18th December 2007 Archive

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Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Get stuck in to Visual Studio 2008 Review LINQ big, better teamwork needed

Comms

• T-Mobile and 3 hook up for 3G coverage Taking the best from both and still failing to cover the UK

Comms: Networks

• Virgin Media network collapses nationwide Updated Silent night
• Watchdogs probe Sky dominance on pay-TV Should we be able to watch the football how we want?

Comms: VoIP

• Ribbit leapfrogs into Web 2.0 Voice 1.0 is so 20th century

Distribution

• Fayrewood in talks with North Atlantic Value LLP Possible bid to follow?

Hardware

• Brussels mandates Energy Star for green procurement Cooling the continent
• Toshiba borgs into IBM's 32nm alliance Intel stays outside the tent

Hardware: Data Networking

• Ethernet dances the light fantastic Fibre protocols over Ethernet for the Linux set

Hardware: Servers

• BusinessWeek novel turns Google's cloud into epic hero Comment Search giant invented science and the future
• Google spanks memory, disk and networking vendors Calls for proportional response

Lifecycle: Plan

• How to avoid the model quagmire Part one: Analysis paralysis

Management: Government

• US warrantless wiretapping predates 9/11 Fuel to the fire

Management: Law

• US fails to reverse online gambling ban EU bone thrown

Management: Public Sector

• Data breach officials could be sent to the big house No, we don't mean a conference centre with golf course
• EU mandates electronic IDs for sheep and goats Pilot program for the last judgement?
• MoD trumpets 'Innovation Strategy' for buying kit Analysis 5 pillars, 6 towers, 4 centres and 'ginger groups'

Management: Small Biz

• eBay: A tale of two listings A balancing act deciding what auctions get pulled

Music and Media

• Truth, anonymity and the Wikipedia Way Comment Why it's broke and how it can be fixed

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel readies 16GB SSD for UMPCs Smaller-capacity versions coming Q1 2008

News: GPS

• Mio intros 'true' 3D GPS

News: Laptops

• Asus Eee PC as 'hard to get your hands on as a Wii' Meanwhile, Japan's getting a 16GB version

News: MP3 players

• MP3 players Top Five Music to your ears

News: PS3

• Sony posts PS3 DivX firmware update Better Blu-ray support too

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Bikini-clad pin-ups cover old school jailbreak New Jersey lags do a Shawshank Redemption
• HMRC mislays 1.5kg of Bolivian marching powder Child benefit claimants not at risk, however

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Beeb censors Fairytale of New York 'You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy f-----'
• Peter Jackson to lord over 'Rings' prequels More than one way to skin a Hobbit

Reseller

• Best Buy churns out the profits in Q3 Burnt out in Q4?

Reviews: MP3 players

• Samsung YP-T10 4GB MP3 player Review Another solid shot at the title

Science

• Germans debut kitesurf-powered autonomous windjammer Avast there, Mr Computer, unfurl the sails
• Japan scores ballistic missile shootdown bullseye Navy Self-defence force in 100-mile-high skeet shoot
• New DARPA scramjet-drone contract award 'Hypersonic tech vehicles' for test in 2009

Science: Biology

• Do composting toilet worms get the blues? NZ council probes 'psychological impact' of crap job

Science: Space

• 'Death Star' galaxy blasts neighbour Black hole death ray caught on camera

Security

• Dutch regulator slaps spyware purveyors with €1m fine Millions of PCs infected
• Man uses networked 'crazy' toaster to hack PC Then gets grilled at hacker fest
• MS to bundle 'broken' random number tool in Vista SP1 Developers urged to avoid built-in backdoor

Security: Crime

• Heavily armed cops raid IM chat Closet swatting

Security: Enterprise Security

• Ichitaro vuln used to launch Trojan Latest regionally-targeted attack hits Japan

Services

• CSC throws mince pies at diminishing workforce Fruit and nutty bonus scheme