Tuesday, 17 August 2004

Business

• IBM buys Maersk Data Fancy a Danish
• Merrill Lynch downgrades notebook makers Cites falling margins, weakening demand
• Siemens faces outsource protest strike National Savings jobs off to India?
• Small.biz left standing in ecommerce gold rush There's riches in them thar stores

Enterprise

• BBC boffins trial Olympics by multicast Broadband treat
• BSkyB sues EDS for breach of contract Claims 'deceit, negligent misrepresentation' over CRM deal
• HP's order system chaos to continue throughout August HP World SAP hell lingers
• HP's Unix base offered Opteron carrot HP World Come for a stroll in the Sun
• IP telephony tests go global VoIP a-go-go, come October
• Maxtor boosts SATA HDD cache to 16MB New DiamondMax 10s sport dual processors too
• Veritas opens China shop New corporate entity and development center

Internet and Law

• Canadian police back snooping tax Surveillance surcharge
• Gov.UK and MS upgrade licensing deal Polishing memorandum of understanding
• Illinois seeks overseas Internet drug network While Big Pharma predicts mass poisonings
• Real halves music prices, widens loss But the labels are the real winners
• Single 419er faces Dutch porridge 52 cuffed, one conviction
• Via.Networks buys PSINet Europe ...but not UK

Mobile

• PalmOne offers Wi-Fi card... ...for just two PDAs
• Second consortium unveils 'broadband Wi-Fi' proposal Battle lines being drawn in fight for 802.11n

Odds and Sods

• BOFH takes a hit from Cupid's arrow Episode 26 Shall I compare thee to an OS2-free Intel box?
• Crack Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Site Offer Save 30% at The Reg Bookshop
• Email chancer claims copyright on @ Updated Using @ regularly? Better cough up, then
• HP's Fiorina stood up by Argentina's President HP World Belly bands and three-legged stools
• IT managers prescribe holistic security Reg Reader Studies But don't swallow own medicine
• Microsoft is right, and so are ID cards Letters Blimey
• Vote now to name BSA's antipiracy weasel Poll The Mother of all Mustelid polls

Personal

• Gartner lowers PC forecasts Weak USA
• Intel delays cheap hi-def TV tech Liquid-crystal-on-silicon chips need further refinement

Security

• CA buys PestPatrol In brief Anti-spyware play
• Footing the Big Brother webtap bill CALEA snoops, you pay
• Summer spammers get raunchy Porn spam up 350% since June

Software

• 200 apps clash with XP SP2 Users brace for bumpy ride
• IBM says SCO contract claims are an 'illusion' Dismiss please

Monday, 16 August 2004

Business

• AMD Athlon 64 sales forecast to rise 50% in H2 More, cheaper chips coming off AMD's production lines
• Dell drops out of China's low-end PC market Beaten at own game?
• Ebookers ups revs, narrows losses 'Encouraging' signs
• IT staff strike 'indefinitely' in Swansea Workers demand guarantees
• McAfee buys Foundstone for $86m In brief Risk management play
• OFT fingers Bristol man over misleading data protection ad SMEs beware
• Taiwan ODMs signal notebook sales slowdown Weak demand in H2

Enterprise

• AMD could ship a quad-core Opteron on 2007 Analyst bullish on chipmaker's dual-core confidence
• HP preps little EVA starter box HP World A software bundle
• HP unveils Unix roadmaps HP World Free Alpha upgrades to stem defections
• HP's Livermore opts for 'content free' content HP World Booth intro steals show
• LTO-3 bounces in ahead of schedule Could it be third time lucky for Certance?

