2nd May 2003 Archive

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Channel

• Intel to counter Athlon 3200+ with 3.2GHz P4 Launches galore
• US advises against Taiwan travel SARS fears

Comms: Mobile

• EC waves through 3G UK network share T-Mobile, mmO2 strike up the band
• Finns swoop on Commtag One stop mobile email shop
• Will the WiFi Bubble hypesters kill WiFi? Dot.com days are here again. They hope

Comms: Networks

• NTL has 380k 128K ‘broadband’ punters Leaked numbers confirm industry estimates

Hardware

• Dell ‘looking closely’ at AMD's Opteron – again Been here before - so what's changed?

Hardware: Servers

• IBM x450: Stuck between Power and a hard place Analysis IBM's Itanic struggle
• Off the starting Grid From Academia to Business

Management

• AOL centralises European ops Taxing move
• HP shuffles hardware execs In search of profitability

Management: Small Biz

• Microsoft's growing threat to biz app rivals End-to-End

Music and Media

• Citizens Advice refute Welsh hack allegation Ambulance-chasing imposters to blame for outrage
• RIAA flames Sun Networked computers causing trouble
• St Albans e-voting trial goes horribly wrong. Almost Jury's Out
• What really happened with the NewZealand.com case Costs and trademark applications reveal murky world

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• CA geeks told What Not to Wear BOFHs parted from their T-shirts
• Scottish Linux centre helps secure boat to Rockall Charity appeal update Fantastic response from Reg readers

Odds and Sods: Letters

• DRMing up support for Steve's music shop Letters
• Linux and DRM – succeeding where MS failed? Letters

Personal

• Chuck out your handsets, here come the wristphones Reg Kit Watch Plus Opteron mobos from Gigabyte and Tyan, and more

Security

• Anti-spam packages ‘too unreliable’ to certify Testing. Very Testing
• Cisco's IP phone eavesdropping kit ready to go Surveillance just got smarter
• Computer crime sentences are ‘not good enough’ Get Tough, Police urge
• NJ couple accused of mass ID theft Info used for CC scam

Software

• IT certification scam rumbled Racing certs for MS, Cisco success
• UK gov's ‘save on MS software’ deal slip-sliding away? NAO report contains signs it's not entirely happening