17th March 2008 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Sun lends qualified support to Eclipse Sharp poke with NetBeans

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• No Borg-like release train for Ruby on .NET What does "done" mean, anyway?

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Eclipse rounds up runtime project One framework, so many platforms

Comms

• Your business communications are a mess But is Unified Communications the answer?
• Your iPhone Wish-List Andrew's mailbag Making the most of MultiTouch

Comms: Mobile

• Microsoft Mobile presses Flash What no silver(light) lining?

Comms: Networks

• BT admits misleading customers over Phorm experiments We know what you pimped last summer
• Japanese ISPs agree three strikes-style anti-piracy regime Ippon Ippon Mate
• Net think thank: Phorm is illegal FIPR shells embattled ad targeting firm

Comms: VoIP

• Free voice and video firm plans April 1 UK launch Red letter day for ad-funded Voixio

Hardware: Data Networking

• Juniper routers get firewall service in Junos upgrade J-series boxes take on security duty

Hardware: Servers

• BMC spends $800m on server admin firm BladeLogic BLOG writes itself out of history
• HP out and proud with 8-socket server beast Reenters the bigosphere

Lifecycle

• Uncovered: the lost humor of flowcharts Luke, feel the flow

Management: IT Director

• Futurists predict a world of IT fairy tales Easier to manage? And the three bears...

Management: Small Biz

• eBay dumps ValueClick ValueClick pays FTC $2.9m over misleading ads

Market News

• EC tries to get on top of carousel fraud Wants more timely reports from missing traders

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel 'Nehalem' CPU 'borrows' AMD Phenom cache plan L3 promoted, L2 demoted

News: Consoles

• Brain training game aids kids' learning skills, study claims DS Lite sales to soar

News: Desktops

• Desktop Eee PC spied on web Brand-less slimline box runs 'Eee PC Linux OS'

News: Phones

• Japan turns its back on 2G 3G takes over

News: Smartphones

• HTC applies for multi-keypad sliderphone patent Thumbs at the ready

News: Wireless

• Apple speeds AirPort Express with 802.11n

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Boozed Belarusian dodges birthday train squish 90mph express fails to interrupt 40 winks
• Exploding turnip threat menaces Indiana town UK's 'Baldrick' bomb-squad tool may be rushed in

Public Sector: Government

• China blocks YouTube Tibet protests prompt ban
• UK's Reaper wardroid imports slashed in budget pinch Pricey domestic buy strangely unaffected
• US Congress members push Gates's line on visas Bills urge more H-1Bs for foreign tech workers

Public Sector: Policing

• Scotland Yard criminologist: DNA-print troublemaker kids Give me the child, I'll lock-up the man
• Spooks want to go fishing in Oyster database Pearl-diving in London's smartcard beds

Reviews: Phones

• LG KF600 dual-display sliderphone Review Two screens are better than one

Science: Biology

• California Highway Patrol rounds up queens, workers Accident leaves beehives strewn across highway

Security

• Scientologists fight back against Anonymous But fails to get injunction

Security: Crime

• Defacement archive Zone-h mulls closure Vote marred by suspected botnet interference

Security: Spam

• Notorious spammer pleads guilty to tax evasion and fraud Al Capone of junk mail heading for the big house

Servers/Storage

• Iomega wooed by new EMC offer Unzips superior proposal

Software

• Supremes reject Microsoft's Novell request Ancient anti-trust claim gets go-ahead

Software: Operating Systems

• Vista SP1 on track for mid-March release? Microsoft shows ever expanding middle