3rd March 2008 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• T-Mobile Germany schafts Nokia The radical price of zero handsets?
• T-Mobile sinks money into femtocells Tiny cell vendor finds room for operator cash

Comms: Networks

• Europe hits one million FTTH broadband connections But still lags US, Japan

Distribution

• Northamber sees slight H1 upswing 'Cautiously confident'

Hardware

• Ballmer deploys greenery in CeBIT charm offensive How software can save the world
• US, Canada seize fake Cisco goods Rotten routers

Hardware: Servers

• Microsoft's data center offensive sounds offensive 24 new information plants rumored
• NextIO grabs $19m for virtualized PCI Express extravaganza Dell licks lips

Hardware: Storage

• Adaptec lobs Series 5 RAID controllers at SATA and SAS So enthusiastic, they skipped Series 4

Information: Databases

• Zend to extend Windows PHP work LAMP's WAMP challenge

Management: Law

• Endemol tech chief to be released from Dubai slammer Airport drugs investigation dropped
• Nokia lands another punch on Qualcomm UK High Court sides with the Finnish

Management: Public Sector

• DoH IT projects overshoot budgets by £247,000 'Unexpected technical issues'
• Ofcom stands up to Information Commissioner When regulators attack
• US government forces military secrets on Brit webmaster Sorry, we thought you were us

Music and Media

• Baidu sued by Chinese copyright group Claims 'unfettered piracy'
• Jimbo Wales dumps lover on Wikipedia eBay hath fury of woman scorned
• Nine Inch Nails cracks net distribution (maybe) Finally, a plan we can take seriously

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel launches Atom brand for UMPC CPUs Centrino version too

News: Laptops

• Asus revs compact Lamborghini laptop Smaller model for city use?
• Fujitsu Siemens pitches Eee-style sub-notebook at pros Updated Launches 1kg Centrino tablet with 8.9in screen

News: Phones

• Nokia unveils network-tied handset pair Vodafone and T-Mobile only

News: Smartphones

• Acer kick-starts smartphone biz with E-Ten buy New owner for Glofiish
• Sony Ericsson site indicates Xperia 'arc slider' set-back Out in '09 not '08?

News: Storage

• Apple's Time Capsule: is its HDD really 'server grade'? Pics suggest Mac maker's using desktop drives

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Bolluxed router configuration? Click here for help Marketing email tells it like it is
• Polish builder sacked for humping hoover London kids' hospital outrage

Q&A

• Which powerline for multi-room TV? Q&A

Reviews: GPS

• Route 66 Mini Regional satnav Review Bargain

Science: Biology

• Spanish bull breeder to clone prize stud Fighting spirit - at a price

Science: Physics

• CERN completes 'world’s largest jigsaw puzzle' Slots final major component into Large Hadron Collider

Security

• Bain and Huawei return to 3com buy-out table Will they appease US concerns this time around?

Security: Anti-Virus

• Underground tools foil generic virus detection Covert malware testing

Security: Spam

• Smut peddlers and spammers invade Google Groups Junk bazaar

Software

• Microsoft's cloudy vision revealed Good news or bad news for partners?

Software: Applications

• NetScape Navigator put out to pasture This is the end