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  • Japanese scientists show super suit

    Exo-skeleton for ectomorphs

    The land that built an entire film industry on grown men dressed up as giant lizards or insects has applied the same principles to developing a super-powered exo-skeleton to harden frail human bodies. Developed at Tsukuba University in Japan, the suit is being touted as something something that could help the elderly, frail, or …

    Science 10 Jun 2005, 09:04

  • ATI to launch R520 '26 July'

    A month after Nvidia launched GeForce 7800

    Nvidia is set to launch its next-generation graphics chip, the GeForce 7800, aka 'G70', on 21 June in San Francisco. According to a GamesIndustry.biz report, Nvidia's arch-rival, ATI, will unveil its next-gen part, codenamed R520, a month later, on 26 July. The report doesn't mention the chip's shipping brand name, or provide …

    Peripherals 10 Jun 2005, 09:08

  • RIM takes NTP to court - again

    Claims rival not honouring settlement obligations

    Just when you thought it was all over, Research in Motion's long-running spat with NTP is about to return to the US courts. RIM said yesterday it has filed a complaint with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit asking it to stay the earlier appeal ruling and to remand the case to the US District Court for the Eastern …

    Mobile 10 Jun 2005, 09:35

  • 10 patches - one critical - for June patch Tuesday

    Make way for Microsoft Update

    Microsoft plans to release 10 patches - one of which it deems critical - in a tranche of security fixes next Tuesday (14 June). Seven of the security bulletins affect Windows and there's also a single "important" update for Exchange. Two patches address "moderate" problems with Windows and Microsoft Services for UNIX in one case …

    Security 10 Jun 2005, 09:56

  • Intel recruits Nokia to tout WiMAX

    First real sign of 802.16e/3G integration?

    Intel has persuaded Nokia to join it on its quest to establish WiMAX as the de facto standard for wireless broadband. The two giants today said they will co-operate "to accelerate the development, adoption and deployment" of the wireless technology. The agreement centres on the 802.16e specification for mobile WiMAX - the …

    Mobile 10 Jun 2005, 10:10

  • Bogus Jackson suicide bid claim used to spread malware

    Who's bad

    A spam campaign that claims Michael Jackson has attempted suicide is being used to lure surfers into infecting their PCs with a Trojan horse. The malicious junk mail messages prey on the intense media interest in the trial of the controversial popstar. Typical subject lines of the messages state: "Re: Suicidal aattempt" and …

    Security 10 Jun 2005, 10:33

  • Boffins take new angle on anti-aging research

    We'll all die before we get old...

    Scientists in New York and Vienna have proposed a new way of looking at aging that they say explains why despite an aging population, people are behaving as though they are younger than their years. All sounds fine and dandy, until you get to the bit where they explain what they actually mean. Rather than looking at age as the …

    Science 10 Jun 2005, 10:37

  • BT denies pulling phone plug on kiddie charity

    MP wades into rogue dialler row

    BT has been condemned for allegedly pulling the plug on a telephone helpline used to support a children's charity. ADHD in Suffolk - a voluntary group that supports families with children suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - got clobbered with a £400 phone bill after falling victim to a rogue …

    Broadband 10 Jun 2005, 10:40

  • Creative preps Zen Vision video player

    Sexes up Portable Media Center line

    Creative is to extend its Zen MP3 player brand into the video player market, it has emerged after a preliminary specification and piccies popped up ahead of time on an Australian retail website. Supplier MP3Direct.com.au has since yanked the device's images and all references to it, but not before gadget site DAPReview was able …

    Peripherals 10 Jun 2005, 10:43

  • Dutch hacker love-in will get permit

    Grab your tissues

    Dutch hacker love in What the Hack will get a permit after all for this year's bash on a campground near Boxtel in the Netherlands. The gathering of 3,000 international hackers, between 28 and 31 July, faced the chop a couple of weeks ago, because the local mayor feared "breaches of law and order and danger to public safety". …

    Security 10 Jun 2005, 10:57

  • Nokia 6680 3G phone

    Review Nokia gets 3G right at last?

