21st December 2005 Archive

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Comms

• Telewest punter hounded by Bulldog calls ISP investigating

Comms: Mobile

• Palm pledges three new smart phones in 2006 New designs, new radio technologies

Comms: Networks

• Fines rise for premium-rate phone offences 'No longer sufficient'

Hardware

• Lenovo replaces Big Blue CEO with Dell man Quick switch

Management: Financial News

• 'Crazy Frog' firm fined £40k Punters misled
• 20 Japanese giants sue US processor patent holder Tables turned on Patriot Scientific
• Ex-Qwest Chief indicted for insider trading Nacchio imbroglio
• iTunes boosts traffic to Apple's site Click wheel of fortune
• Palm sales surpass expectations But tax gain masks income dip
• Seagate to buy Maxtor Rival acquired for $1.9bn

Music and Media

• Google and AOL cement ad love $1bn buddies
• Three charged over Xbox chipping We are the mods, we are the mods

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• PC, CE firms to develop 'unified' display connector DVI + HDMI + HDCP - VGA = UDI

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• North Carolina paves the way for drunk Segwaying Is there a gyroscope in there, son?

Personal: PCs

• Intel to 'bring forward' Conroe release date 965 chipsets delayed to synchronise launches
• Laptops to drive PC market forward in 2006 Unit growth strong, sales less so

Personal: Reviews

• Casio Exilim EX-Z500 5mp digicam Review Is that a 2.7in LCD in your pocket?

Science

• Intelligent design ordered out of class Judge sees the light

Security

• Hackers download pirate movies onto compromised PCs Mr. Bean features in bizarre botnet attack

Security: Spam

• CAN-SPAM working - FTC US regulator praises junk-busting law
• You're infected so pay us to get infested Spyware spam scams dissected

Software: Applications

• IBM buys Micromuse Coughs up for multimedia network management
• Tomorrow's paper will be digital Electronic times

Software: Operating Systems

• So what's the business case for Windows Vista? Details uncertain
• Subscriber love drives Red Hat in Q3 Investors applaud