14th September 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• GPRS prices drop 40% More bangs per buck but still pricey
• Nokia overcomes SD Card phobia Vows to support format
• Sony unveils Wi-Fi multimedia Clié Big OLED screen, 802.11b, slick design, long-running battery...
• Sony Vaio music, photo player to ship next month European debut announced

Comms: Networks

• Tiscali chops off Swiss arm Subsidiary offload continues

Hardware: Data Networking

• Stalling net must dump TCP/IP and overlords Action needed, report concludes

Hardware: Servers

• MS Virtual Server hits the streets VMWare rival
• Sun downsizes revenue results Solaris concerns and Java lawsuit loom

Hardware: Storage

• CA upgrades BrightStor line with gusto An integration paradise
• Storage vendors capitalize on their own software hype Q2 SRM sales surge

Management: Financial News

• IBM and LG endure post South Korea scandal breakup Go your own way
• Yahoo! snaps up Musicmatch $160m cash purchase to propel digital music market entry

Management: IT Director

• UK IT heads have the outsourcing blues Dissatisfied with results, but bravely persevere

Management: Small Biz

• Freedom of Information means grief for small biz What price freedom?

Market News

• EC waves through HP Synstar deal Brief Insignificant
• German MS counterfeiters sent to jail Father and son

Music and Media

• Apple vs Apple: 'mind boggling' pay-out imminent - report And that's just the lawyers' fees...
• Germans broadcast news in Klingon tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh'a'
• Myopic Congress lacks spyware focus Analysis I (don't) SPY with my little eye
• Oz mod-chip seller to take Sony to High Court Appealing against the appeal
• Symantec labels China censor-busting software as Trojan AV - or censorware?
• UK gov seeks safer web for kids Won't somebody think of the children?

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• Poker-faced BOFH plays jokers wild Episode 30 Upping the ante

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Utah grounds low-flying Santa No Xmas cheer for Salt Lake City

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Learn Solaris Systems Programming Site Offer Save 30% on this thorough reference

Personal

• Pace wows with pay TV PVR Subscribe, record, enjoy at leisure

Personal: System Builder

• ABIT debuts holo ID stickers for mobos Ponders withdrawing support for non-stickered product
• ATI syncs audio, video with Theater 550 chip 'PVR on a chip'
• Sony revamps Vaio notebooks New S2, T1, B1, A200 series

Reseller

• Compel trims losses Sunny outlook

Science

• Speech recognition 'on a chip' in three years Talk to the handheld

Security: Anti-Virus

• Virus writers add network sniffer to worm Hybrid risks from potent malware

Software: Applications

• MFI gets caught in SAP trap Inventory woes lead to profit warning

Software: Operating Systems

• Reg readers sabotage their Windows boxes And we made them do it
• Novell reaffirms open source strategy BrainShare Europe roundup