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Headlines week ending - Friday 16 May 2008

Ringtone scam costs cosumers dear

Tricked into £4.50 weekly sub

Fri, 16 May 2008, 12:38

Get a hack the sack!

PR On a Dollar a Day Part 2

Fri, 16 May 2008, 10:49

Spy in the sky banned in Europe

Google Earth too intrusive for Euro laws

Fri, 16 May 2008, 9:17

Boffins come up with Gigapixel snaps

Stitch this

Fri, 16 May 2008, 8:17

Jane's puts terrorism tracking map online

He's behind you

Thu, 15 May 2008, 20:44

Croatian state broadcaster nicks BBC web site design

What on Earth would Lord Reith say?

Thu, 15 May 2008, 17:24

AMD eggs on Nvidia's war of words with Intel

Hopes it'll help

Thu, 15 May 2008, 16:22

Even smaller VIA pico ITX tips up

Picolo pico

Thu, 15 May 2008, 14:35

Two top Broadcom cheeses step down

SEC investigation fall-out

Thu, 15 May 2008, 12:59

Microsoft clings on to schools deal

By the skin of its monopolistic paws

Thu, 15 May 2008, 11:54

Asus to ship all motherboards with Linux

Instant-on from flash memory

Thu, 15 May 2008, 10:23

Intel updates gaming notebook chips

Quads at 35W and Montevina on June 22

Thu, 15 May 2008, 9:19

MSI follows Asus with desk-based Wind

There's a joke in there somewhere

Thu, 15 May 2008, 8:47

Microsoft denies slimmed-down Xbox 360 rumour

No slimmed down SKU in 2009

Thu, 15 May 2008, 8:26

Microsoft sells 10 million Xbox 360s in the US

So thinks it's won

Thu, 15 May 2008, 8:04

IBM springs to life, denies death of x86 line

Makes Chile con carne (or mincemeat) of rumours

Wed, 14 May 2008, 18:18

Top level domain .pro lets in the riff-raff

Pro nouveau

Wed, 14 May 2008, 14:50

OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux

Cryptographic insecurity

Wed, 14 May 2008, 13:24

Boffins separate nanotubes by size

Doctors of spin

Wed, 14 May 2008, 11:10

Congress enacts video games enforcement act

Repeat offenders

Wed, 14 May 2008, 9:22

Vista seems to block some TV shows

DRM kicks in

Wed, 14 May 2008, 9:03

X58 Smackover board renamed

This one is a gem

Wed, 14 May 2008, 7:59

IBM launches Cell blades for HPC

Running Red Hat Linux

Wed, 14 May 2008, 6:32

All your comms services in one Symbian app

First INQpressions Nimbuzz from Nimbuzz

Tue, 13 May 2008, 18:50

The world’s got IT talent

But where to find it as the talent crunch bites

Tue, 13 May 2008, 16:43

Brit kids vids end booze bids

And don't bother coming back

Tue, 13 May 2008, 9:15

Eee Box spotted backpacking in South America

Getting to work real soon

Tue, 13 May 2008, 8:18

HP to buy EDS

Outsourcing sourced

Tue, 13 May 2008, 5:47

AMD's Dirk tells the troops what is happening

Memowatch Message to the masses

Mon, 12 May 2008, 23:06

Google testing Intel SSDs

Google gets flashy

Mon, 12 May 2008, 18:15

UK gets hair trigger privacy penalty

ICO grows some teeth

Mon, 12 May 2008, 16:35

Goverment department exposes pensioners' data to one another

Snailmail still capable of going Pete Tong

Mon, 12 May 2008, 12:58

'Back to My Mac' snaps a thief

Alert owner gets lucky

Mon, 12 May 2008, 11:54

Dutch bankers must cut ties with online gambling

The chips are down

Mon, 12 May 2008, 11:43

Apple collars Iphone clone

Cheapo Chinese knock-offs chased

Mon, 12 May 2008, 9:48

Intel sends Google into solid state - report

Quick on the serve

Mon, 12 May 2008, 8:59

EA drops draconian DRM

Will now only be mildly annoying

Mon, 12 May 2008, 8:13

Wackypedia gets professor's blessing

Who is the Everywhere Girl?

