Sunday, 16 July 2006

Internet and Law

• 'Let's track paedos with chip implants' - top cop fails tech test Shall we just believe in witchcraft while we're about it?

Saturday, 15 July 2006

Internet and Law

• US government told to take its hands off internet Request for comments produces stark results

Friday, 14 July 2006

Enterprise

• Inventory woes hit EMC profits Gear shift slippage
• Microsoft to Google: get your tanks off our lawn Enterprise search is not for the likes of you
• VMware rubber stamps 'free' Server product Good to slice

Internet and Law

• File-swappers' identities protected by Dutch court Privacy laws
• Kinderstart stopped in its tracks Judge dismisses anti-trust case
• Secret court secretly reviewing secret wiretaps Washington Roundup White House gets custom legislation

Management

• Computing VAT regime will be turned on its head, says EU Commissioner Stop the Carousel, We want to get off
• Human error, sweet music, and more bleeding football To subscribe to The Register's new weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here
• Typepad goes titsup again Panic in Blogosphere

Odds and Sods

• BOFH: Go on then, subcontract us... Episode 23 But pay the price
• America's libido can't afford a Bill Gates University And ninthly Give me Carnegie or give me death!
• eBay in wing-mirror reflectoporn shocker BMW accessory with added va-va-voom
• Readers with plenty to hide poo-poo global database Letters Plus: nukes, typos and terrible punning
• The English: 'bebados arruaceiros e nojentos imbecis' FoTW A Portugeezer writes
• World Cup streaming fails to score Geek TV Everyone opts to watch it on telly instead

Science

• Can leaving a baby to 'cry it out' cause brain damage? Parenting practice
• Is there any evolutionary advantage in snoring? Who nose?
• The Minamata disaster - 50 years on Lessons learned?
• What is deep vein thrombosis? 'Economy class syndrome' uncovered

Security

• Networking sites could help hackers Social climbing

Telecoms

• French poor to get net for €1 per day Cut-price PC plus broadband
• Indies, songwriters want jaw jaw with ISPs Not war war

Thursday, 13 July 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD CPU production deal yields revenues Chartered chips reach customers

Enterprise

• Dell begins rebate offensive Take that, coupons

Internet and Law

• eBay restores Nochex You're banned. You're not.
• The greatest error message of all time? Fish4 takes a dive

Management

• Barnsley teams with Bull ICT joint venture
• Former Peregrine VP faces extradition to US Treaty in the dock
• Intel sends 1,000 managers packing Excise the excess
• IT to fight tax credit fraud But is it too little too late?
• SAP suffers peer pressure Not selling what it should
• Sony Ericsson profits double in Q2 Sales up

Mobile

• 'Smart' phones, stupid punters? The extent of the failure of mobile data
• Cellcos move to 'dilute' roaming laws But Reding ready to take action

Odds and Sods

• Zidane headbutt outrage: new video evidence Updated Viral email offers fresh perspective

PDAs

• Vodafone gets first shout at Palm Euro 3G Treo Device to run Windows Mobile

Science

• Bloodthirsty Killeroo terrorised Oz Can't tie this one down, sport

Security

• Microsoft incentives to influence your security vote Shows 'em the money
• Phishers rip into two-factor authentication Man-in-the-middle
• SurfControl snaps up BlackSpider Managed security services push

Software

• EC begins new pan-European patent love-in Or is it a war?
• Firefox 2.0 ready to test Mozilla offers beta

Telecoms

• AOL hovers on historic decision to quit the ISP market Comment Considers radical change
• Consumer VoIP heads for prime time Computing Which? calls up runners and riders

Wednesday, 12 July 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• German anti-trust officials received complaint against Intel But organisation won't say who made it

Digital Media

• Indian boffin touts protein-based '50TB DVD' From Blu-ray to bacteria...

Enterprise

• EC vs. MS: IT depts find a champ in Europe Analysis If nerve holds
• Microsoft 'streamlines' ERP and CRM pricing From each according to his own

Internet and Law

• Google erases Malta The lost city of Valletta
• Jesus reveals cure for cancer to eBayer Also divulges precise location of Heaven
• Kazaa parent pulls lawsuit against P2P site CEO still sue happy
• Not delayed, not sleeping, dead - UK ID card scheme goes under Damned with indeterminate schedules...
• Outsourced data must be protected, says privacy chief Companies liable for third party breaches
• Sky News in soft porn pic outrage Kiddies exposed to Spanish smut
• Tiscali and BPI in filesharing standoff C&W keeping well out of it
• US restricts online gambling Outright ban gets closer
• Web 2.0 meets its Alamo? Netscape's New Coke moment

