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Channel

Flash price plunge heralds cheaper MP3 players?

NAND falls as DRAM rallies

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/nand_flash_price_plunge/
Insight pays DoJ to end investigation

No liability admitted...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/insight_settles/
We're not merging, say MSI and Gigabyte

Have pondered it, though

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/msi_gigabyte_merger_denial/
It's springtime for Computerland

Trading statement

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/computerland_second_half/
MPs botch HCI rescue

Home computer tax break fixed

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/mps_botch_hci/
Dell extends Precision portable workstation line

Status Quadro

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/dell_precision_m90_m65/

Developer

Events, dear boy... a view from Apache

Comment Who better to comment on open source quality issues?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/03/29/apache_quality_open_source/
OSDL fires up open source welfare program

Fellowship of the fund

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/03/29/osdl_fund/

Enterprise

Fibernet reports slower than expected progress

Shares dip

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/fibernet_progress/
WD unveils 6GB pocket drive

HDD on USB

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/wd_passport_6gb/
Microsoft adds Virtual Server to delay parade

Like Switzerland without the punctuality

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/ms_virtual_delays/
IBM offers Sun-only price break on middleware

Have UltraSPARC T1, will discount

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/30/ibm_sun_core/

Hardware

Toshiba pre-announces next-gen Nvidia mobile GPU

GeForce Go 7900 GS available now, apparently

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/toshiba_nvidia_geforce_7900/
Palm's low-end Treo spotted on web

Lowrider, Hollywood... or hoax?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/palm_cheap_treo_spotted/
Dell unveils D820, D620 'super 3G'-ready notebooks

HSPDA card not available yet, though

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/dell_latitude_d820_d620/
iPod Nano gets slimline stand

Dock holiday

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/marware_ipod_nano_stand/
Motorola changes mind on Q ship date

Shipping "soon", apparently

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/motorola_q_ship_date_change/
Panasonic Blu-ray player to cost 'under $1,500'

Ah, $1499.99, then...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/panasonic_dmp-bd10_pricing/
Asus to ship Ageia PhysX add-in boards

First CPU, then GPU, now PPU

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/asus_to_offer_ageia_physx/
NTT DoCoMo preps army-style music phone

Music Porter X unveiled

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/docomo_music_porter_x/
Apple adds noise limit to iPod firmware

Volume discount

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/apple_ipod_firmware_update/
Apple vs Apple about logos not music, says lawyer

Beatles' trademark case comes to court

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/apple_vs_apple_day_one/

Internet and Law

High Court to hear Apple versus Apple on iTunes

Another dispute...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/apple_itunes_dispute/
Supreme Court to hear eBay's patent challenge

Case divides biz community

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/ebay_patent_challenge/
German downloaders face two years' prison

Five years if you're doing it for money...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/germany_tightens_law/
BT, uSwitch clash over transparency of switching sites

uSwitch rejects 'murky money making methods' claims

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/bt_uswitch/
Windows Vista under EC spotlight

Probe extended

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/vista_eu_antitrust/

Management

Cambridge Consultants restarts VC biz

Money meets mouth

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/cambridge_gets_money/
PwC settles dotcom fraud case

Pays off shareholders

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/pwc_settles_out_court/

Odds and Sods

ANC moves Edinburgh depot to Africa

Your deliveries may be slightly delayed

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/anc_depot/
Enigma machine up for sale on eBay

Code breaker turns bank breaker...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/enigma_for_sale/
Cops slap Asbo on terror cat

Attacks Avon lady, duly restrained

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/asbo_cat/
NZ cops cuff armless 121km/h speed merchant

Or rather, they don't

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/armless_driver/
Katie Holmes to enjoy iPod during birth

Cruise supplies 'calming music'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/holmes_ipod/
Rollerskating coppers defeated by turf

Think 'Daleks and stairs'...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/rollerskating_coppers/
Blue Peter badge privileges suspended

The day Auntie lost her innocence...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/blue_peter_badge_suspended/

Science

Space tourism rockets

Stars line up to splurge dosh shocker

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/virgin_galactic_numbers/
From JAWS to Dolphins: IT for Nairobi's blind students

Case study Tools for inclusive education

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/computer_aid_kilimani_primary_school/
Blair's answer to climate change: the internet

Or time for a carbon regime change?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/blair_climate_speech_nz/
Navy waves goodbye to Sea Harriers

Falklands legend flies into history

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/sea_harriers_retired/
First Brazilian cosmonaut makes World Cup boast

Samba spaceman should stick to space, man

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/brazil_astronaut_boast/
NASA probes underwater operations

Called NEEMO, geddit?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/30/nasa_goes_subaqua/

Security

Patches released for zero-day IE threat

Third parties to the rescue

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/ie_patches_released/
DNS hackers target domain registrars

VeriSign and Joker.com hit by DDoSsers. More to follow?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/dns_ddos_attacks/
Barclays denies online confusion

Services suspended

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/barclays_online_suffers/
Joe-job spammers shift tactics to evade filters

Ricochet

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/30/joe_job_twist/

Software

Ulead yanks Blu-ray support from week-old app

MovieFactory 5 not fully verified for Blu-ray recording it seems

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/ulead_yanks_blu-ray_support/
SUSE CTO exits Novell

Man overboard

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/suse_cto_exits_novell/
Red Hat feels open source certification vibe

Getting ahead of itself

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/30/red_hat_certification/

Telecoms

Bulldog told to be more upfront about pricing

Line rental buried in small print

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/asa_bulldog/
BT managers chilled by pay freeze

Payments not backdated either

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/29/bt_pay_freeze/

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