7th December 2007 Archive

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Code

• Google's next web toolkit thinks it's better than you GWT Conference Fastest fingers in the West

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Microsoft wriggles on Volta concerns No Google clone

Hardware

• IBM sues Asustek over patent dispute Big Blue calls for import ban as licensing row goes legal

Hardware: Storage

• Seagate buys document analysis firm MetaLinks assimilated for undisclosed sum
• Western Digital drive is DRM-crippled for your safety Because you are a dirty criminal scumbag

Management: Government

• CIA erased waterboarding videos 'It was done in line with the law,' insists top spook
• DVLA coughs to data slip Details sent to wrong addresses
• UK gov: Feds will get BAE bribe files when hell freezes over Six month stonewall 'shows we know how serious this is'

Management: Law

• AdultFriendFinder rapped for X-rated pop-ups Foisted explicit material on wide-eyed innocents
• Codemasters pledges to stay civil on file-sharing What, you mean the police have better things to do?
• German Wikipedia attacked over Nazi symbolism Updated Politician files charges
• Italy calls for anti-counterfeit commissioner Real action needed on faked goods
• Met plan moves police to out of town megabases Community support handles the 'accessible and friendly' bit

Management: Reg Weekly

• HMRC still looking for disks - just don't ask Microsoft's Santa To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

Music and Media

• Dotcom Bubble 2.0: The Musical The Richter Scales rock YouTube

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD DisplayPort graphics card spied on web Would-be HDMI killer arrives

News: Consoles

• Sega denies Dreamcast revival Trademark mysteriously updated
• Sony ponders direct-to-PSP downloads Taking the PC out of the picture

News: Editors' Blog

• Eee PC: better with Windows? Editors' Blog Eking out the power with XP

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Video watch: plays movies, tells time

News: Hi-Def

• US Blu-ray Disc player sales pass 2.7m Close to HD DVD total - if you ignore PS3

News: PS3

• Sony exec confirms PS3 will get Blu-ray Profile 1.1 this month But only one, German disc uses the spec

News: Phones

• LG launches posh music phone
• Nokia confused over handset’s features Too much Christmas spirit?

News: Useless... but Cool

• Spinning, flashing Linux logo droid comes to UK Geek love

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Xmas party: Get a wriggle on Episode 41 When the chips are waiting...

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• 419ers flash big bucks cashcard $920k - coming soon to an ATM near you
• How much does El Reg cost the global economy? Reader poll Putting a price on Vulture Central
• How to stuff all of Silicon Valley in a stocking Exclusive The ultimate geek gift
• Wigan man traps todger in metal ring Cue fire brigade bearing handgrinder

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Campaign to name US street after Douglas Adams 42nd Avenue, of course

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Microsoft, antitrust and blogtards Mailbag Beast 2.0

R&R: Myths and Legends

• The day Microsoft 'embraced and extended' Java Myths and legends Infamy, infamy...

Reviews: Accessories

• Logic3 SoundStation3 PS3 speakers Review Three it seems, is the magic number

Science

• It's not too late to join the bioterror gold rush Analysis Follow the money

Science: Physics

• MI5, EPA clean up dirty bomb dirt Spooks vanquish phantom menace

Science: Space

• Fuel sensor glitch delays Atlantis launch Lift-off now pencilled for Saturday

Security

• Top-secret US labs penetrated by phishers Coordinated attack

Security: Crime

• Data centre looted in multimillion pound overnight heist Updated Bogus bobbies raid King's Cross site
• Lebanese lottery scam suspect cuffed in Cyprus $10m Interpol target awaits possible extradition
• Police launch hunt for bogus bobbies Raiders used roof ruse to dupe data centre staff

Security: ID

• MySpace celebrity hacker downs hacking forum Friendly fire

Servers/Storage

• IBM buys Arsenal... ...Digital, another storage vendor

Software

• Verizon sued for GPL naughtiness Where's the source?

Software: Applications

• MS rejects Web 2.0 moniker for IE As you were
• Teachers: Feel my Truthiness - Jimbo Is our children reverting, yet?

Software: Open Season

• Novell, Red Hat and Gartner war with Facebook for PR flop award Radio Reg Save the fear leader. Save the hurled