23rd April 2008 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• Sun backs Java-on-iPhone 'quick fix' Go BREW team!
• Sun plans JavaFX RIA tease for JavaOne Microsoft and Adobe breathe easy

Comms: Mobile

• A requiem for the mobile web Farewell then, Mowser
• Motorola unplugs Cambridge TTPCom unit TTPCom to close
• Tira Wireless shares device database Comprehensive, but expensive
• Verizon calls itself 'innovative' SOFCON 2008 'Hell has frozen over'

Comms: Networks

• FCC tells Comcast to unblock P2P Ignores delay tactics
• Man discovers his net wasn't neutered Analysis When the Hive Mob attacks...

Hardware

• Acer Q1 profits down, revs revved up Expansion-happy PC maker buoyed by strong ops
• Only insanity would lead Apple to make a mobile chip play Comment Forget the iPhone. PA Semi's an embedded affair

Hardware: Data Networking

• BBC should not pay for fibre, Ofcom tells MPs Never really an option
• Sysadmins get Quake tools Fragging system processes

Hardware: Servers

• IBM shakes up the server game with lean, cool iDataPlex Freaking rivals 10,000 units at a time
• Novell strips SLES down to its undies Red Hat revs Fedora 9

Hardware: Storage

• EMC squares up to charges, sees profit fall That's gotta hurt
• HP's hazy Upline data cloud defines SaaG model Storage as a Glitch
• Seagate ships 1 billionth drive Orders party platter for platter party

Management: Financial News

• eBay sues Craigslist as family squabble goes public eBay's 28.4% stake diluted
• Google and Yahoo fling earns Justice Department's evil eye Schmidt's life raft also probed

Market News

• Dell waves goodbye to 1100 Canadians You've been Canucked

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD market share down in Q4 '07 Up on the previous quarter, though

News: Hi-Def

• HD DVD sales still solid despite format's failure Decent US sales showing

News: Mac

• Apple buys chip maker PowerPC CPU designer acquired

News: Media players

• Archos takes TV+ box up against Slingbox Rolls out PMP GPS add-on too

News: Phones

• Samsung shares Soul shipment secret Carphone Warehouse bound
• Sony Ericsson punts HSDPA handsets for web browsing Surf, walk, talk and text

News: Useless... but Cool

• Honda harness to take the strain out of strolling 'Walk this way'

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Congo lynch mobs attack penis-snatching sorcerers Todger-loss panic sweeps Kinshasa
• Google tips hat to St George - finally By the Lord Harry
• Judge issues arrest warrant for Darth Vader 'I hope the force will soon be with him'

Public Sector: Government

• Brain-plug weapons could provide war crime immunity Comment Lawyer spots future brainhat-slaughter atrocity loophole
• IT bankrolls all-India ambulance service Don't tip the driver mummy
• UK Reaper drone wrecked in Afghanistan New ones cost £10m: MoD hopes to spend £17m
• US Navy hands out $1bn robo-plane contract Opts out of 'optionally manned' option

Public Sector: Law

• ASA raps Paddy Power over gambling dwarf ad 'Irresponsible', declares watchdog
• Google starts Street View in Europe But privacy could be an issue
• Google sued for ad fraud What does a blank box mean?

Public Sector: Policing

• West Yorks rolls out cop cams, ignoring plod nod probs But gimbals not needed in West Yorkshire

Reviews: Phones

• Samsung M110 Solid rugged phone Review Well 'ard handset for the rough 'n' ready

Science: Biology

• EU plans to boost organ donor numbers With region-wide card and 24/7 hotline
• Girl-only fish species survives by cloning No men or bicycles required

Science: Environment

• Wake me up when Global Warming's over Pollution, conservation bigger worries than climate

Security

• Smut blocking? We're more bothered about Bebo Censorware fights social networking
• Standalone security industry dying, says guru Schneier sounds death knell for Infosec

Security: Anti-Virus

• Facebook Troll sends mob against Cluley 'Joe Job' social networking attack

Security: Crime

• Hidden card fraud taxes UK.biz Chargeback

Security: Enterprise Security

• Modern 'primitive' could ease the pain of encrypting massive amounts of data Multiple criteria for identity-based encryption

Software

• Microsoft rolls out Live Mesh preview Yet more clouds forecast

Software: Applications

• Satyam's mood-detecting motor to run in-car disco Wanna social network on the backseat? I'm not in the mood