11th July 2006 Archive

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Comms

• Cable & Wireless likely to suspend file-sharers' accounts Plug pull likely for P2Pers

Comms: Mobile

• Half of mobile data virgins say never again No thanks
• Mobile search is the new battlefield for Google Comment Wanted: mobile partner for long-term relationship

Comms: Networks

• PlusNet obliterates customer emails Exclusive Punters cut-off by bungling storage update

Distribution

• DCC Sercom trading picks up Err, that's it

Hardware

• Dell hands out plug for Sun CEO That'll keep you, er, loud
• Fabric7 beats Sun to x86 SMP smack-down Socket man
• Hitachi goes virtual Ta-ta to tape
• IBM begins third phase of Power5+ journey Fewer cores, more options
• Sun takes the Opteron highroad Where blades are bloated and oddities thrive
• Who are you? Can you prove it? Findings from the Reg reader study

Hardware: Data Networking

• Lucent to cull 9,000 staff And warns on profit

Lifecycle: Execute

• More Carphone CRM goes online NetSuite snaffles some more

Management: Financial News

• PowerSellers slam eBay 'ballsup' No chance for NOCHEX

Management: Public Sector

• Passports and car tax go offline Bring on ID cards, things can't get worse...

Music and Media

• Reg reporter pledges to sort out internet McCarthy 2006 Kieren McCarthy stands for ICANN board

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Microsoft 'iPod clone' makes an appearance Allegedly

News: Networking

• Seagate readies SOHO-friendly 1TB NAS box Shared storage

News: Phones

• LG, Samsung clamshells coming for O2's i-mode Low-end handset line-up extended

News: iPod

• Apple moving to metal iPods? MacBook Pro-like design?
• Pebble micro MP3 player renamed 'Oomi' Who, me?

Odds and Sods

• Register men defy machine IQ threat Letters And we ponder the hygiene issues of iPods

R&R: Books

• Anti-Hacker’s Toolkit Book review How they do it, so you can stop them

Reseller

• BT merges networking dealers Step forward, BT iNet
• Datatec makes BEEline for SA merger Critical mass

Reviews: iPod

• i-Steroid 2 valve amplifier and speakers Review Old-style sound for your new-look iPod

Science

• Astronauts complete second space walk Now prepping for float no. 3
• Government ready to go nuclear Controversial policy

Security: ID

• Home Office stands by ID cards Says project is not on the rocks

Software

• Patent litigation treaty renews software patents battle Fears of spiralling costs
• Tunnel of death interrupts Ballmer But Microsoft's partner show must go on

Software: Applications

• Microsoft finally puts date on hosted CRM Devil's in the lack of detail

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft ends support for Windows 98 Time for an upgrade