1st April 2008 Archive

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Code

• Google hippie code trip delayed again A week is a long time in coding

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Spring opens its core to the seriously committed Site invites add-on contributors

Comms: Mobile

• FCC boss quashes Skype open access plea CTIA Wireless Martin thinks Verizon tells the truth
• Patent shields customer support from customers I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that
• Teacher's head explodes due to Wi-Fi, mobe radiation April Fools Pupils upload vid to slate-my-teacher cyberbully site

Comms: Networks

• BT and Phorm secretly tracked 18,000 customers in 2006 Exclusive Spied on, profiled, and targeted for credit cards
• Comcast acquires BitTorrent for $53bn April Fools 'Our cheapest option'
• Danish ISP bundles free music subscription But there's a catch

Hardware

• Apple sued over 'inflated' iMac claims Beneath Apple's 'good guy' image is...
• Dell axes 900 jobs in Austin plant shutdown But hey, $3bn in savings!
• Intel's 'Living Large' mantra threatens tour guide industry IDF Issues disturbing Deer John

Hardware: Servers

• ScaleMP creates $10k four-socket box out of thin air Well, out of Infiniband and virtualization

Management: IT Director

• Shell starts clock ticking on unlucky 1% of staff Slickly does it

Music and Media

• IFPI demands $2.5m in damages from The Pirate Bay 'Numbers are pure fantasy'
• The Facebook Initiative – Bill Gates's greatest invention April Fools Taking the hardship out of friendship
• We-think, I-think ... and Groupthink Column Paralysed by plagiarism
• YouTube 'rape victim' arrested Charged with suspicion of underage sex

News

• Blu-ray drive in development for Xbox 360 Microsoft keeping mum
• Document glitch sparks GTA IV ban scare 18 certificate awarded
• Jabra displays Bluetooth headset screen Watch and talk
• Marathons to face iPod ban? Watch those shoelaces too
• Mobile phones global health menace, says top brain surgeon Global epidemic nearing
• The online funeral Say goodbye, the modern way
• Women overtaking men in tech abuse A woman, in an IT department?

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel's 'Bloomfield' spied ahead of IDF public demo IDF Next-gen Core Extreme seen

News: Handhelds

• Intel launches R&D initiative to invent PDA IDF 15 years after Apple's MessagePad, we're still not there yet

News: Laptops

• Intel shows Atom-powered Eee PC clones IDF Same spec, but faster CPU

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Blogging Whitehall mandarin had top secret 'panopticon' plan April Fools Leaked document reveals Sir Bonar's guilty secret
• CIA demands UK halts interrogation tactics April Fools 'Cruel and unusual' demands
• Jimmy Wales resigns from Wikipedia April Fools And Wikia too
• Reg April Fools '08 What merriment and mirth is this?
• Reg April Fools 2007 Oh how we laughed

Public Sector: Government

• Boeing: Black's the new black for black-helicopter projects A160T robot whispercopter in DARPA man-sniffer tests

Public Sector: Policing

• How an app called WarmTouch nailed a grenade-stockpiling cyber extortionist Software that knows if you're mad - or a loner
• SOCA soaks up asset recovery agency More powers to seize illgotten gains for UK's 'FBI'

Reviews: Cameras

• Canon Digital Ixus 960 IS compact camera Review Plenty of pixels, but passable performance

Science: Environment

• El Reg green debate: Click here to hug the planet It's like Woodstock - you were either there or you caught the mp3 later

Science: Rise of the Machines

• IBM unveils nano-projector based VirtuaHuman with 1TB of memory April Fools It walks, talks and tweets

Science: Space

• Jules Verne gets intimate with ISS Successful approach to within 11 metres

Security

• Galaxy's smallest known black hole discovered Sand kicked in face, but compacted into infinite density

Security: Anti-Virus

• Storm Worms exploit April Fools Lazy attack aims to dupe the credulous

Security: Enterprise Security

• NZ teen botnet mastermind cops a plea AKILL likely to avoid jail
• US auto parts store spills data to hackers Leaky gasket

Servers/Storage

• EMC buys Brit Microsoft shop Kerching for Conchango shareholders

Software: Applications

• Google lets users take Apps files offline Hard drive autosaving to save you grief
• ISO puts OOXML announcement on ice Updated Microsoft left waiting in the wings