Internet and Law

• China jails woman in porn crackdown 'Lewd' shows a no-no
• Data watchdog slams ID card plans Docile Brits too ready to accept Big Brother surveillance
• EC mulls MS DRM monopoly trawl ContentGuard decision due next week
• MS invokes DMCA to stop SP2 file sharing demo Tilting at windmills?
• Net porn good for you: official Ground-breaking Australian study
• On the Beastie Boys 'virus' CD Review Does not attempt world domination

Mobile

• Intel restrains Radio Free vision Deployment schedule slows

Odds and Sods

• HK feds bust illegal cricket fighting ring Cops KO giant battling insects

Personal

• Apple files 'chameleon' computer case patent Glows in whatever colour you like

Security

• Infected PCs spew MyDoom variant Business as usual
• Sluggish movement on power grid cyber security 'Doesn't go far enough'

Software

• Cut-down Windows will boost piracy - Gartner XP Lite is a few spanners short
• Newham and Microsoft sign 10-yr deal Its all official, right down to IE

Saturday, 14 August 2004

Internet and Law

• DRM is doubleplus good for business, Congress advised The Budget Office and the case of the disappearing public interest
• eBay answers craigslist's investor request Auction site seeks eligible portal

Friday, 13 August 2004

Business

• AMD sells first 90nm CPUs - analyst Revenue shipments this week, volume output next month
• BBC Tech staff reject Siemens sell-off - again So that's a 'no' then?
• Cardholders clueless on chip and pin Chaotic Xmas in prospect for retailers
• How to make hard cash from old IT EU recycling directive may not lighten your wallet
• Office phones filthier than toilet seat And as for your PC...
• Outsourcing Human Resources: cause for celebration? Sadly not
• Small.biz unprepared for disaster Planning? We've heard of it...
• Why aren't more women in ICT? Equal Opportunities Commission wants to know

Enterprise

• HP: The Adaptive Enterprise that can't adapt Opinion SAP hardly to blame

Internet and Law

• CBI wishes for the ID scheme we're not getting It could be a good thing, but it isn't, apparently...
• Cheat on me and the sex vid goes live Revenge is a dish best served online

Mobile

• Euro filing reveals Apple 'handheld computer' More wireless tablet than PDA, we'd say

Odds and Sods

• 419ers break into the oil business Discounted black gold
• 419ers make guest appearance in Doom 3 Updated Alive and well in 2145
• El Reg pledges to name BSA antipiracy weasel Competition Get those suggestions in
• Reg readers warm to BSA antipiracy weasel Letters Awwww, ain't he cute?
• Ashlee Vance: the readers have spoken Poll results Bright news for resident Reg ladyboy
• BOFH: How dangerous are your users? BOFH Userometer Click here to find out
• Buffy the Censor Slayer Letters Readers drive stake through parents' group
• Clockwork radio pioneer to float company Cash for aspiring inventors
• Digital print booths: more reader snapshots Letters Say cheese
• Nanotech aids green hydrogen production British company splits water
• SEC to examine Playboy for boobs Larry, Sergey grace the glossy

Personal

• European sofas brace for HDTV Couch potato heaven
• Hush ATX silent PC Review A work of art?

Security

• Credit card crime squad celebrates success 36,000 cards recovered, 171 felons cuffed
• UK police issue 'vicious' Trojan alert Keystroke-logging 'Swiss army knife'
• US Emergency Alert System open to hack attack Security and encryption 'not primary design criteria'

Software

• Corporates can delay XP SP2 auto-update Give me security - later

Thursday, 12 August 2004

Business

• Chinese sales staff sent to beg in streets You need to toughen up, sunshine
• Commerce One fights for survival Costs outstrip sales for troubled software vendor
• Dell dances past the IT sector with strong Q2 Texas two-step
• How to boost your Business IQ Tackling information overload and content chaos
• HP shares tumble on weak Q3 Hardware execs shown the door
• IBM shows HP how it's done with hiring binge 19,000 and counting
• Nvidia revs GeForce 6600, 6600 GT But won't do much for Doom 3 until late September
• O2 seeks small biz with penchant for Abba Could you cut it in the 1970s office?
• Small.biz loses rag with late payers Cough up, or push off

Enterprise

• Blu-ray movie disc format unveiled BD-ROM to challenge HD-DVD
• HP cans Blackmore in hardware biz shakeup Saving face

