17th June 2006 Archive

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• The Canonization of St.Bill

  Kildall's Ghost

  If William Henry Gates the Third's philanthropic work leads to him being canonized one day as the first secular saint of our times, I won't stand in the way of the celebrations. Geeks get things very out of proportion, and the value of saving even one life should be more apparent to everyone than the cost of a poorly written …

  Operating Systems 17 Jun 2006, 00:36

• Spiders attack Manchester phone network

  Copper-munching arachnids scupper BT line

  A shocked Reg reader was told by a BT engineer his girlfriend was having problems with her phone because spiders had eaten through the line. An OpenReach techie was called out to the Manchester suburb of Chorlton on Monday after problems with voice calls. According to our correspondent, after a quick shimmy up the offending …

  Telecoms 17 Jun 2006, 08:02