17th December 2007 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Sun spikes Java IDEs NetBeans or bust

Comms: Networks

• O2 to join IPTV fray next year 'I want a piece of that non-action!'

Comms: Wireless

• Rumors swirl in WiMAX world Sprint-Clearwire detente?

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco to get API-happy Putting the family jewels on display

Information: Databases

• Amazon SimpleDB: a database server for the internet Disorganized for a chaotic world

Management: Financial News

• Microsoft to eBay name for $1m That's Microsoft Lda, we hasten to add

Management: Government

• MIA in Iowa - personal data on 3m UK driving test candidates Prestige contract goes Pearson shaped
• Parliament's security staff lose parliament security data Laptop goes MIA from Westminster
• Talking to themselves - how uk.gov 'consults' on IT exports Comment Transformational hamster wheels...

Management: IT Director

• IT chiefs demand centralised e-crime unit Cybercrime reporting confusion
• Norwich Union Life fined £1.26m for security holes Bullet proof policies - if you're a director

Management: Public Sector

• Darling plays wait and see on HMRC disc loss No intelligence pointing to fraud - no intelligence at all
• Dutch gov blows open standards raspberry at Microsoft Sweeps software monopoly off the board
• HMRC manual on data protection was protected data Juniors kept in dark, then hung out to dry? Yes Minister
• Surprise: Ohio's e-voting machines riddled with critical security flaws Vendors make plea for reality
• UK driver details lost somewhere in America Transport secretary says data drive unparked

Management: Small Biz

• Credit crunch cranks up pain for SMBs CBI, Bank of Scotland play the grinch
• Technical problems mar Barclays' PINSentry roll-out The tricky business of thwarting online fraud

News: Accessories

• Sonnet readies ExpressCard 21-in-1 card reader, writer

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Firewire to gain 3.2Gb/s bandwidth boost If it weren't for those pesky kids and their USB 3...
• Intel pushes back X48 release? Mobo makers want to sell a few more X38-based boards first
• Nvidia 'nveils nForce 7 chipsets Tri-SLI time

News: Consoles

• Old Sony console outsold PS3 in US last month While demand for DS Lite, Wii soars
• UK censor to appeal against Manhunt 2 verdict Wants High Court to enforce original ban

News: Laptops

• Toshiba unwraps 'world's first' HD DVD-RW laptop

News: PCs

• Intel plays down Viiv entertainment PC brand Now that all PCs are media PCs

News: Phones

• Orange France says 'testicules' to unlocked-iPhone-not-unlocked claim Of course you can use an unlocked iPhone anywhere, carrier states

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Cambs cops podcast 999 timewasters 'I can't find Homebase and I'm very distressed'
• London PR outfit in sex-on-desk email shocker NSFW Security penetrated, knickers downed
• US woman launches 'Taserware' parties We've protected our food, now let's protect our lives

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Gollum to play Haddock in Tintin Andy Serkis reteams with Peter Jackson

R&R

• The year's biggest big thing? You be the judge! Festive hustings

Reviews: Accessories

• Hauppauge XFones PC-2400 wireless headphones First Review Dolby technology built in bundled

Science: Space

• NASA's Deep Impact mislays comet Boethin goes awol
• Space brains resign over efforts to attract ET attention Yoo-hoo! Primitive race here, ripe for conquest/harvest!

Security

• Facebook sues Canadian smut firm over hacking Nice N' Sleazy
• Security fears stymy online sales Nothing to fear but fear itself

Security: Enterprise Security

• New Trojan preys on commercial banking customers Feeding on fat cats
• Turkish s'kiddies deface security forum F-Secure scalped

Servers/Storage

• Sys admin admits trying to axe California power grid Homer Simpson-style rage attack