Management

• Capgemini outsources jobs to BT Exclusive 225 UK staff affected
• EC hearing all about patents today Costs a major concern
• EU cuts roaming charges Finally punts plan to slash prices
• Ingres trades up with NYSE chief Door opener
• SMS message saves stricken yacht With a little help from the Coastguard

PDAs

• T-Mobile UK brings push email to MDA smart phones Updates posted for older devices

Phones

• Symbian updates smart-phone OS Native Wi-Fi support at last

Science

• Costs swell at America's most infamous weapons lab Betting on 'efficiencies'
• Energy Review looks to generate security Darling of the nuclear industry
• Indian satellite launch ends in disaster Oh dear...

Security

• Five critical updates mark MS Patch Tuesday Overtime for sysadmins looms
• Galileo codes cracked Security by obscurity fails again
• Gmail phishing email offers $500 prize You've got malware
• Secure Computing buys CipherTrust Messaging security push gathers momentum

Software

• Commission beats Microsoft with €280m stick Penalty dished out before appeal judgement
• Gates 'glad' to delay Vista some more If it ain't prime-time

Tuesday, 11 July 2006

Digital Media

• Seagate readies SOHO-friendly 1TB NAS box Shared storage

Enterprise

• Dell hands out plug for Sun CEO That'll keep you, er, loud
• Fabric7 beats Sun to x86 SMP smack-down Socket man
• Hitachi goes virtual Ta-ta to tape
• IBM begins third phase of Power5+ journey Fewer cores, more options
• Lucent to cull 9,000 staff And warns on profit
• Sun takes the Opteron highroad Where blades are bloated and oddities thrive
• Who are you? Can you prove it? Findings from the Reg reader study

Enterprise: Management

• More Carphone CRM goes online NetSuite snaffles some more

Internet and Law

• Reg reporter pledges to sort out internet McCarthy 2006 Kieren McCarthy stands for ICANN board
• PowerSellers slam eBay 'ballsup' No chance for NOCHEX

Management

• Passports and car tax go offline Bring on ID cards, things can't get worse...

Mobile

• Half of mobile data virgins say never again No thanks
• Mobile search is the new battlefield for Google Comment Wanted: mobile partner for long-term relationship

Odds and Sods

• Register men defy machine IQ threat Letters And we ponder the hygiene issues of iPods

Phones

• LG, Samsung clamshells coming for O2's i-mode Low-end handset line-up extended

Science

• Astronauts complete second space walk Now prepping for float no. 3
• Government ready to go nuclear Controversial policy

Security

• Home Office stands by ID cards Says project is not on the rocks

Software

• Microsoft ends support for Windows 98 Time for an upgrade
• Microsoft finally puts date on hosted CRM Devil's in the lack of detail
• Patent litigation treaty renews software patents battle Fears of spiralling costs
• Tunnel of death interrupts Ballmer But Microsoft's partner show must go on

Telecoms

• Cable & Wireless likely to suspend file-sharers' accounts Plug pull likely for P2Pers
• PlusNet obliterates customer emails Exclusive Punters cut-off by bungling storage update

Monday, 10 July 2006

Enterprise

• EC to raise MS fine? Patience is wearing thin
• EMC misses Q2 target Storage Trezeguet

Internet and Law

• Apple delays Scandinavian iTunes reaction August extension
• FCO takes on Murray and the blogs over Murder in Samarkand Return match for former ambassador
• Google - cult or corporation? Inside the black box
• Google ordered to disclose advertiser information Ad copyright complaint
• ICO hits personal data service Puts stop to free 'people search'

Management

• DWP launches new IT infrastucture 'Powerful speakers' to drown out angry divorced fathers
• HMRC sets out standards for VAT software Useful
• iSoft delays results again Condition now critical
• SWIFT: the challenges of being multi-national Comment Confidentiality vs law

Mobile

• EU to settle roaming debate Crunch meeting this Wednesday
• Trade Commission probes Nokia Qualcomm calls for ban on Nokia imports

Phones

• O2 to offer Motorola's i-mode SLVR L7 coming later this month

Science

• Discovery cleared for landing Hurrah!

Security

• Half of ICT firms suffer security breach Internal threats rise
• Online gambling addict destroyed building firm Demolition derby

Software

• Researchers look to predict software flaws Vulnerability formula

Telecoms

• BPI: ISPs must give filesharers the boot Put your house in order
• NZ spectrum debate highlights WiMAX regulatory dilemma Wireless frequencies become prime real estate
• Orange agrees to resolve router snafu Rightly so