4th April 2008 Archive

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Comms

• Google cops to puppeting Great American Wireless Auction Verizon slates 4G for 2010

Comms: Mobile

• BlackBerry rival Visto pushes job cuts A third of London office gets the chop
• Blue Dasher seeks customers for street-level photographs CTIA '08 Technology looking for application?
• Ofcom tempts bidders for 2.6GHz auction How much high-speed wireless can you eat?

Comms: Networks

• Carphone Warehouse stares down BPI and UK.gov on three strikes 'File-sharing is a right, not a privilege'

Hardware

• Creative climbs down over home brew Vista drivers Daniel-K slams 'arrogant and sarcastic' company

Hardware: Storage

• HP adds encryption gear for storage systems Tape and virtual tape get algorithmic
• Sun sues NetApp, take three NetApp needs a c-c-c-combo breaker!

Management: Financial News

• People say Google will buy Skype and Expedia and, and, and, and The Reg plays telephone

Management: IT Director

• Royal Mail sites hit by downtime cock-up Someone's going to get the sack

Market News

• IBM back on Federal bid list Agreement reached with EPA? That was quick

Music and Media

• MySpace Music leaves creators cold Sing for your supper

News

• Ban using mobiles while crossing street, says US legislator Quit your jibber jabber, fool
• Boost your iPhone's network coverage And protect it's looks too
• GPS tracking fights teenage trauma I was at the sweet shop, honest
• Nokia N-Gage goes global Mobile-based gaming
• T-Mobile slashes iPhone cost I'll take two!
• Videogame retailers support Byron Review, says Byron BBFC set for classification expansion?

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: The London Underground vending machine conspiracy Episode 12 No crisps for you

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• How BA handles lost luggage complaints: Shock picture T5 enraged passenger suppression caught on camera
• UK.gov password protects Aryan Governance Summit site Updated 'Promoting Prosperity' through National Socialism
• US teen cuffed for disposable camera 'Taser' Felony charges over 'homemade weapon' shocker

Public Sector: Government

• Al Gore's green job bonanza - can we afford it? Watch out for the real costs of the benefits
• DHS ponders microwave raygun missile defences at airports Electropulse blasters will keep skies safe
• Microsoft lines up with the good guys on identity tech Brands and Cameron pitch the fix for government's Big ID problem

Public Sector: Law

• Business rival makes highest ever online libel payout £119,000 in damages - costs to be decided

Public Sector: Policing

• The peroxide and fruit drink plan to down seven airliners UK liquid bomb trial begins
• Top cop: e-crime is the new drugs 'We need to terrify politicians... appropriately'
• UK.gov will force paedophiles to register email addresses Can anyone spot a flaw in this law?

Reviews: Smartphones

• HTC Touch Dual smartphone Review Good to see HTC back on track

Science

• Brown ignores scientists and pushes pot reclassification Papers? What scientific papers?

Security: Crime

• US cybercrime losses reach $240m Auction fraud means record high

Security: Enterprise Security

• MS keeps admins busy with critical Vista patches QuickTime and Opera updates make for heavy workload

Security: ID

• New banking code cracks down on out-of-date software Customers liable for losses

Security: Making It

• New code strategies to fight side-channel attack Car keys, phone, laptop - all hacked

Software: Applications

• EC probes OOXML standards-setting process It's not over and they're still shouting