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Intel Core 2 Duo vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-62

Review Ding! Ding! Round One...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/27/core_2_duo_vs_athlon_64_fx-62/
Capita opts for two heads of ops

Gives no explanation

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/capita_two_ops/

Developer

Code inheritance and reuse: a delicate balancing act

The pot of gold at the end of many rainbows

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/07/27/inheritance_reuse/
SOA specs firming up

No standards yet, but…..

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/07/27/osoa_web/

Enterprise

Insights from Reg readers on SOA

Reg Reader Studies Findings from the latest reader study

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/soa_reg_reader/
IBM prepares to make per processor software pricing proprietary

Analysis PVU or PU?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/ibm_pvu/
Investors slaughter Rackable on Q3 sales slowdown

Intel, AMD, Dell and Sun blamed

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/28/rack_sinks/

Hardware

Intel slashes Pentium prices

Up to 61% off older CPUs

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/27/intel_intros_conroe_cuts_pentium_prices/
Merom laptops to ship late August

Intel Japan spills beans on mobile Core 2 Duo

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/27/intel_merom_details/
Apple admits MacBook, MacBook Pro issues

Funny colours or funny sounds - either way, call tech support

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/27/apple_acknowledges_macbook_issues/
Samsung touts 13.5mm-thick digital TV slider phone

Thinnest in the world, apparently

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/27/samsung_touts_sch-b500_dmb_slider/
Memorex readies handheld iPod videoscreen

iFlip waves farewell to portable DVD players?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/27/memorex_iflip/
Samsung promises 8GB MMCplus card

High-speed version too

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/27/samsung_8gb_mmcplusn/
Plantronics brings on latest Bluetooth audio kit

Wireless stereo

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/27/plantronics_autumn_bluetooth_kit/

Internet and Law

United States cedes control of the internet - but what now?

Review of an extraordinary meeting

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/ntia_icann_meeting/
MySpace for adults touts 18+ credentials

Paedophile proof? Not really

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/adult_myspace/
Record industry close to settlement with Kazaa

Legit P2P?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/kazaa_agreeement_coming/
Kazaa goes straight

Coughs up to record industry

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/kazaa_legit/
Heatwave causes internet humour brown-outs

Needed: Irony tags and cold water

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/internet_humour_brown_outs/
The Long Tail's maths begin to crumble

Comment What a coccyx!

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/debunking_long_tail_maths/

Management

Caspar to support the information lifecycle

Digital preservation

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/casper_project/
BT's new wave buoys up profits

New biz grows revs

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/bt_quarters/
The SMB hype cycle

'Here we go again'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/smb_hype_cycle/
Microsoft promises Wall Street that its 'list of ideas' will get Google

Will look at metrics too

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/microsoft_financial_analysts_summit/

Mobile

Symbian: smartphone not dead

Interview Just waiting to be discovered

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/smartphone_david_wood/
Mobiles putting children at risk?

EC investigation kicks off

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/eu_investigates_mobile_dangers/
PSP-friendly Wi-Fi network to go live tomorrow

Rolling out across Europe. And Australia.

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/27/sony_to_open_playstation_spot/
Carphone Warhorse charges into battle

'Free' broadband deal snags 476,000 punters

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/carphone_q1/

Odds and Sods

Sex and PS2 sessions sapped Ronaldinho

Brazil's World Cup exit explained

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bootnotes/brazil_world_cup_demise/

Science

Hidden black holes elude astronomers

Living up to their name, then

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/astronomers_cant_find/
Satellites reveal coral reefs' exposure

Safe zones just too small

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/reef_protection/
Russian rocket destroys 18 satellites

Ground control to major explosion

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/belarus_satellite_crash/
P***ts could put the brakes on young stars

Lindsay Lohan, take note

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/p***ts_brake/

Software

MS announces plans to deliver IE7 as security update

Ready or not

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/ie7_auto_update/
Firefox users need to update (again)

Security fix targets JavaScript flaws

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/firefox_security_update/
Microsoft will out run, out compete and out out rivals - COO

To focus on 'art of selling'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/microsoft_coo_art_of_selling/

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