3rd November 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Carphone Warehouse revs up H1 profit Buoyant sales
• Samsung creeps up on Motorola Thanks to clamshell phones

Comms: Networks

• AOL loses 2m US customers Careless...
• NTL supercharges broadband 1Mb is now entry-level

Hardware: Storage

• Relentless EMC eats up one more SMB storage player Allocity taken
• Veritas puts homemade touch on new OpForce Integrated and how

Lifecycle: Manage

• BBC develops Welsh-English tooltip translator BBC Vocab - a clever idea

Management: Financial News

• eBay not an auction house says German court More like a catalogue, really
• Etailers fail ecommerce test Must try harder
• FindWhat.com profits jump in Q3 Bulking up with Espotting
• Gizmondo grabs troubled UK games maker Tiger catches Warthog

Management: IT Director

• Queen of the Sky gets marching orders Hostess with the mostest dons pink slip
• Top tech nations revealed It's all change at the top

Management: Public Sector

• BMA calls warning on NHS IT Doctors diagnose terminal trouble...
• Microsoft wins £500m NHS contract That lobbying paid off then...
• No winner in US presidential election Dems schedule Florida 2000 re-run in Ohio

Management: Small Biz

• UK.biz at ease with data protection 80 per cent aware of data protection issues
• UK.biz likes buying online Less keen to sell there

Odds and Sods: Site News

• T-shirt for sale despite US election Cash'n'Carrion fsck /linux - the voters' choice

Personal: Consoles

• Game makers hit with graphics patent violation suit Technique used by almost all 3D titles since Quake

Personal: Reviews

• HP iPaq h6340 Wi-Fi, GSM PocketPC Review The ideal mobile companion?

Personal: System Builder

• ATI tapes out 90nm R5xx chip Shader Model 3.0 supported
• Intel to add Wi-Fi to Pentium 4 chipsets - again Dropped from Granstdale, WLAN module now aimed at Lakeport

Science

• Supernova revealed in gamma rays Quicker than a ray of light

Security: Enterprise Security

• Online payment firm in DDoS drama Protx tries to protect itself

Security: ID

• Wells Fargo in ID theft flap (again) Third time in a year

Security: Spam

• Brits feast on SPAM in Hormel ad frenzy Save our brand
• Chinese puzzle hampers banks' phishing fight Ni hao

Software: Applications

• Sage buys business intelligence firm Good news for New Media Spark - remember them?