2nd August 2007 Archive

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• Sir Alan Sugar makes more than Ingram, and Eminem takes second bite at Apple To subscribe to Channel Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of channel news in a single hit - click here.

Hardware

• HP withdraws case against Pelikan Printing supplier admits selling new for old
• Intel wins at Monopoly, grabs $60bn unfairly - says... You know who
• Laptop industry hit by components shortage Bye bye, cell cell
• Lenovo profits soar Net income leaps 13-fold
• US robot carrier-jet contract announced Top Gun soundtrack remix: Take my job away ...

Market News

• Xerox job losses on the cards after all We'll save your jobs..oh no we won't

Security

• Flash: Public Wi-Fi even more insecure than previously thought Black Hat How to gain permanent access to Gmail accounts
• Making open-source browsing safe for the masses Black Hat A short conversation with Mozilla's 'chief security something or other'
• Russian phishers loot $500K in two-year hacking spree Turkish banking customers target in long-running scam
• Spammer gets 30 years in the slammer Suddenly wishes Viagra was harder to come by
• Victim turns to Facebook in hunt for brazen burglar Crimewatch: Web 2.0-style
• Worm threat forces Apple to disable software? Disables support for gateway device

Servers/Storage

• HP puts customers to another Itanium test with aging gear 2009 will be sweet. We promise
• IBM reorganizes System i into two new business units For big 'uns and little 'uns
• Intel's 'Montvale' half the chip it used to be More good news for Itanium

Software

• Adobe bends to might of US printers Watch out Teamsters
• Dell to acquire ASAP And ex-CEO Rollins joins private equity group
• Free Software Foundation plans protests at 'corrupt' BBC Video, sound and fury over iPlayer
• Nokia's New Coke moment? Analysis The Communicator software debacle
• Social networks to replace imagination and be woven into clothes Or maybe just pump more ads
• VMware prepares Fusion dump for Mac crowd Get it while it's cheap