25th August 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Councils to publish phone mast emission data Beams are going to find me
• Mio GPS smart phone exposed Exclusive A701 packs in Windows Mobile 5 too
• O2 Germany licences mobile World Cup clips In brief Fußball on the move

Comms: Networks

• AOL to reform customer service after NY probe Spitzer slams stealth retention scheme

Hardware: Data Networking

• Intel preps 'GPS for Wi-Fi' location tech IDF Precision Location Technology to become a WLAN standard?

Hardware: Servers

• Intel looks to 'Dunnington' multi-core Xeon future IDF Better Reidland than deadland...

Hardware: Storage

• Quantum slashes 250 Irish jobs Eyes not smiling as vendor looks East

Management: Financial News

• Playboy launches full-frontal online edition Subscribe now for top-notch e-smut

Management: IT Director

• EDS re-inks deal worth £2.6bn with DWP Nice
• Norwich Union probes IT staff lay-offs Was procedure followed?

Management: Small Biz

• Big Iron boys make a bundle for SMBs Sun and Oracle team on Opteron

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• China slashes gamers' time online Just 3 hours' Lineage II for you, sunshine
• Gartner plots hype cycle for emergent tech Collaboration hot. Video conferencing not
• LA cops bust pothead alligator liberator Rogue 'gator dragnet continues

Personal: PCs

• Pentium 4 VT plans confirmed by Intel IDF Desktops get it ahead of Itanium, Xeon

Science

• US fighters tooling up with lasers Death Star blueprint in works
• US getting fatter, faster America buckles under extra load of lard
• Utah bathed in pretty pink Aurora Think solar activity, not Sleeping Beauty

Security: Anti-Virus

• Polyglot IM worm targets MSN Mind your langauge

Security: ID

• The GIMP threatens PIN number security Linux image manipulation black ops

Software

• Microsoft goes Hollywood with 'Halo' film deal Plans breast implant and eating disorder beta

Software: Applications

• BEA buying Plumtree customers When portal companies collide
• W3C tells US Copyright Office: IE is not the only fruit Browser plans under fire