14th September 2006 Archive

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Code

• Progress gets SaaSy OK partner, go do it

Code: Java/J2EE

• Microsoft won't collect on web services IP Dispels fears?

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Commission concerned about Vista security Countdown faceoff

Comms: Mobile

• AT&T decision over MobiTV means Modeo will go it alone Tuner kahuna
• RIM faces OS rewrite headache Analysis Get coding - or get Symbian?
• Wi-Fi Alliance bows to market need for early 802.11n products Analysis Standards can't keep up with market
• Youth can’t do without phones, alcohol, drugs Too much money and too little to spend it on?

Hardware: Data Networking

• BT extends Fusion to corporate customers Companies can keep in touch through Wi-Fi hotspots
• Less British, more telecoms please BT sets out world-domination plans

Hardware: Servers

• EqualLogic tiers SAS for faster iSCSI iSCSI's still banging on the door, but it's banging faster...
• Forget market share, Opteron is a market cap maker Analysis Billions in emotion
• Fujitsu pulls out switch blade for IBM, Dell and HP All together now
• XenSource loves Microsoft people (true) Friends of friends

Hardware: Storage

• IBM ships tape with hardware crypto First to market, but a pricey solution to lost tapes

Management: Financial News

• Don't mess with Google's astroturf squad DC's hardcore lobbyists go to work
• Justice Department defends using 'dated' laws in gambling arrests High Wire Act
• Microsoft Dynamics leader named Technologist takes reins

Management: Public Sector

• Gov spins data sharing Threatens Data Protection Act?
• Hotshot to revive Gov. procurement OGC takes third way (BS)
• UK.gov bulks up for Microsoft savings 1.5 million public sector users

Music and Media

• Spanish police trainees cop an eyeful of smut Introductory video with a difference
• Starbucks hit with big bucks lawsuit Woman demands $114m over cancelled free drink promo
• Teachers break silence on fingerprinting children Jenkins, get that OFF the scanner NOW

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia ships 'first' 80nm mobile graphics chip GeForce Go 7700 to debut in Asus laptop
• Sony pre-announces Nvidia GeForce 7600 GTL Media Center PC to incorporate Blu-ray, HDMI too

News: Consoles

• Nintendo details Wii console's Japan debut European, US dates coming later today

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Creative launches widescreen Zen Vision in US Ready for Amazon Unbox downloads, maker says
• Sonos updates network music player code Rhapsody support added and more

News: Mac

• Virgin tells travellers to remove Apple, Dell laptop batteries Pack away those power cells

News: PCs

• China's sub-£100 PC launches Unveils P4-speed successor
• Dell launches AMD-based desktops Entry-level systems
• Sony unveils mobile-on-desktop all-in-one media PC Media Centre

News: Phones

• Apple iPhone slips out in Paris? French news mag makes a splash

News: Smartphones

• HTC preps candybar phone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard Libra's balancing act

News: Useless... but Cool

• Segway sounds sudden wheel reversal warning Upgrade your machine or risk falling off, company says

Reseller

• Logicalis feels Chile New South American offices target VoIP
• Profits and revenue up at Horizon The Sun always shines

Science

• Royal Society opens free online archive 350 years of science available for your reading pleasure

Science: Biology

• Gibraltar: last outpost of the Neanderthal? Clinging on to the Rock

Science: Space

• Pluto's curse named at last The space rock formerly known as Xena

Security

• Holidaymaker uses laptop to nab burglars The long arm of the net
• Patch Tuesday omits critical Word fix Less than zero-day

Security: Enterprise Security

• Net simul-attacks expose US security holes Attackers trounce defenders

Software: Operating Systems

• MS Vista worth $40bn to EC economies So go easy on us, OK?