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2nd June 2007 Archive

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  • DHS: beware stink-bomb touting terrorists

    'Chemicals of interest' list smells fishy

    Unusual paranoia over chemical attack in the US takes many forms. It can be seen in a recent piece of trouble from the Department of Homeland Security, a long list of "chemicals of interest" it wishes to require all university settings to inventory. "Academic institutions across the country claim they will have to spend …

    Security 2 Jun 2007, 04:12

  • Why Apple won't sell 10 million iPhones in 2008

    Comment One per cent is aiming too high

    Steve Jobs sounds modest with his 2008 sales prediction: "10 million iPhones is one per cent of the mobile phone market". This is indeed true, but it's not a useful benchmark. The vast majority of those phones are super cheap. The smartphone category, which is closest to iPhone territory, is very different. Symbian has sold 100 …

    Mobile 2 Jun 2007, 07:02

  • Russia: our space atom rockets are bigger, nyah nyah

    Analysis 'Son of Star Wars' a phantom menace

    Russian strategic forces revealed this week that they have successfully tested a new intercontinental nuclear weapon, underscoring their ability to penetrate the developing US missile shield. "The RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile will strengthen the military potential of Russia's strategic rocket forces to overcome anti …

    Government 2 Jun 2007, 08:02

  • Balli gets heavy metal InFocus

    Case study Attunity front end for steel trader's vintage dBase application

    Keeping track of the complexities of international metals trading deals means data integration on a grand scale. As one of the world's largest steel traders, Balli Group has had to cope with fundamental changes in its business in the last few years as a result of growing international demand for steel. Most of its activity …

    Developer 2 Jun 2007, 09:02

  • Blanket license considered harmful - societies chief

    CISAC We can't legalize P2P

    The first collective license for music was conceived almost a century ago, and their heirs - all the world's collection societies - met for a Copyright Summit in Brussels this week. Collection societies exist to raise money for 'performers' where it's too tedious and expensive to count every 'performance'. They draw lots of …

    Media 2 Jun 2007, 16:26

  • Data Analysis 2.0

    What happens to traditional data analysis in the world of the web?

    The World Wide Web can be thought of as one very large database, with information distributed in loosely-connected nodes across a wide array of systems. Compare this to the historically structured world of the relational database management system (RDBMS), where data is neatly managed in tables and columns in a relatively closed …

    Developer 2 Jun 2007, 21:09