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Channel

Lawsuit claims Micron fixed memory prices

After the period probed by the DoJ, too

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/micron_price_fix_lawsuit/
Intel specs up next-gen chipset GPU

Viiv friendly

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/intel_clear_video_tech/
Epson sues inkjet cartridge importer Medea

Alleges patent infringement

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/epson_sues_medea/

Developer

Perpetual motion with Apache

Column A tale of Apache support

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/02/27/perpetual_motion_apache/
Agitating Java and testing Windows

Combining manual and automated testing

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/02/27/agitator_team_system/

Enterprise

Germans want to charge Google

Sound of sabres rattling...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/deutche_telekom_google/
Sun says, 'No THX' to HTX

'Our slots will stay free'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/sun_htx/

Hardware

The Computer - An Illustrated History

Book review Coffee table book for computer geeks?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/27/frauenfelder_computer/
MS, Intel gear up to unveil ultra-mobile tablet PC

Taking the fight to Apple's iPod and Sony's PSP?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/27/ms_intel_apple_ultra-mobile_pc/
Sony unveils shake-resistant Cyber-shot cameras

6-8mp digital SLRs and compacts too

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/27/sony_cyber-shot_launch/
Sony, NEC to merge optical drive teams

Blu-ray backer forms JV with HD DVD supporter

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/27/sony_nec_merge_optical_drive_teams/
Boffins tout world's first single-chip digital microphone

Akustica develops MEMS-on-standard-CMOS process

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/27/akustica_single-chip_mems_microphone/
TerraTec Cinergy 2400i DT dual-tuner card

Review Digital TV on your PC... times two

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/27/review_terratec_cinergy_2400i_dt/
NTP, RIM spar over proposed tech licence

US Patent Office issues rejection notice

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/27/rim_ntp_licence_spat/

Internet and Law

Google Video censors Iraq footage - for US only

Updated Censorship comes home?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/google_censors_us_video/
Adventures with a Nigerian email fraudster

Book review Scamming the scammers

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/nigerian_email_scam_book_review/
Would you buy food off eBay?

Thought not...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/ebay_food_dodgy/
Dutch police target 23 Nigerian gangs

Only the beginning?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/police_target_419_gangs/
NSA searches for advanced data mining tech

Silicon Valley shopping spree

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/nsa_silicon_valley_shopping/
US stops joining the worldwide web - official

Flatlining in Flatbush

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/us_net_usage_flatlines/
Yahoo! link confirmed in second Chinese dissident case

'Auxiliaries of Beijing'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/yahoo_dissident_court_papers/

Management

Women kept in their place by new study

Fat cat men can relax

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/women_in_place/

Mobile

Vodafone takes £28bn hit

Warns of tough times ahead

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/vodafone_impairment/

Odds and Sods

US paras fingered over gay porn

Makes a change from torturing Iraqis...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/soldiers_naughty_websites/
Enigma message cracks under distributed computing

Code breaking help sought

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/enigma_m4_code_breaker/

Science

French farmers suffer bird flu woes

Deadly disease digest

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/french_farmers_woes/
Animal testing supporters go on offensive

Plan for London demo

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/oxford_protest/

Security

Triple threat to Mac OS X largely academic

But more likely...you have been warned

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/apple_security_threats_a_reality/
FTC settles with CardSystems over data breach

Forced to tighten security measures and undergo audit

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/ftc_settles_with_cardsystems/
Politically motivated attacks soar in 2005

Turkey tops cracker chart

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/defacement_report_2005/

Telecoms

C&W braces itself for 'year of hell'

Jobs on the line

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/c_w_shakeup/
BT plays down 'free broadband' report

Signs up Powerpuff Girls

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/bt_free_broadband/
Kingston pulls plug on IPTV service

Neither tuned in nor turned on

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/kingston_iptv/

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