    I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Nokia 6680 for quite some time. I'm one of the many people to be more than a little disappointed with the 6630, Nokia's first UK 3G offering. It was riddled with bugs. Even after all the software updates, it failed to live up to most expectations. Enter the 6680, a sleeker, more …

    Reviews 10 Jun 2005, 11:17

  • MPs accuse BT of 'exploiting low wages in China'

    Trying to save Marconi jobs

    MPs have accused BT of "exploiting low wages in China" following the telco's decision to select suppliers of its new digital phone network from overseas. They've called on the North West Regional Development Agency (NWRDA) and the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) to work with the telco and unions to help save 300 hi-tech …

    Broadband 10 Jun 2005, 11:47

  • Apple to open stores in Manchester, Sheffield

    It's Mac up North

    Apple has confirmed it plans to open two further AppleStores in the UK, in Manchester and Sheffield. Apple currently runs shops on London's Regent Street and in Birmingham's Bullring Centre. A third store, in the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, is currently being prepared for opening. To that list, we can now add Manchester' …

    Mac Channel 10 Jun 2005, 12:27

  • No-frills MVNOs to steal market share

    ...say analysts

    No-frills mobile operators such as easyMobile could snatch up to 20 per cent of Europe's market share over the next five years, according to crystal ball gazers at Strategy Analytics. They reckon these low-cost MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators) could really "shake up the stagnant European prepaid market" by offering …

    Mobile 10 Jun 2005, 12:32

  • Cheese eaters are mutants

    Coders digest. Or not...

    The ability to digest milk, cheese and other dairy products is mostly down to your ethnicity, according to researchers at Cornell University. Northern Europeans are far more likely to have a genetic mutation that allows them to digest milk, than are those from Africa, or Asia, the team found. In a study looking at the …

    Bootnotes 10 Jun 2005, 12:45

  • UK tops DSL growth chart

    Crazy Frog set to challenge

    The UK was the world's fastest-growing major DSL market during the first three months of the year, according to stats from PointTopic. Its Q1 analysis of the broadband market found that the number of DSL lines in the UK grew 20 per cent in the three months to the end of March, while the number of DSL subscribers in China grew …

    Broadband 10 Jun 2005, 13:25

  • Swedish anti-piracy group broke privacy data act

    Regulator cracks down

    Swedish anti-piracy group Antipiratbyrån (APB) has been disciplined by the country's Data Inspection Board for breaking privacy data rules in its hunt for illegal file-sharers. ABP used special software to record the IP-addresses of file swappers, the file name and the server through which the connection was made, Sweden's The …

    Media 10 Jun 2005, 13:35

  • US SEC shows Brocade its formal probe

    Inquiry turns to investigation

    Brocade received an unpleasant dispatch on Thursday, as the US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) revealed that it has started a formal inquiry into the company's past accounting policies. Brocade has been pretty upfront about its accounting woes. In fact, the storage switch maker last month vowed to restate four years' …

    Storage 10 Jun 2005, 14:51

  • Spam sign-up man convicted of harassment

    Bunkum and balderdash

    A US man who signed his boss up to various spam lists has been convicted of harassment. Scott Huffines, 41, from Essex County near Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to probation and 100 hours community service this week after pleading guilty to misuse of electronic mail, the Baltimore Sun reports. The Web designer signed Alex …

    Security 10 Jun 2005, 15:02

  • CVs, privacy and GPS tracking

    Letters And we wonder about your language skills

    Blimey, bumper crop this Friday. So no delays, let's kick right off with your responses to Paoga's proposed solution to the problem of keeping personal data private: Interesting, although maybe I missed something in the article... Suppose you did give me permission to look at your CV. What then stops me from spewing it all …

    Letters 10 Jun 2005, 15:47

  • Nortel Prez resigns after 12 gruelling weeks on the job

    Respect all round

    Nortel president and COO Gary Daichendt has left the building after just three months on the job. Nortel today made the uncomfortable, public admission that Daichendt and CEO Bill Owens did not agree about the company's direction. "It has become apparent to Gary and me . . . that we have divergent management styles and our …

    Data Networking 10 Jun 2005, 15:51

  • Firefox fans too frumpy for Beautifulpeople.net

    Oh behave

    Elitist online dating website Beautifulpeople.net is excluding Firefox users. Alternative browser users report being given the cold shoulder by the site, which prides itself on only allowing pretty people (as voted by its existing members) to join. Attempting to view beautifulpeople.net using Firefox (7 million users and …

    Bootnotes 10 Jun 2005, 16:14

  • RACK goes Nasdaq with humble IPO

    Is Rackable backable?

    What's that? A hardware start-up IPO? You jest surely. Yes, friends, it's true. Rackable Systems today hit the Nasdaq with a ticker symbol any RAID-loving, x86-embracing, Linux kernel counting administrator can embrace - RACK. The company's IPO had 6.25m shares being offered at $12 per share. As of writing, Rackable's shares …

    Servers 10 Jun 2005, 16:46

  • Fears grow for kidnapped Dalek

    Must NE-GO-TI-ATE with DOC-TOR

    Concern is growing for a "kidnapped" Dalek after its owners received a ransom note together with the model's amputated plunger. The TV villain was swiped from Wookey Hole Caves, a Somerset tourist attraction, on Monday (6 June) where it was held in storage after going on display at the Bath and West Show. Wookey Hole staff …

    Bootnotes 10 Jun 2005, 22:56