5th October 2006 Archive

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Hardware

• AMD said to have approved foundry's 65nm fab Chartered Semiconductor's process validated, sources claim
• HP's head swells as inkjet speed increases And shoots out more lasers
• Nvidia stock jumps on Intel takeover rumour Wall Street eyes deal as AMD-ATI merger nears completion

Market News

• HP's 'ethics' chief emerges as spy scandal star We did it my way
• Widespread growth likely in global ICT sector OECD report predicts heady times ahead

News

• AOpen touts 'speed-limit breaking' 18x DVD writer But Sony broke it first

PC Builder

• AMD to conjure a constellation of K8L desktop chips Twinkle, twinkle, little star
• Nvidia to make quantum leap with GeForce 8800? Unified shaders to work on game physic too, it's suggested
• Vendor unveils USB Serial-ATA dongle Hook big, fast drives up to your USB port

Reseller

• Rigby sets stage for SCH dynasty Eldest son takes major role

Security

• Arnie terminates RFID bill It'll be back, vows sponsor
• Indian data theft 'exposed' Britain gripped by fear of keyboard-wielding foreigners
• Mozilla flaws more joke than jeopardy Firefox attack a 'stand up comedy routine'
• MS builds tougher piracy protection into Vista Redmond's latest plan to scuttle pirates unveiled
• Play chess on your nearest e-voting machine Dutch go Irish
• Tesco self-scan tills 'open to card fraud' Lets thieves help themselves

Servers/Storage

• Crystal balls with HP HP looks to utility, aggregation and legacies
• DataCore plays a SANmelody for smaller SANs Even small servers can be virtual iSCSI storage
• Microsoft blesses Datacenter users with limitless OS copies Go virtual, go nuts

Services

• BT + HP + PepsiCo = $$$ Fizzy revenue stream

Software

• A compromise in European patenting debate? Unexpected move
• Bill and Ballmer's bonuses shrink Poor billionaires
• Microsoft will police licenses through SMS That's Systems Management Server to you
• SOA software guy from Sun walks up to The Reg and says ... My punchline is better than theirs