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Channel

RM buys into music

All together now: "We don't need no ed-yoo-kayshun..."

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/rm_music/
AMD ships low-cost dual-core Athlon 64

Socket AM2 3600+ aimed at China

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/amd_ships_socket_am2_athlon_64x2_3600/
Nvidia posts final Quad SLI drivers

Ready for owners of two GeForce 7950 GX2 cards

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/nvidia_ships_final_quad_sli_code/
Intel cans 3GHz, 3.2GHz Pentium D CPUs

8xx and 9xx versions EOL'd

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/intel_cans_pentium_d_830_840_930_940/
VIA unveils 19W fanless mini-itx mobo

EPIA EK arrives August

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/via_unveils_19w_epia_ek_mobo/
FSP Booster X3 GPU-friendly power supply

Review Some extra juice for your graphics cards

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/review_fsp_booster_x3/
Board change at Compel

Old timer clocks out

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/compel_berry/

Enterprise

Magistrate rejects ex-Brocade chief's dismissal application

Heading towards trial

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/brocade_dismissal_dismissed/

Hardware

3dfx's quad-GPU Voodoo5 board offered to bidders

Never-released 6000 card eBayed

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/3dfx_voodoo5_6000_offered_on_ebay/
Sony Ericsson readies 3G media phone

Push email, blog apps on board

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/sony_ericsson_readies_k618/
Hauppage takes aim at Slingbox with TV Anywhere

Cheaper, but not digital

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/hauppage_tv_anywhere/
Neuros brings SD card support back to MPEG 4 Recorder

Memory Stick not lost

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/neuros_mpeg_recorder_plus/
Samsung shows 'first' 3in VGA digicam viewfinder LCD

Based on TV tech

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/samsung_shows_first_vga_digicam_lcf/

Internet and Law

Terror crackdown at UK airports

Update Laptops? iPods? No thank you

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/airline_terror/
Two charged in Royal phone tap probe

Phreaking serious

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/royal_phone_tap_charges/
Welshman in 12 pint cider binge goat death ride

Kid-napping ends in tragedy

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/goat_joyride/
Babycare guru fires back at Mumsnet

Denies she is trying to close the site

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/gina_theatens_libel/
Is the US finally fixing its patent system?

Valley Justice Or is the little guy just getting hosed?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/us_patent_reform/

Management

Becta to save cash for schools

New framework to ease 'risk and burden' of ICT

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/becta_ict_framework/
Gates puts $500m into global health fund

Filling a shortfall

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/gates_foundation_health/
Hyped technologies for 2006

Gartner tips Web 2.0 for the trough

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/2006_hyped_technologies_report/
Moving capital markets towards their nirvana

Commoditisation of transparency and speed

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/capital_markets_it/
BlackBerry hacking peril exposed

Blackjacking circumvents corporate defences

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/blackjack_hack_attack/
Four 'naked civil servants' fired by RPA

'There have been incidents involving faeces'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/rpa_highjinx_report/
IBM files away FileNet for $1.6bn

Information game

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/ibm_filenet_acqusition/
Cisco rewards friends with $50m investment

Nuova spins-in

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/cisco_nuova/

Mobile

Fibre break cuts off O2 customers in South East

Fewer bars than Salt Lake City

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/o2_network_wobble/

Odds and Sods

Yanks not impressed with UK terror emergency

Comment More red-mercury fantasy, or Katrina-like indifference?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/usa_not_impressed/

Security

Social sites a breeding ground for malware: report

Harmful software another threat to children

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/social_sites_breed_malware/
Flaw exposed in HSBC's online banking

Bank says customers are 'adequately protected'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/flaw_hsbc/
Skype malware scam targets Turkey

The Keyser Söze of spyware

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/skype_spyware_scam/

Software

Intel posts Linux-friendly GMA 3000 drivers

Start of an 'ongoing commitment' to open source plaform, apparently

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/10/intel_posts_g965_linux_driver/

Telecoms

Sprint says yes to US-wide WiMAX network

Comment Major victory for Motorola and Samsung

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/sprint_wimax_decision/
Cellcos face challenge from satellite, cable cos in AWS auction

Analysis Top 10 bidders commit $4bn in upfront fees

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.com/2006/08/10/aws_auction/

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