: ID

• Pressure group: perverts will use tech to track your kids 'We don't know for certain we shouldn't get worried'

Services

• Deutsche Telekom eyeing up EDS Telco plotting grab at services giant

Software

• Microsoft hires Youngjohns for top sales job Pre-Christmas knees-up, just don't mention Vista

Software: Applications

• Facebook faces UK data probe Why can't we delete accounts?
• Firefox version 3 makes beta New features for the brave, or foolhardy