10th December 2007 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Gates' spontaneity highlights IE data gap Strategy on the fly
• Mind your languages with Microsoft LINQ Data-access sticking plaster?

Code: Scripting

• Build your PDF and Excel reports with PHP Hands on Office 2.0 without the fluff

Comms: Mobile

• We can reQall it for you wholesale Voice memos transcribed by new service

Comms: Networks

• Virgin Media eases off bandwidth throttling New big cheese feels need for speed

Hardware

• Got a supercomputer in the closet? Mini-poll
• IBM to get high-k with all its friends at 32nm Hafnium forever!

Hardware: Servers

• AMD anoints Accelerated Computing chief Uhler, Uhler, Uhler
• VMware clobbers the world, while big, solid disks rise Year in review IBM, Intel, AMD - all there

Hardware: Storage

• Violin plays AMD for memory monster 10TB of DRAM? Why not?

Lifecycle

• ITIL deeds don't go unpunished Of carts and horses

Management: Government

• Brown knew data loss was disaster waiting to happen Weak procedures highlighted in 2004
• Forces pay mess blamed on human error £250m EDS system or MoD bureaucrats - who to trust?
• Labour hit by another anonymous donor scandal And this one's got an IT angle
• Qinetiq wins Watchkeeper drone test contract Flying porkbarrel-bot heads for Wales

Management: Law

• Football horns could spread Black Death, says Interpol chief Crackers? No, he hasn't thought of them yet...

Management: Small Biz

• Small IT biz gets voice in Europe Euro trade body

Market News

• CompUSA goes titsup 'Orderly wind-down'

Music and Media

• Zep fans warned off touted tickets Don't even think about it

News: Cameras

• Digital Compact Cameras Top Five

News: Hi-Def

• Warner to back a single HD disc format? Sony, Toshiba eager to get it off the fence

News: Laptops

• Asus: memory upgrades will not void Eee PC warranty Well, in some countries, at any rate...

News: PS3

• Sony website leaks PS3 DualShock debut date

News: Phones

• Samsung's Wi-Fi VoIP mobile pops up on T-Mobile UMA, eh?

News: Storage

• Toshiba roadmaps 128GB SSDs for March '08 More laptop-friendly versions coming soon after

News: Wii

• Nintendo kills Wii ads due to console shortage But eBay's got plenty

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Fark attempts to trademark NSFW WTF?

Reviews: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia G92-based GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Review The 8800 GT and then some

Science: Environment

• Radiohead backs WW2-style austerity program Music for a new society?

Science: Physics

• MoD: Frontline troops must have silent Xmas crackers Exploding planes yes, exploding cargo no

Science: Space

• ESA hoping for Galileo sat nav on line in 2013 Brussels still predicting 2008... oops

Security

• Media player users beware: more vulns ahead Targeting Windows Media Player and Winamp
• Ministry of Defence leaks counter terrorism traffic Bulgarians lurking
• Skype update plugs critical bug On the QT

Security: Crime

• Ex-Microsoft manager in $1m expenses fraud rap Alleged domain name scammer denies charges

Software

• Microsoft wins seven figure sum from distie Large settlement agreed