26th March 2007 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Experts dampen mobile mast health fears Tinfoil hats unnecessary
• Symbian speeds up smartphone OS Version 9.5 apps load 75% faster
• UK kids to get free calls and texts in return for ads No sir, I don't believe you are 16

Comms: Networks

• BT 'secures regulatory approval' in Pipex carve-up While others circle

Comms: VoIP

• Verizon wins injunction against Vonage over patent battle Vonage must stop using tech covered by Verizon's patents

Distribution

• Fayrewood sells shares in ComputerLinks Expects healthy proceeds

Hardware

• Relisys has stopped trading, administrator confirms Went into administration on 21 March

Hardware: Data Networking

• Ericsson deals blow to unified 4G dream Comment Pulls out of WiMAX
• Foundry launches high density WLANs Forges capacity and security boost

Hardware: Servers

• NEC and Stratus find fault tolerance with each other Four-core Xeon box gets hard
• Rackable goes after Sun's white trash data center biz Meet Concentro
• Sun's dim grid a developer thang now Clickle me, Elmo

Hardware: Storage

• Rival bid forced EMC to 'pay too much' for RSA - CEO How do you define gouged?

Lifecycle: Execute

• CMMI, practically speaking Process improvement conference keeps it real

Lifecycle: Manage

• Compuware launches overseas model factory Heading offshore for a little Q&A

Management

• Fire marshal quits over psychic emails Didn't see that coming...
• How green is my vendor? Not very, in many cases

Management: Financial News

• Intel chooses China for new chip plant Washington chooses howls of protest

Management: Government

• IPS explains plan to make copied biometric passports useful Not deliberately or as such, of course...

Management: Law

• As gold fever hits Macau, Ho's still in the money MGM Mirage sees the green as evangelicals see red
• Canada puts its mounted booties down House of Cards To give the Chinese a run for their virtual money
• DMCA architect lambasts music moguls It's your fault we're back to the Mozart era
• Of ICANN and the registrar zombies ICANN Lisbon Or, how I stopped worrying and learned to love our internet overlords
• UK gov to control the causes of crime Surveillance society as panacea

Management: Public Sector

• Blunkett cashes in on ID card experience Kerching!

Management: Small Biz

• Dispute resolution procedures are failing, says DTI 'Well intentioned, but flawed'

Music and Media

• RIAA invites students to settlement barn dance One-stop-shopping for lawsuit avoidance

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia launches nForce 680i LT SLI chipset

News: Consoles

• Dragon's Lair revamped for Blu-ray play Laserdisc de nos jours
• WIN a Sony PlayStation 3 Competition Your chance to win with Register Hardware

News: Smartphones

• SRS confirms unannounced O2 media player handset XDA Flame on

News: iPod

• iTrip updated for second-gen iPod Nano
• Tiny iRiver media player flows into UK

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Centagenarian secures 25-year mortgage Last payment due at a venerable 127
• Satnav plunges £96k Merc into river Lucky escape for misguided woman driver
• US lifts lid on world's largest toilet 33-metre convenience spotted from space

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• Laptop-lob 'paparazzi scum' sue Denise Richards Claim 'emotional stress' over Canada rumpus

Reseller

• PC World repair job leaves family seeing blue 'Brand-spanking new' hard-drive contained animal porn

Reviews: Phones

• LG Prada KE850 touchscreen phone Review Ab fab - or drab?

Science

• Aussie boffins warn on glacial melting Invest in wellie boots

Science: Biology

• Researchers link human skull size and climate Hot head v cool head v Mr Potato Head

Science: Space

• Tiny moon ruining Saturn's day Measuring it, anyway

Security

• Mozilla: security researchers have too much power Time ain't on their side
• SANS to certify programmers for security nous SANS of time

Security: ID

• California cuts off aid to ID thieves Other states continue

Security: Spam

• Image spam fattens junk mail Does my bum look big in this?

Software: Operating Systems

• Vista's long goodbye Deleting files can take forever