28th April 2008 Archive

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Code: Java/J2EE

• JBuilder 2008: Bold vision, rough edges Review No assembly required

Code: Unix/Linux/Open Source

• Sun woos Linux distros with bundle deals Take our software, please...

Comms: Mobile

• Freenet to buy debitel for $2.54bn Redraws German mobile map
• Mexican press aide lifts US gov BlackBerrys Presidential summit devices go walkabout
• Nokia decks execs as it counts cost of free music Exclusive Doing a Hoover?
• Skype comes to mobile (almost) Some Voice Over The IP

Hardware

• AMD touts Business Class service to PC vendors Looking for leg room in the corporate world
• Union blasts chip industry's 'cancer risk denial' Semiconductor bosses say no need for UK-wide study

Hardware: Data Networking

• Citrix scales up NetScaler Interop 2008 Web application acceleration accelerated

Hardware: Servers

• Intel lands Cray AMD two-timed

Hardware: Storage

• Western Digital's VelociRaptor primes data center charge 'We'll organic our way in'

Information: Databases

• Microsoft snags Google-thrashing data pioneer SQL Server gets cloudy

Market News

• China and Russia still piracy hotbeds, says US gov 'Pirates and counterfeiters'

Music and Media

• Coldplay in digital and vinyl giveaway Viva La Vida freebie single

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia launches entry-level GeForce 9 GPU 9600 GSO debuts

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• Microsoft winds down smart wristwatch Spot watch sold out, never to be replaced

News: Laptops

• Asus to spin off Eee product line? Independent brand

News: Mac

• Apple punts 'Penryn' iMacs Desktops get latest Core 2 Duo CPUs

News: Phones

• Alcatel presents rubber-key candybars Cutting edge
• New season Prada phone coming soon to catwalk? Next season's must have?
• Nokia intros snazzy talker trio More model numbers
• Supermarket offers phones for a fiver No need to save

News: Smartphones

• Rumour-mill rumbles on Apple, Immersion vibro iPhone pact claim Shake-up in handset haptics?

News: Wii

• Nintendo says no to Wii price cuts For 2008, at least

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• El Reg visits Hyderaspace and sees bullocks, giant rabbits A whistlestop tour of India's Hitec city
• Canadian geeks to turn off the tech 3 May is Shutdown Day
• US lag sues over prison crash diet 'We're starved to death', moans 140kg murder suspect

Public Sector: Government

• Lightning-zapgun maker gets more US gov cash Set phasers to 'mulct'
• MoD in push for alternative military energy tech Camouflage green includes brown and black
• Reaper aerial killbots enlist mobile phones against owners 'Hello... 20 seconds to comply? Who is this?'
• Spy regs used against dogs, litterbugs More RIPA wheezes
• UK elections vulnerable to fraud - e-voting no solution Postal votes, electoral rolls open to abuse

Public Sector: Law

• Saudi blogger freed from prison after four months No charges, no trial

Reviews: Desktops

• Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e green PC Review Consumes less power than a lightbulb?

Science: Space

• Natasha Henstridge braces for Impact Dwarf star hits Moon, Earth has bad hair day
• Second Galileo test sat now in orbit GIOVE-B lifts off after long delays

Security

• Botnet agent plays lost sheep to avoid detection The Kraken wakes
• New attack technique threatens databases Lateral thinking about SQL injection

Security: Anti-Virus

• Anti-virus hacking contest polarizes vendors Race to Zero intolerance
• VXers slap copyright notices on malware What happened to honour among thieves?

Security: Crime

• Canuck faces life sentence for nude girl webcam scheme As young as 14

Security: Spyware

• Yahoo! pimping malware from banner ads Doesn't seem to care

Software: Applications

• Google trumpets PageRank for pics Image search gets real