12th July 2006 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• JEE5: the beginning of the end? Complicated, very complicated

Distribution

• C2000 beefs up server and storage sales teams Promotions
• Oracle signs up Ingram Micro Europe SME test

Hardware

• EC vs. MS: IT depts find a champ in Europe Analysis If nerve holds
• Microsoft 'streamlines' ERP and CRM pricing From each according to his own

Information

• Benchmarks, bunkum and baloney Comment Performance figure hype

Management

• Capgemini outsources jobs to BT Exclusive 225 UK staff affected
• EC hearing all about patents today Costs a major concern
• EU cuts roaming charges Finally punts plan to slash prices
• SMS message saves stricken yacht With a little help from the Coastguard

Management: IT Director

• Ingres trades up with NYSE chief Door opener

Music and Media

• Google erases Malta The lost city of Valletta
• Jesus reveals cure for cancer to eBayer Also divulges precise location of Heaven
• Kazaa parent pulls lawsuit against P2P site CEO still sue happy
• Not delayed, not sleeping, dead - UK ID card scheme goes under Damned with indeterminate schedules...
• Outsourced data must be protected, says privacy chief Companies liable for third party breaches
• Sky News in soft porn pic outrage Kiddies exposed to Spanish smut
• Tiscali and BPI in filesharing standoff C&W keeping well out of it
• US restricts online gambling Outright ban gets closer
• Web 2.0 meets its Alamo? Netscape's New Coke moment

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• FSP to ship CrossFire, SLI-friendly PSU next week Booster X3 on its way
• German anti-trust officials received complaint against Intel But organisation won't say who made it
• Havok ships physics-on-GPU coding tool Adds character-environment interaction too

News: Consoles

• MS turns to ATI for Xbox 360 HD DVD decoder Battle lines drawn

News: Hi-Def

• HD DVD backers plan $150m marketing blitz Roadshow response to counter PS3 countdown

News: Phones

• Symbian updates smart-phone OS Native Wi-Fi support at last

News: Smartphones

• T-Mobile UK brings push email to MDA smart phones Updates posted for older devices

News: Storage

• Indian boffin touts protein-based '50TB DVD' From Blu-ray to bacteria...

Reseller

• 'Steady progress' at Computacenter Which is nice

Science: Physics

• Costs swell at America's most infamous weapons lab Betting on 'efficiencies'
• Energy Review looks to generate security Darling of the nuclear industry

Science: Space

• Indian satellite launch ends in disaster Oh dear...

Security

• Five critical updates mark MS Patch Tuesday Overtime for sysadmins looms
• Galileo codes cracked Security by obscurity fails again
• Gmail phishing email offers $500 prize You've got malware
• Secure Computing buys CipherTrust Messaging security push gathers momentum

Software

• Commission beats Microsoft with €280m stick Penalty dished out before appeal judgement

Software: Operating Systems

• Gates 'glad' to delay Vista some more If it ain't prime-time