1st June 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• London Undergound to trial wireless services Cockfosters
• US tries to shoot down OnAir Airbus mobile phone system takes flack

Comms: Networks

• ALTO seeks Eircom break-up Old idea, new impetus
• BT comes clean on 'bulky' LLU promo Finally...
• Bulldog unveils 8 meg broadband Sheesh!

Comms: VoIP

• Skype enables video calling Free plug-in
• Vonage promises a million Keeps on growing

Distribution

• Azlan teams up with Nortel for SMB IP telephony push Distie round up Also new franchises for Enta and Mitek

Hardware: Servers

• HP fills NonStop gear full of Itaniums PA-RISC fears the Reaper
• IBM cuts software price on Opteron and OpenPower kit Multicore embrace
• Itanium and Opteron fight for significance Almost there
• Tyan samples eight-way Opteron board Computex 2005 'Graphics supercomputer'

Lifecycle: Manage

• Borland shoots Peloton down roadmap JBuilder goes Eclipse
• Future features for Visual Studio 2005 Nice product - shame about the availability

Management: Financial News

• Inmarsat OKs £1bn float Satellite of lurve
• Northern Ireland gets own VC fund Ulster says YES

Management: IT Director

• Public beats private for IT pay rises Fringe benefits not bad, either

Management: Public Sector

• Parliament slapped for rubbish web presence Seriously out of order

Music and Media

• Mobile plane ban protects us from terrorists - FBI The unfriendly skies
• Spaniards stick sword in P2P website Adios Weblisten
• US gov wants to refang Patriot Act Appeals ISP data ruling

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• SF hosts 'Masturbate-a-thon' What a bunch of wan...

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Use Cases: work smart to deliver quality Site offer Top title at 30% off

Personal

• MS's IPTV strategy in tatters Analysis Delays leave Redmond standing

Personal: PCs

• Notebook prices keep falling Market grows as prices fall

Personal: Peripherals

• Nvidia preps GeForce 7800 GTX Computex 2005 Next-gen part seen behind closed doors

Science

• Buzz Aldrin takes giant leap into kids' books Space, without the special effects
• Nottingham uni powers up £5m supercomputer Lots and lots of flops

Security: Anti-Virus

• Sober worm tops May viral charts Free World Cup offer is virus world's Crazy Frog

Security: Enterprise Security

• m-commerce security risks exposed Stacking the odds against safety

Software

• Ingram Micro improves software offers It's June, so it must be software month

Software: Applications

• Shift2Ingres takes Oracle migration prize CA hails 'outstanding' offering

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft keeps mum on EC deal Midnight deadline passes