Mon, 12 May 2008, 7:54

Microsoft flogs its two millionth Zune

Celebrating a piddling market share

Mon, 12 May 2008, 7:40

Tomtom revamps sat-nav range

Tomtom clubbed

Sat, 10 May 2008, 23:19

Fix arrives for AMD machines attacked by XP SP3

Windows expert gets tool out

Fri, 16 May 2008, 12:23

Sun serves up quad-core Opterons

Bandwagon rolling

Fri, 16 May 2008, 10:48

ISP guarantees net neutrality

They can take away our bandwidth, but they'll never take our freedom

Fri, 16 May 2008, 8:59

Mr Betamax is dead

First European in top Japanese company

Fri, 16 May 2008, 5:17

Brits are quite green, regardless of what they claim

Cycle again

Thu, 15 May 2008, 18:17

How IT security could go green

Paint your firewall

Thu, 15 May 2008, 17:20

DSG plans widespread closure of Currys stores

Clearasil shares plummet

Thu, 15 May 2008, 15:44

Arabic typing tool wins gong

Mabruk

Thu, 15 May 2008, 13:27

AMD channels game initiative

INQ not invited, naturally

Thu, 15 May 2008, 12:18

Anti cyber terrorism squad tips up

Cyber insurgency urgency

Thu, 15 May 2008, 11:01

AMD to outsource more CPU production to TSMC - report

Lightening the load

Thu, 15 May 2008, 9:27

DIY notebooks make a return thanks to OCZ

Mod your own portable gaming rig

Thu, 15 May 2008, 9:12

Patent for Internet typo redirection awarded

All your up-cocks are belonging to Verisign

Thu, 15 May 2008, 8:36

Verizon backs up Limo

Linux the android killer

Thu, 15 May 2008, 8:18

9600GSO 768MB... Oi, haven't we met before?

Daily Roundup Nvidia confuses consumers, peeves reviewers

Thu, 15 May 2008, 7:57

Intel's shaken Chinese chip firm back to work by Friday

Earthquakes don't warrant a whole week off

Wed, 14 May 2008, 18:15

Copyright cops head for Manchester

As piracy figures fall

Wed, 14 May 2008, 14:22

Playstation3 helps Sony triple annual profit

Consoles itself with $3.5 bill.

Wed, 14 May 2008, 12:20

Craigslist countersues Ebay

A whole raft of accusations

Wed, 14 May 2008, 9:50

XPS survives Alienware attack

Dell does a Ripley

Wed, 14 May 2008, 9:20

Eee PC the Elder vs. Eee PC the Younger

Daily Roundup The elections wuz fixed

Wed, 14 May 2008, 8:34

Easy-peazy handset unlocking

First INQpressions Simable from 24/7

Wed, 14 May 2008, 7:52

US plasma TV sales hurt Hitachi

$560.5 million loses

Wed, 14 May 2008, 6:22

Mugabe's Mouthpiece muzzled

Hacking without the machete

Tue, 13 May 2008, 17:04

UN bash gets Asian Pacific connected

Africa popping over to help

Tue, 13 May 2008, 15:24

Video clips now playing in Messenger

And the people cheered and God shuffled his feet

Tue, 13 May 2008, 9:04

Nvidia denies assassination of DX10 code

Et tu, ATI?

Tue, 13 May 2008, 8:18

SMS costs more than Hubble

Leicester boffin complains

Tue, 13 May 2008, 5:47

AMD does the execu-shuffle

Memowatch In their own words

Mon, 12 May 2008, 23:00

Mario Rivas leaves AMD

This is getting silly

Mon, 12 May 2008, 18:10

Microsoft lures the poor with cut-price XP

But only for cut-down PCs

Mon, 12 May 2008, 13:30

Semantic start-up takes aim at Google search

Know what I mean?

Mon, 12 May 2008, 12:19

Indian tech companies give up on the US

Richer pickings elsewhere

Mon, 12 May 2008, 11:43

The Iphone is dead... long live the Iphone

No more stock and Oz airtime shock

Mon, 12 May 2008, 10:31

Nvidia talks chops - again

DAAMIT, Chipzilla both square up in the firing line

Mon, 12 May 2008, 9:13

BSD UNIX finally fixes a 25-year old software bug

Lurking in there forever

Mon, 12 May 2008, 8:44

Apple settles Ipod lawsuit

Battery life, what is that?

