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Channel

Small business 'victory' in Jersey tax dispute

Step towards closing the loophole, SMBs say

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/smes_applaud_jersey_tax_ruling/
Application Replatforming

Reg research highlights channel opportunity

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/replatforming/
VIP makes another buy

Etailer Techfever joins the club

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/vip_buys_techfever/
Tul hints at ATI Theater TV chip upgrade

Theater 650 Pro succeed 550 Pro?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/ati_theater_650_pro_update/
Open source ID management puts users in control

Higgins, at your service

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/higgins/
Trojan targets basic Java phones

From Russia without love

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/java_trojan_malware/
Zend cosies up to Oracle

In brief No, not like that

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/zend_oracle_database_php/

Enterprise

Can Sun get posh with Bechs?

Analysis Time to end the waiting game

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/sun_bech_orbust/
Shy HP Superdomes arrive without the full Monte

Let's talk chipsets

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/no_monty_hp/

Hardware

Sony Ericsson unveils Cyber-shot camera phone

Wiiiilllmmaaaaa

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/28/sony_ericsson_cyber-shot_phone/
Sony Ericsson eyes up low-end camera phones

Launches three pay-as-you-goes

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/28/sony_ericsson_cameraphones/
Blu-ray to hit US in May

Well, eight movies and one player...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/28/blu-ray_us_launch_date/
Fujitsu Siemens preps 'piano lacquer' laptop

Limited edition, naturally

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/28/fujitsu_siemens_lifebook_q2010/
Asono touts designer MP3 player

Norway's Play

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/28/asono_play/
iLoad to link iPod Nano to mobile phone music stores

DRM difficulties to overcome first

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/28/iload_ipod_nano/
Kensington dangles iPod Shuffle dock dongle

Access a world of accessories

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/28/kensington_dock_dongle/
'Fun' is a warm piece of hardware for Apple

Is that an iPod Hi-Fi in your pocket...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/28/apple_hifi_mac-mini/

Internet and Law

Surge in child porn complaints in Ireland

As net use rises

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/unlawful_net_content_growth_ireland/
Kent blag cash fenced on eBay

Updated '£50m in used notes - quick sale'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/blag_cash_auction/

Management

Softbank gambles on Betfair

And PartyGaming loses boss

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/softbank_invests_betfair/
Public service reform unit axed

What now of the reform agenda?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/opsr_axed/
Amazon back in fashion

Buys fashion retailer Shopbop

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/amazon_buys_clothes/
Old PCs for new uses

Computer Aid bridges the Digital Divide

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/computer_aid_international_profile/
Google CFO crushes investors' dreams of limitless growth

Lookin' for cash in all the new places

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/goog_stock_drop/

Mobile

Vodafone mobile-dispensing machine: an apology

Fantastic piece of kit wins top award!

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/vodafone_apology/
Vodafone Japan unveils 'unprecedented' 3G handset

Crikey

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/new_jap_3g_vodafone/
Big six dominate expanding mobile phone market

Get big, get niche or get...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/gartner_mobile_market_2006/

Odds and Sods

Locker room voyeur pic youth in court

Bosnia - Perv's-a-gonna

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/bosnia_shower_pics/
Sheet metal Messiah for sale on eBay

Steel simulacrum yours for $2k+

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/metal_jesus/
Goat sex man in caprine shotgun wedding

NSFW You've touched the goods, now pay the dowry

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/goat_wedding/
'Solar activity' interrupts John Pluthero's flow

Water, water eveywhere...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/cable_solar/

Science

'Unfoolable' portable cocaine detector invented

Hollywood cowers in fear

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/portable_coke_senso/
Hubble spies Pinwheel galaxy in pin-sharp detail

Galactic gallery released

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/hubble_pinwheel_set/
Car-molesting radar menaces Norfolk

Black helicopters hover over East Anglia

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/car_molesting_radar/

Security

UK.plc struggles to eradicate viral infection

Malware remains top security nuisance

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/dti_security_survey/

Software

Microsoft to appeal South Korean anti-trust ruling

Cites negative affect on consumers and innovation

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/microsoft_appeals_antitrust_ruling/

Telecoms

Telcos complain about lack of Openreach staff

Openreach promises to recruit more account managers

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/openreach_staff/
C&W to axe half of UK jobs

'Crappy' news from a 'crappy industry'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/c_w_jobs/
C&W backs Bulldog in restructuring

No one-way trip to the vet for this mutt

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/c_w_bulldog_pluthero/

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