5th December 2007 Archive

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Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Sun dangles cash prizes for open source projects Still dwarfed by Google
• Winners and losers in Sun's OpenDS spat Not sticking it to the man

Comms

• Ofcom wants to see more unlicensed frequencies Giving away spectrum?

Comms: Mobile

• Catholic schism over mobile icons Virtual saints spark litany of complaints
• Nokia sees a good future for Nokia Swallows red pill, sees Web 2.0 everywhere

Comms: Networks

• 999 comes to VoIP Emergency calls are go, barring break-ups
• Fasthosts customers still frozen out of websites More support staff drafted over password reset cockup

Devices: Platforms

• SAP curbs its enthusiasm with iPhone Data access without the entry

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco grabs Motorola ex-technology chief After one grueling day of unemployment

Hardware: Servers

• Netezza doubles down on data warehouse doubling Moore's law on steroids
• Sun warns of voracious, collapsing data centers McDonalds may sell them

Management: Financial News

• Information Commissioner calls for more money and more powers And questions use of ID cards
• Novell delays Q4 results due to SEC missives Time to count beans

Management: Government

• HMRC offers £20k reward for ID goldmine CDs Insult, meet injury
• ICO warns of more 'datagate' breaches May be trouble ahead...

Management: Law

• 'Swiss DMCA' fears overblown, says copyright authority Wording is ambiguous, argues petition author
• 90mph police chief cops 42-day ban No excuses, admits South Yorkshire supremo
• Net Asbo slap for boasting Bebo teen Bigged up criminal exploits, dissed police
• Scottish Labour leader bets on email absolution 'I raised alarm on dodgy donation'
• World's Dumbest File-sharer megafine gets DoJ thumbs-up It's what Ben Franklin would've wanted

Management: Small Biz

• Power cut hits Rackspace UK Ten per cent of customers affected

Music and Media

• French high court thumps Google Video Video fingerprints! Or else!
• Nokia: Keep the music, pay to burn Analysis Reinventing the bundle?

News: GPS

• TomTom shakes hands with Google Internet giant carves new route

News: Laptops

• Dell punts $4450 World of Warcraft notebook Christmas shopping... for the horde
• First mobile Intel 'Penryn' processors to launch in January Laptops to go 45nm
• Man opens Eee PC, adds internal USB ports Solder of fortune

News: UMPCs

• Oqo adds HSDPA to Model 2 UMPC When in Roam...

News: Xbox

• DivX comes to the Xbox 360 Video playback options widen

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Chancer punts 'lucky' Wii for $1,234,567... ...and 89 cents
• Google Book Search reveals scanner's sleight of hand Rush job to digitise world's literary heritage
• Stripogram copper walks on offensive weapon rap 'No case to answer' for prop batons

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Asus P5E-VM HDMI motherboard Review Integrated DX10 graphics from Intel. Who'd've thought it

Science

• Flying robots get aerial highway code Call-centres for UAV pilots on horizon?
• Robo-troubleshooters back up London fire brigade Bob the Builder-style droid team scoff at fleshies' fears
• Sperm-derived power system for nanobots patented Emissions issue overcome by spunky boffins

Security

• Grisoft acquires LinkScanner 'Antivirus is dead'
• Tracking down the Ron Paul spam botnet Elephant Viagra

Security: Crime

• Cybercrime fears over hi-tech cop job cull SOCA ruled offside
• Phone phreaks spoof LSD-induced multiple homicide Dial-a-SWAT-team

Services

• Auction watchdog says eBay is illegal in France Broker? Auctioneer! What's the difference ...
• BT goes to Asia Buys Singaporean reseller