Mon, 12 May 2008, 8:07

Sun makes users sick

Virus problems

Mon, 12 May 2008, 7:53

Jen-Hsun Huang berates 'monopolistic' Intel - again

Larabee delayed just to wind up Huang core, blimey

Sat, 10 May 2008, 23:38

Hans Solo ties the knot as Chewbacca, Obi Wan Kenobi look on

'We are not geeks,' says groom

Fri, 16 May 2008, 11:05

Yahoo boss attacks shareholder shuffle

You don't understand the facts

Fri, 16 May 2008, 10:32

T-Mobile sued for dodgy billing

Class action for unauthorised wireless collections

Fri, 16 May 2008, 8:47

MSI Wind knocks EeePC off its feet

Daily Hardwareabout More than just hot air

Thu, 15 May 2008, 22:00

Deadline looms for Intel to produce details of emails missing in AMD case

Law and order

Thu, 15 May 2008, 18:00

CBS pays through the nose for Cnet

$1.8 billion in cash buys broadcaster web presence

Thu, 15 May 2008, 17:09

Ban Facebook at work, say grouchy corporate bosses

If we don't have friends, neither can you

Thu, 15 May 2008, 15:27

HP tells AMD desktop users to sit tight on SP3

Freeze!

Thu, 15 May 2008, 13:14

LG Blu-Ray writer burns 4x media at 6x speeds

First INQpressions LG GGW H20L

Thu, 15 May 2008, 12:09

So, who will design AMD graphics in the future?

Analysis Brain drain lowers collective IQ

Thu, 15 May 2008, 10:52

Intel carves up the world into seven categories

Roadmappery Figuring it all out

Thu, 15 May 2008, 9:22

Alan Wake decides to lie in a bit

Vole-sponsored alarm clock hits snooze

Thu, 15 May 2008, 9:11

Landline phones going out of fashion fast

Mobiles are king

Thu, 15 May 2008, 8:34

Piracy is on the increase in Asia

Could be worse, could be Armenia

Thu, 15 May 2008, 8:12

Freeloader demands you RTFM

First Inqpressions Freeloader solar powered battery charger

Wed, 14 May 2008, 19:13

IBM may discontinue its last x86 line

Hot Chile rumours

Wed, 14 May 2008, 15:40

Microsoft puts blind faith in schools

Vista beware

Wed, 14 May 2008, 14:17

Charter wants to track users and replace online adverts

Greedy, snooping beggars

Wed, 14 May 2008, 11:13

Doctors fear wireless internet killers

An Iphone killed my patience

Wed, 14 May 2008, 9:32

Myspace wins $230 million spam judgment

Spam King spanking

Wed, 14 May 2008, 9:06

Toshiba sticks SpursEngine in laptops

Hi Def jammed

Wed, 14 May 2008, 8:11

Darth Vader on the lash

Bin bagged

Wed, 14 May 2008, 7:38

Stolen software was not used for spying

He was showing off to his family

Wed, 14 May 2008, 6:22

Mobile email tips up in time for summer hols

Sun, sea and spam

Tue, 13 May 2008, 16:45

Schools body backs EU probe of Microsoft

OOXML flanked in standards battle

Tue, 13 May 2008, 11:35

XPS brand abducted by Aliens

Probing questions must be asked

Tue, 13 May 2008, 8:18

Quark Xpress guns for Adobe

Buy seven get eight free

Tue, 13 May 2008, 7:50

Youtube ban a mistake

Claims Microsoft

Tue, 13 May 2008, 5:47

Intel’s chipsets to spawn new overclocker generation

HW Rounds Voltage boomers

Mon, 12 May 2008, 22:40

US soldiers pick up viruses from pirated porn

MPAA rubs hands in glee, dons gimp mask

Mon, 12 May 2008, 17:24

Hacker exposes six million people's data to make a point

Chile in hot water

Mon, 12 May 2008, 13:23

RIM slaps new phone and $150 mil on the table

Here's some cash, go write some software for our new phone, eh?

Mon, 12 May 2008, 12:19

Biometric machines thwart kid smokers

Not so fast Nippon teens

Mon, 12 May 2008, 11:43

AMD's asset-light hype boosts Chartered Semi

Making waves by standing still

Mon, 12 May 2008, 10:27

Microsoft rants at Sony's broken promises

Console round-up GTA IV compared

Mon, 12 May 2008, 9:05

AMD cuts quad core power

Opteron drops to 55W

Mon, 12 May 2008, 8:24

Microsoft blocks YouTube links

Use MSN Video instead

Mon, 12 May 2008, 7:56

Apple pays out on sparking power adapters

It just works

Mon, 12 May 2008, 7:44

It’s all about the cooling

Hardware Doc Keep your heads and CPUs cool

Sat, 10 May 2008, 23:27

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