15th March 2007 Archive

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• Microsoft gives pirates thumbs up, and open source gets thumbs down To subscribe to Channel Register's weekly digest newsletter - seven days of channel news in a single hit - click here.

Code: Microsoft/.Net

• Architectual insights A second postcard from Microsoft's Architect Insight conference

Comms

• Cisco Borgs WebEx $3.2bn conferencing play

Comms: Mobile

• Reding puts roaming cuts on ministers' conference table CeBIT You can't trust the industry to do it itself...
• Regulator gives 'home-zone' services the go-ahead Mobile calls at cheaper, fixed-line rates
• T-Mobile sings to My Opera Incorporates online community to web 'n' walk

Comms: Networks

• Folding@home comes to the PS3 Help frag cancer

Comms: Wireless

• Vodafone moves to flat-rate data on roaming €12 per day for 50MB of data

Hardware

• Fujitsu Siemens chief predicts the empty desktop CeBIT Is that a virtualised environment in your pocket?
• MoD opens urban-warfare compo Design ambush-sniffing tech and win a barrel of pork

Hardware: Servers

• IBM cuts up HP's cool blade claims Your air flow is, like, so unflowy
• Red Hat to pack punch on Oracle clustering? Analysis More than just a Linux distro

Information: Knowledge

• Informatica glues new and old data for salesforce.com Sticky

Management

• Brits dubious of UK data sharing plans They don't have all the information
• SOA key to survival for businesses Adoption will make you stronger and faster, expert says
• Work permit fears doused Still smouldering

Management: Financial News

• AOL flees TradeDoubler Shareholders snub offer

Management: Government

• Congressman Frank slams online gambling ban Calls for repeal

Management: IT Director

• ICANN: we can help Registerfly mess ICANN shows its frownie face as carnage continues

Management: Law

• Amazon 1-Click to rule 'em all? Not if Kiwi has his way The prior art of shopping
• EC chucks RFID regs back to industry CeBIT Smart chips too hot to handle
• Yahoo! can! help! jail! Chinese! dissidents! Chinese journalists still in jail

Management: Public Sector

• DWP told to come clean on IT 'We've told you before'

Music and Media

• Douglas Coupland on bloggers, YouTube and Bubble 2.0 SXSW Generation X, Microserfs author spooked
• Lego, Superman and the US Army SXSW Reg done messing with Texas
• Smut set still teaching retail crowd SXSW Pay to play
• Truths, half-truths and Wikipedia Comment Journalists play with loose facts
• Who needs a PC? 'Amazon Unbox on TiVo' debuts Comment Sticks everything on your telly

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD steams into world chip maker top ten ATI purchase lifts chart position
• Samsung tight-lipped about UMPC's 'new' Intel CPU CeBIT Core 2 Duo ULV or 'Steeley'

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Linksys side-steps Wi-Fi limits with powerline kit CeBIT Backs HomePlug AV standard

News: Hi-Def

• Toshiba to bring 'budget' 1080p HD DVD player to Europe CeBIT

News: PCs

• Commodore specs up Cxx games machine CeBIT C64 emulator on board
• Samsung unveils usable UMPC CeBIT Q1 Ultra adds keyboard, decent screen

Science: Biology

• Biofuels plant announced for Teesside As US boffins reckon to turn industry upside down

Science: Space

• Agencies mull global plans for space exploration A United Federation of, er, Planet?
• Galactic fog cloaks magnificent fossil stars Unofficially...
• Galileo PFI delayed by revenue fears Euro satnav project wanders off track
• NASA boffin outlines asteroid mission Early stages, but possible

Security: Anti-Virus

• Blogger.com 'riddled' with malware RSS SOS

Security: Crime

• Homicide trial delayed by lost remote control Weary cops unable to copy CCTV footage
• Man used S&M website to incite rape of former mistress Ordered to stand trial in fiendish plot

Security: Enterprise Security

• Google to anonymize user data It's about time
• Rare flaw sighted in OpenBSD kernel Thar she overflows

Software: Applications

• Mail widget bug stumps MS Live.com and Let Die