Internet and Law

• AOL, Inc in cheap PC offer Pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap
• Broadband costs fall in UK Standing ovation from digital nation
• BT cuts cost of calling mobiles Ta very much
• Charity forces closure of 'bully' website Police investigate forum abuse
• DVD Jon cracks Airport music streaming JustePort a new headache for Apple's DRM team
• Leap leaps into fixed-line broadband Irish unbundle for the business punter

Mobile

• Aussie telco moots payphone Wi-Fi hotzones Blanket coverage
• Firms tout 'universal' tech for 802.11n 540Mbps (almost) everwhere, without royalty fees
• Is enhanced voice the new mobile data? Operators missing a trick?
• Packard Bell preps iPod Mini clone 5GB capacity, credit-card size
• UK scientists roll out Wi-Fi proof wallpaper Paper over the crackers

Odds and Sods

• 419er sells herself into sexual slavery Help me, get paid - and laid
• Name that antipiracy weasel, BSA asks kids Blackbeard the Ferret? Maybe not
• Sharp's 3D LCD: how's that work, then? LCD sandwiches and parallax barriers

Personal

• Apple's second Japan store to open 28 August Shinsaibashi-bound

Security

• Blaster teen pleads guilty Script kiddie faces up to 3 years' jail
• Los Alamos and the missing discs that never were Headless chickens chase phantom secrets
• OECD unveils Spam Task Force Lock and load

Software

• Munich OSS switch to go ahead, patents or no patents Merely paused for thought, says mayor
• WinXP SP2: stop moaning and get downloading Opinion Real progress for Redmond

Wednesday, 11 August 2004

Business

• 70 UK ISPs in anti-BT uprising ADSL prices threaten small operators
• AMD to overtake Intel in 2017... ...but only if you read too much into the market share stats
• Apple UK launches business Mac trade-in deal Up to £540 for your old machine, apparently
• Bosses warned on employment 'myths' Check first, fire later
• Datatec buys Analysys for £12.8m Brace for 'synergistic accretive business'
• Nvidia GeForce 6600GT pics pop up on Web Mid-range PCI Express-native parts
• Small.biz loves online banking Gagging for it, apparently
• Tablet PCs gain ground But many resellers still think the format will fail

Enterprise

• You can lose a job by buying Cisco SAP in the dog house too

Internet and Law

• 321 Studios gives movie makers going away payout Thanks for the memories
• Al-Qaeda computer geek nearly overthrew US Update A close shave, the Bushies claim
• Bush gets soverized on the Web Words are words and people are people
• eBay UK goes mobile Anytime, Anyplace, eBay Anywhere
• Napster offers cut-price grooves to grunts US armed forces get legal digital music service
• Punters to enjoy Olympics online A veritable Netathlon
• Wanadoo comes a cropper for 'full speed' broadband ad Slapped by watchdog

Mobile

• Mosquitos smartphone 'Trojan' there by design An urban myth is born
• Vodafone seeks punters for UK consumer 3G trial Register your interest in faster ringtone downloads

Odds and Sods

• Armadillo rocket spread over Texas X-Prize coated in diller droppins
• Ashlee Vance: The Mother of all Polls Poll Hero or Zero? The readers must decide
• BOFH: Tripping the mangelfreuzer switch Episode 25 Crash, bang, wallop
• Brazilians to brew supercoffee Genome cracked, kettle on
• Enraged readers pile into Reg hacks Letters Regarding what? Take your pick...
• Get your Blunkett-bashing NO2ID shirt here Cash'n'Carrion Campaigning apparel back in stock
• NASA green lights robotic Hubble fix $1bn rescue mission in three years

Personal

• Dell nabs HP notebook exec HP counters with Gateway ex
• Sharp launches '3D' LCD screen With a price tag so big it has its own stand

Security

• AOL AIMs to fix security flaw Buffer the IM Slayer
• London schoolkids drown in spam tsunami Drugs, smut and viruses on the curriculum
• MS plugs 'moderate' Exchange vuln DEFCON 0.02 or thereabouts

Software

• The case for open source Java Evolution, innovation
• Windows pricing begins to buckle Cheapo, crippled XP for Asia
• WinXP Starter Edition - MS spins an ecosystem from crippleware Takes you back to Dos, doesn't it?