28th November 2007 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Java 6 for OS X 'weeks away' Apple hole gets community stuffing

Comms: Mobile

• Exploding mobile battery suspected in S Korea fatality LG describes blast as 'virtually impossible'
• O2 gets 225 guinea pigs drunk by phone London NFC trial gets underway
• Verizon opens network in historic move GSM flexibility on CDMA network

Comms: Networks

• Google preps magic GDrive Works even when you're offline
• ICANN gets test results on internationalised domains Mao's model communist beta testers step it up
• Ofcom and EU face off for high speed broadband row Bureaucrats and Eurocrats set to butt heads on fibre investment
• Regulator can chase liquidator over phone scam fine Premium rate watchdogs score High Court victory
• Virgin Media strategy boutique boss quits New strategy: Find a job

Hardware: Servers

• Google permits Dell to sell Dell servers Search appliance alliance
• Microsoft funds object of IBM's mainframe fury PSI pockets $37m
• Virgin Mary appears in Google's Iowa data center Blessed be thy server

Hardware: Storage

• HDS adds mass to its NAS Quadruples capacity, births two boxes

Lifecycle

• So many paths to Nirvana Playing God with ALM

Management: Government

• Tories: Europeans could get access to UK ID database Updated Project STORK. Not STALK.
• UK database of children delayed Till we find those pesky discs...

Management: IT Director

• Businesses blind to the security risks of temporary staff Access without accountability

Management: Law

• Google agrees to cough Israeli blogger's IP address Anonymous defendant in 'slander' case
• The Romantics sue Guitar Hero for sound-alike imitation Cover version was too close to original

Management: Public Sector

• Audit commission tells councils to get competitive If you're going to save £4.9bn, it's time to get creative

Management: Small Biz

• Brit office Xmas parties going to the dogs Bah humbug attitude killing festive joy

Market News

• The myth of the humble nerd tycoon Real Mail Readers prefer Montgomery Burns to Larry & Sergey

Music and Media

• EMI's Hands squeezes trade bodies Trim the fat

News: Consoles

• Nintendo DS Lite sets UK sales record PSP left for dust
• PSP battery pack lets you keep on gaming Never rest again

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Greenpeace slams Apple Nintendo over eco-credentials Apple off the hook, a little

News: Hi-Def

• US HD DVD player sales pass 750,000 Demand accelerating

News: Laptops

• Dell fills out XPS laptop line Debuts 15in model
• Nigerian keyboard firm sues One Laptop per Child No hugs and kisses for XO Laptop
• Toshiba to sell trees with laptops Branching out

News: Mac

• Apple Macs Top Five Getting to the core of the line-up

News: Phones

• Orange to offer unlocked iPhones for €749 Updated €250 less than T-Mobile wants

News: Storage

• Fujitsu promises 320GB laptop HDD next year Rivals are already selling similar products

News: UMPCs

• Intel 'Moorestown' UMPCs to feature single-chip CPU/GPU Will you please welcome 'Lincroft' and 'Langwell'

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Declare Steve Fossett dead, asks adventurer's widow 'We must accept that Steve did not survive'
• Firm punts RaidSonic NAS server for £6.2m Inc VAT, we hasten to add
• US judge debenched for jailing entire courtroom 'Inexplicable madness' provoked by ringing mobile

Q&A

• My new PC can't see my old iTunes downloads Q&A

R&R

• Next year's next big thing Big in 2007

Reseller

• Dixons grinches Christmas There may be trouble ahead

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics chip Review Watch out, GeForce 8800 GT

Science

• Turkey probes The God Delusion for 'insulting religion' God-botherer-botherer targeted for legal retribution

Science: Biology

• UK's toads menaced by fungal attack 'Severe decline' likely, scientists predict

Security

• America's 8m victims of identity theft And that's only in 2005
• Miscreants subvert search results to punt malware Using botnets to plant links and nurture zombie farms
• Online sellers warned on UK cheque clearance changes On the seventh day banks guarantee payments
• Reported malfunction in PayPal Security Key Updated False sense of security

Security: Enterprise Security

• Rare bug blights Lotus Notes 1-2-3 hack risk

Security: Spam

• Celebrity spam gang whips up a storm Stealth botnet responsible for huge spam surge

Services

• Capita ties up Prudential deal As one door closes, another opens...
• Capita-Lincolnshire IT venture scrapped 'Deal not right for taxpayers'

Software

• Novell vs SCO will go to court after all Chapter 11 immunity lifted
• Sage clocks £1.16bn revenues Expects US biz to lag behind in 2008

Software: Applications

• Google adds terrain to Google Maps Light relief for users