4th August 2004 Archive

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Channel

• HP launches Linux laptop But where's the wireless support?
• Intel dual-core desktop chip 'to ship mid-2005' Smithfield = Prescott + Prescott?
• SiS samples second Socket T chipset Single-channel memory this time
• Toshiba takes micro HDDs to 60GB Breaks 1.8in form factor areal density record. Hurrah
• UK PC biz sees best growth for four years Q2 boom in desktops, notebooks and servers

Comms: Networks

• BT replaces 'red bill' with Indian call centre nag 'Good morning. Cough up now'
• Eircom overcharges 31,500 customers €409,000 blunder

Hardware: Data Networking

• Patent fears halt Munich Linux migration Pre-emptive concerns

Management: Financial News

• Creative revels in 'outstanding' Q4 Full year figures not bad either
• Eidos confirms takeover talks Preliminary discussions underway
• Japan to probe Hynix DRAM dealings State-aid allegations warrant an enquiry, says Finance Minister
• Symbian revenues, device sales rise Smart phone demand on the up

Management: IT Director

• Swansea IT staff to strike over outsourcing deal Action starts next Monday
• The curse of IT specialisation Losing sight of the big picture?

Management: Small Biz

• BenQ encouraged workers to throw footy sickies Red card for Euro 2004 sponsor
• IT company gives workers free beer - wins award Cheers!
• New York warms to VoIP Cheap chattering for small.biz
• Scottish small.biz gets £1m broadband hand-out Boost for rural areas

Music and Media

• 321 Studios to make DVD copying software no more Done in by the courts
• 57 cuffed in UK anti-piracy crackdown Operation Zouk
• Cybersleuths track Dame Porter’s millions Computer forensics finger Westminster wedge
• Neutered SCO no longer on the offensive McBride puts lawsuits on hold
• Penguin and the great katie.com hijack The abused becomes the abuser over Katie.com
• Text is best for website accessibility Simple as that

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• BBC confirms Daleks will battle Doctor Who Auntie and Terry Nation's estate kiss and make up
• Tesco to deploy kiddie-calming shopping trolley Fighting supermarket ennui with educational DVDs

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Mac-addled Segway users crush the American Dream Letters Battery-powered pulpit on a cannonball run

Personal: Consoles

• Victim not killer owned 'murder manual' game Manhunt off the hook?

Science

• Afghans to benefit from polystyrene houses What would the Big Bad Wolf make of it?
• NASA hands out $13.5m for radiation studies 19 projects get the green light
• Scientists explain why stuff is matter All down to decay rates, it seems

Security: Anti-Virus

• Latest MyDoom hunts victims via Yahoo! More! viral! madness!

Security: Enterprise Security

• Extradition ruled out in bookie extortion case Leave it the Russians, say UK cybercops

Security: Spam

• Porno blog spam turns nasty Smut attack via compromised military proxies

Software: Operating Systems

• Novell takes SuSE Enterprise Linux to the next kernel JBoss bundle