2nd July 2003 Archive

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Channel

• Liability loopholes catch UK tech firms Customers make hay
• RM wins £30m Scottish gig Rabbit and hat

Comms: Mobile

• Reg test-drives MyOrigo motion control smartphone Preview Quick spin round the block
• All-you-can-eat phone data Almost...

Hardware

• Peoplesoft trumpets Q2 Up! Up! Up!
• UK.gov pumps £90m into nanotech Set to double

Hardware: Servers

• IBM gives blades a kick in the pants New Xeons on the way
• Mister Tanglewood tapped as Intel Fellow The Alphacide continues

Hardware: Storage

• Overland bags Okapi Storage thang

Management

• Seagate pumps £90m into NI Which is nice

Management: Small Biz

• MS disses small.biz marketing efforts Offers advice
• New firms missing out on IT tax breaks Unaware
• Websites – Are you helping the disabled? Legal duties

Music and Media

• Anyone ever managed to claim on PayPal's Money Back Guarantee? Thought not
• Blocking Internet Porn in Iran Can't work. Won't work
• Browser innovation is dead – Andreessen But don't blame me
• Consumers don't trust paid-for search Really?
• Friskit alleges Real Networks is a patent violator Update Seeks injunction, damages
• Wanadoo is caching your KaZaA Traffic unjammed

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• The Bastard School of Argument Episode 12 Devil makes work for idle hands

Personal

• Case modder smuggles PC on board Millennium Falcon 'I've made a few modifications myself'
• Consumers want PCs to deliver ‘all home entertainment’ Not quite...
• Xbox prices axed in Asia (except Japan) Software down too

Security

• Bloomberg extortionist jailed for 4 years Cracker cracked
• Chip and PIN: not enough to beat card fraud But you knew that already
• E-commerce minister calls for spam global offensive No Shock. No Awe

Software

• Hull Uni scoops prize in .Net compo Imagine Cup
• Open and closed source software defects reloaded Rhyme and Reasoning