25th September 2006 Archive

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Code

• Sybase squeezes more SAP into devices Mobie move

Comms: Mobile

• Calif. court OKs suit against Nextel billing 'spam' Millions at stake, but for whom?
• Carphone Warehouse ships out to US Goes West with Best Buy
• How to stop exam cheating: put teenagers in cages Stupid idea 101
• One device or two? And who chooses? Mobile Workshop Rounding it all up
• Orange batphone comes home to roost 'Unique' converged offering

Comms: Networks

• Telehouse felled by power outage First time ever...since August

Hardware

• Intel hypes WiMAX to the sky in Brazil Column A man in a van would do

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco doubles switch ports Claims perfect cost/performance storm
• No more kickboxing for the cook Ionian Blog Switching things off at sea

Information

• Data analysis isn't dead It ain't no good if it ain't got good data

Management: Financial News

• Bush tasks tech execs with rebuilding Lebanon From Silicon Valley to Bekaa Valley
• Could Capellas return to save HP? Reg steps in for resigned CEO pickers
• Google buckles in Belgian copyright wrangle Waterloo for Google News in November
• Nominet board candidate interviews Podcast Who should run the UK internet registry?
• Online pharmacies raided by UK regulator 'If you sell illegal medicines, we will stop you'
• Online shoppers want to be healthy Just need a reminder

Management: IT Director

• Smart axes 180 in strategic review 'Low margin businesses' also face the chop

Music and Media

• Finnish court clarifies breast-fondling tariff €2.5k per feel excessive, judge rules
• Fourth Samsung exec pleads guilty to price fixing Agrees to eight month jail term

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Dell Apple to ditch Intel for AMD? Analysis Same old (inaccurate) speculation, different names
• AMD boycotts Intel IDF Cancels hack hijack
• Buffalo readies 1.2GHz DDR 2 DIMM set Can reach PC2-10000 level, retailer claims

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Fujifilm lines up face-detecting compact camera Spots mug, snaps it

News: PCs

• Asus to update HD DVD laptop for Core 2 Duo ATI's strained silicon GPU on board too
• Man saves laptop from battery blaze Brave or foolhardy? You decide...
• Sony probes Los Angeles Airport laptop blaze Who's battery was in that ThinkPad?

News: Storage

• Seagate ships breast cancer benefit pocket drive 750GB DVR unit too

News: iPod

• UK firm touts phone-friendly Bluetooth media player

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Robin Hood actually Welsh, says American You've come to Caerdydd once too often, Bran ap Brychan!

R&R: Opinion

• A database solution is more than database software Blog Do people normalise database designs in phones?

Reviews: Mac

• Elgato EyeTV Hybrid USB TV tuner for Mac Review All you need to make a Mac a media centre?

Science

• The Emperor's New AI 'It looks like you're trying to have a conversation with a computer. Can I help?'
• US outfit patents 'invisible' UAV Stealth through persistence of vision

Science: Biology

• Graduate women more likely to orgasm: official NSFW A decent job helps, too

Science: Space

• Hubble survey yields clues to galaxy formation Theorists probably right, after all
• Telecommuting space tourist soaks in the views Despite queasy start

Security

• Hackers target home users for cash 'It's war out there' says Symantec report
• UK punters still falling for phishers Gosh, this email looks official

Security: Enterprise Security

• Breach Security steps in to UK Thinking about a deal
• Unofficial IE patch saves humanity Third party, fire and theft

Security: ID

• ID cards could cost less, minister says Still horribly intrusive, though