23rd November 2007 Archive

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Code

• Oracle pitches process over programming Platform change
• Really, really big systems coming by 2027 Less porn, more work

Comms: Mobile

• O2 has Wigan-sized iPhone problem Exclusive Just 26,500 activated, lots of stock
• WiMAX licence owner wins right to be a mobile operator Celebrates by dissing the competition

Comms: Networks

• French record industry, ISPs in entente to boot off file-sharers Sarkozy frowns on net peasants

Hardware

• Cisco fires Brazil chief over tax fraud charges 'Code of conduct' violations

Lifecycle: Plan

• Model use cases that work Book extract, part 2 Think succinct

Management: Government

• Watchdog raps MoD over Qinetiq sell-off bonanza Analysis Eyewatering Stealth raid by pinstripe execs

Management: Law

• Amazon narrows patent after 1-Click reverse Lawyers on salvage op
• Information Commissioner pokes kids on social networking privacy Listen to The Man, kids. He knows how to look after data
• Inventor of revoked payment patent says UK system is a joke It's not for the little guy
• Met Police to pilot Tasers Electric justice for London

Management: Reg Weekly

• Missing data found on mysterious comet, Darling To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Management: Small Biz

• Employee sacked for texting in sick Dismissal 'petty and unfair', tribunal says

Music and Media

• Adam Curtis : an audio special Beeb Week On Facebook, The Big Lump Theory ... and Popbitch Radio
• England flops shafted by enormous todger Croatian national anthem gaffe delights the crowd
• MS drifts towards over-the-top Java services with Musiwave buy Comment Takes a leaf from Nokia's book
• Save the BBC - by setting it free Beeb Week A Modest Proposal

News: GPS

• Sat Navs Top Five Today's hottest GPS gadgets

News: Hi-Def

• Blu-ray dominates Japanese HD recorder sales Can HD DVD catch up?

News: Phones

• Poll confirms Brits believe Jesus Phone salvation too costly US-centric strategy failing in UK. Shock.

News: Smartphones

• Nokia cranks up twisty-turny phone design Crank-based handset

News: Wii

• Nintendo Wii: the world's greatest console? Sales skyrocket

News: Xbox

• Gamer takes Microsoft to court over Halo 3 'errors' Poor playback causes fury

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Spreading the festive cheer Episode 39 On the first day of Christmas, BOFH gave to me...

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Air France compensates 170kg passenger Big chap forced to cough for extra seat
• Aston Martin to build new model abroad Manufacturer outgrows UK plant
• MS Explorer foundering after UFO strike Flagship crashes, freezes after unknown vuln penetration

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Star Trek boldly goes on demand Virgin Media inks VOD deal with CBS Paramount
• New taskforce to discuss why more people aren't turning to digital What we need is another working group

Q&A

• Which video glasses? Q&A

Reseller

• Interim revenues slip at Business Systems Hardware hard to punt, solutions is solution

Reviews: Phones

• Palm Treo 500v smartphone Review Palm's best smartphone yet?

Science

• El Reg fires up online standards converter Want to know your height in linguine? Click here
• Hitachi 'collision avoidance' bot does a Ballmer at press do Furniture-smashing robot rampage blamed on Wi-Fi
• Researchers find massive mud flow off African coast Sediment slunk 1,500km

Science: Space

• China condemns high-tech outsourcing By the Chinese space programme

Security

• Secure Java coding course aims to push best practice Mind the skills gap
• Win XP also prone to random number bug Not hard to guess

Security: Crime

• Rogue nodes snoop on TOR traffic Noise on the wire
• Skype crypto stumps German cops Police boss attempts to justify Trojan plan

Security: ID

• EC report warns governments on e-trust 'What trust?' asks IT security firm

Services

• BT looks to help medicine go down in Qatar Update Makes contract adjustments with the DoH

Software: Operating Systems

• Linux desktops grow and grow and grow A dream no more