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• The cheapest calling plan of all: Friends and Family on the company phone

  UK.biz subsidises our social life

  British workers are spending around £400m a year on personal calls using company mobile phones, according to research from Aurora Kendrick James (AJK). Employers who mistakenly claw back VAT on personal calls could land themselves in hot water with HM Revenue and Customs. So says AJK, of Chatham Kent, which, you will be …

  Small Biz 10 Jun 2007, 08:02

• Bluetooth headsets to get dual mics

  Aussie developers use secondary mics for noise suppression

  Adding a second microphone to a Bluetooth headset significantly improves its ability to capture speech by making it more effective at noise cancellation and suppression, according to Australian audio software developer Dynamic Hearing. The company has added a multi-mic feature called VoiceField to its Atlas audio processing …

  Wireless 10 Jun 2007, 09:02

• CodeGear: still for sale

  New strategic direction: Borland competes with itself

  Keeping up with Borland’s corporate plans is a challenge. In early 2006, it said it would sell its IDE tools business, including the Delphi and JBuilder products. Nine months later it formed CodeGear, but as a wholly-owned subsidiary, saying that nobody came up with a good enough offer. “It was obvious that the positive cash …

  Developer 10 Jun 2007, 09:02

• The geek gods have spoken - let the video games begin

  GIGSE 2007 Of bread and games - is skill gaming for money the next big thing?

  Could skill gaming be the next big forum for online gambling? One of the hottest topics at the Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE) in Montreal this week was the economic potential of wagering on skill gaming. Software and gambling providers alike are looking for new sources of revenue after a year of heavy-handed …

  Law 10 Jun 2007, 12:02

• Crypto boffins urge Belgium to withdraw early ePassports

  Second-gen documents also 'flawed'

  RFID passports from Belgium remained flawed almost three years into their introduction, according to a study by cryptographic researchers. The Belgian ePassports, now in their second generation, lack effective security features that would prevent sensitive data on microchips from being read surreptitiously. Analysis by security …

  ID 10 Jun 2007, 12:02