30th November 2007 Archive

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Code

• Code scavenging goes formal Careful what you consume

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Ugly view mars Windows Vista birthday Reality bites

Comms

• EU tunes in to DVB-H Europe gets a single mobile TV standard
• Ofcom starts planning for the London Olympics Grab yourself a slice of free spectrum

Comms: Mobile

• 3 drags rivals into court over number porting As O2, Voda say latest Ofcom statement is overkill
• Mobile phone cleared in S Korean quarry death 'Accidental vehicular homicide'
• Moto says hello goodbye to Zander Not RAZR sharp
• Nokia jumps on mobile ad-wagon Comment But still 'experimenting'
• Ofcom sets new deadline for mobile number porting From five days to two hours

Comms: Networks

• Fasthosts customers blindsided by emergency password reset Webhost confirms hackers have raided servers
• Net to be whupped by TV in attention battle Rumours of TV's demise may have been greatly exaggerated

Comms: Wireless

• Google will chase chunk of US spectrum Will they? Won't they? Yes they will

Distribution

• Fayrewood in bid talks Shares jump

Hardware

• Dell hammered over record Q3 Vendor eyes sales as turnaround key
• Dell moves 40,000 Ubuntu PCs Frugal faithful
• Going green is good, but is it secure? Quocirca's changing channels Zero carbon doesn't have to mean vulnerable
• HP delivers PC Q3 smackdown Acer makes tasty gain, Dell ambles along
• Trade Commission probes HP-Acer patent spat again This time the other way around

Hardware: Data Networking

• Virgin downs 1and1 and Germany Part of a lager problem?

Hardware: Servers

• You've got OpenSolaris in my System z No, you've got System z in my...

Management: Government

• Watchdog criticises UK gov websites Directgov more a case of 'Not Me Gov'

Management: Reg Weekly

• HMRC still looking for those disks, UK.plc looking for scientists To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Music and Media

• EU TV laws are coming Parliament says yes, oui, si, sim, tak
• Google fitted with (temporary) Digg implant Stops making sense

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• IBM sues seller over alleged fake ThinkPad batteries Power packs claimed to be a fire-risk too
• Nvidia GeForce 9s due Feb '08? And AMD prunes prices

News: Consoles

• Nintendo DS to get movie, TV download service But not over Wi-Fi
• PS3 demand booms in Japan Sales surpass Wii's monthly tally

News: Phones

• New Zealander's Nokia explodes Battery detonation probe launched

News: Useless... but Cool

• Mother of God seen on USB Flash drive Pray you don't lose your data

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Friday madness Episode 40 There's only one way to get you through the afternoon

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• 'Beer Hunter' lifts 40,000 pints of Guinness Audacious brewery raid
• Samsung secures 2007 most inappropriate ad title Need an exploding mobe? Click here
• Sidcup massive threatens Reg hack FoTW 'My sisters got boxing tattoos'

Reviews: Phones

• LG KU990 Viewty cameraphone Review Give a phone a touchscreen and suddenly everyone's interested

Science

• Boffins in live-monkey-brain robot weblink arms race Mainly useful for banana-related tasks thus far
• British teens score a C in international science poll Kids ask 'what's a C?'
• DHS building handheld lobster spy-beam scanners 'A crustacean with an amazingly minuscule brain'

Science: Biology

• New Ebola strain kills 16 Ugandans 'Unusually mild', say health officials

Science: Space

• Seagoing satellite launch stymied by La Nina Pacific rocketeers swept away by chilly currents

Security: Breaking It

• Zoho users logging into other accounts by accident See and be seen

Security: Crime

• Hackers re-poison Google search results Tainted results punt scareware
• NZ police cuff teenage botnet mastermind suspect Updated Bot Roast bust

Security: Enterprise Security

• Electrical supe charged with damaging California canal system Facing 10 years
• Random number bug blights FreeBSD The devil's in the detail

Software: Applications

• Ford offers natter-interface car software in Europe Now Mondeo man can stay hands-on like the Hoff

Software: Enterprise

• HP sets sights on more - and bigger - buys Hungry eyes