21st April 2006 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 'Free' txts a go go Hotxt rival opens doors
• Your Nokia phone catches the dog raiding the dustbin Mobile stealthcam

Comms: Networks

• Switching LLU ISPs to be made easier Easier, not easy

Comms: VoIP

• Netgear Wi-Fi Skype phone to ship June? US buyers get $250 pre-order offer

Hardware: Servers

• IBM boffins develop new, stronger name for x86 servers Itanic out, Opteron in
• Something might happen at Sun some day - WSJ Or. Maybe not
• Start-up could kick Opteron into overdrive Exclusive Plug in a Flip Chip

Information: Databases

• Oracle CEO gets strategic with Red Hat name calling Analysis Sub zero relations
• Testing assumptions and the big stack Oracle hopes on testing as the SOA stack is built

Lifecycle: Execute

• CASE becomes ALM and consolidates Comment Developing on a legacy

Management

• PC market continues solid growth Dell still head of the pack

Management: Financial News

• Adult film industry trials burnable content NSFW Pay to groan
• Rivals want to invest in Australia's broadband network What's that, Skippy? Telstra not happy?
• US consumers pump up Nokia profits Bullish forecast for '06
• US sees record jump in e-ad revenues How nice

Management: Public Sector

• Newcastle strikes schools IT deal Leans on Dell
• Vendors left waiting on ID scheme details 'Market soundings', little consultation

Management: Small Biz

• Enterprise software vendors jump on the Express bandwagon Good news for the mid market

Market News

• Dimension Data share deal R&V cash a big bond

Music and Media

• German court rules moderators liable for forum comments Lawyers on the edge
• Microsoft and Autodesk infringed patents, jury rules z4 Technologies awarded $133m
• People more drunk at weekends, researchers discover It's science, Jim, but not as we know it
• Sun streaks ahead in open source DRM and CAS DReaM to come true?

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• IO Data preps pricey Blu-ray Disc writers Drives support all CD, DVD, BD formats, though
• Panasonic to ship Blu-ray writer in June Doesn't come cheap
• Sapphire renames water-cooled graphics card Drops 'Blizzard', adopts 'Toxic'
• Seagate readies 750GB desktop hard drive Barracuda boost

News: Consoles

• Blu-ray another Betamax - MS Xbox exec HD DVD support news coming at E3

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• RCA HD DVD player due 18 May So says Wal-Mart

News: PCs

• Japan offered micro Mac Mini rival Third Wave launches compact desktop

News: Phones

• HTC 'Star Trek' to lift off on 10 May Qtek 8500 gets ship date
• Mobile phone shipments to hit 1bn in 2006 Nokia and Motorola swallow even more of the market

News: iPod

• Toshiba tweaks Gigabeat P players New colours and more

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Interview with a CEO Episode 15 Witnesses, what witnesses?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• 419ers one digit short of a conspiracy theory The neighbour of the beast
• Scots founded first cybercafe in 1751 Startling photographic evidence

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Trekkies to enjoy 11th Star Trek film Kirk and Spock resurrected

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Readers battle botnets for control of planet Earth Letters Apocalypse Now
• What the hell has happened to you cretinous journalists? FoTW 419 + 420 = anger

R&R: Opinion

• Subversion on Demand Differently risky

Reviews: Laptops

• HP Compaq nx6125 biometric laptop Review AMD's Turion gets its first HP business notebook outing

Science

• Climate change outlook clarified New study says very large warming 'unlikely'

Science: Space

• Probe reveals three ages of Mars Zoning in on life

Security

• Virus writers get into cyber-extortion 'Pay up or you'll never see your data again'

Security: Spam

• China poised to pinch US spam crown Junk mail relay countries named and shamed

Services

• IP telephony goes mainstream Ch-ch-ch-changes