11th March 2008 Archive

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Code

• A better way to build OS X preferences Mac Secrets Behind the interface

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• IBM shadow looms over next Eclipse Visibility, independence concerns on e4

Comms: Mobile

• Mobe software firm Picsel prunes 10% of workforce IPO off the agenda
• Nokia turns to TV to push music service You are entering the Green Room
• Texas Instruments sounds alarm on 3G Someone's cutting back

Comms: Networks

• CPW builds wall between customers and Phorm As US prepares 'welcome' party
• FCC chair unfazed by Comcast wall of nonsense 'If you hide it, is it reasonable?'

Hardware: Storage

• Fire extinguishes debate over historic IBM shop Disk and campus heritage disappear
• LSI buys Infineon's disk biz Serves Hitachi with second-hand platter

Management: Financial News

• Euro regulators give Google-Doubleclick buy thumbs up Say deal won't stymie competition
• Germany to Nokia: Give us back our subsidies €41m plus €18m interest, thanks

News: Accessories

• Belkin preps five-port music player-sharing widget

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia dual-GPU graphics card due next week GeForce 9800 GX2 first; 9800 GTX a week later

News: Desktops

• Wal-Mart stores drop cheap-as-chips Linux PC A glimpse of restocking? Only online...

News: Media players

• Sexy touchscreen MP4 player for under a ton, anyone? Notes at the ready

News: Smartphones

• Nokia N96 to land in August Carphone Warehouse leaks info
• O2 unveils XDA Atmos Second own-brand smartphone in two months

News: Storage

• Intel to launch 160GB Flash laptops drives in Q2 Taking the fight to Samsung, SanDisk et al

News: Useless... but Cool

• Pay lip service to loved ones with the KissPhone Gene Simmons' favourite blower?

News: Xbox

• 'Magnet boy' freezes Xbox Hair-raising gameplay

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Jodrell Bank offloaded on eBay RIP UK radio astronomy
• Portsmouth student peeled in potato laptop scam £600 for a bag of spuds

PC Builder

• Intel's Otellini faces Brussels court Two-day hearing kicks off

Public Sector: Government

• EU investigates DOJ internet gambling tactics WTO case against the US on the way?
• Minister wants more mashups 'Wiki thinking is the way of the future'
• Siemens kicked off UK government contract Man bites dog

Reseller

• Computacenter plumps up revs, pre-tax profit Credit crisis? What credit crisis?

Reviews: Media players

• Archos TV+ 250GB streaming media player Review Very, very disappointing

Science

• DARPA releases 'Blackswift' hyperplane details Runway roboplane will do porkbarrel roll at Mach 6

Science: Environment

• Virgin lags in scumjumbo race, bins airliner drag-start plans Clean green sheen less seen at beard-biz empire

Science: Space

• Cassini to surf Enceladus's icy plumes 'In your face' flyby of Saturnian moon
• Space Shuttle Endeavour on its way Next stop, the ISS

Security: Enterprise Security

• Equifax typo derails digital cert Minor glitch narks business customers

Security: Spam

• Google red cards Privila for gaming search engine Articles of bad faith?
• Pitcairn Island relays most spam per person South Sea junk mail mutiny

Servers/Storage

• EMC buys web services startup Infra Washes down Iomega tears

Services

• Capita buys way into ComputerLand Two become one

Software: Applications

• Anti-trust committee checks out Windows 7 As Microsoft wants 'Vista Capable' row put on ice
• Mozilla reaches stage 4 of Firefox 3 beta endurance test Speed up, leaks plugged

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft admits big delay on Home Server bug fix Alert! Data corruption causes domestics