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ATI: all our GPUs will be 80nm by July 2007

And then it'll release 65nm parts...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/ati_process_roadmap/
Feds allege Samsung, Hynix execs fixed DRAM prices

Hefty fines, jail terms if convicted

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/doj_indicts_samsung_hynix_execs/
Intel cans second-generation Centrino chips

'Sonoma' demise signalled

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/intel_eols_sonoma/
Intel to bring vPro tech to laptops with Centrino Pro?

Business-friendly 'Santa Rosa' strand

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/intel_readies_mobile_vpro_platform/

Enterprise

Juniper's Q3 profit remains a mystery

Prefers to discuss modest revenue hike

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/juniper_q3_06/
Silver Peak climbs to new record

Storage Expo It's ice-axes at dawn for WAN acceleration rivals

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/silver_peak_8500/
Storage Expo: who's excited?

Blog ZZ Top on snowboards

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/storage_expo_blog/
Hard drives get even harder

Storage Expo Baydel flashes it, Texas Mem Sys RAMs it home

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/harder_hard_drives/
No, not that Boston

Storage Expo Fat iSCSI, Flashy NAS, and it's British too. Kind of...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/boston_storage_boxes/
Brits keep it simple in Somerset

Storage Expo Tape libraries with no fuss

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/m5data_launches_richmond/
Hitachi pays out in patent dispute with employee

Optical disillusion

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/hitachi_loses_employee_patent_suit/

Hardware

Sony Ericsson kit in demand as world phone sales surge

Beats Nokia et al on growth, profitability

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/19/sa_world_phone_sales_q3_06/
Vertu talks up mobile telephone for toffs

The Hardware Widow If you have to ask how much it is, you're too common to own one

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/19/hw_vertu_constellation/
Ex-Gizmondo exec on trial for Ferrari theft

Embezzlement and drunken driving too

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/19/gizmodo_exec_stands_trial/

Internet and Law

Universal sues video sharing sites

But YouTube escapes action

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/universal_sues_vidoesharers/
Swedish file sharers fined

No house searches needed

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/swedish_file_sharers_fined/
Highways Agency deploys giant street-cleaning magnet

Road users spared metallic waste hazard

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/street_cleaning_magnet/
Ugandan demonstrates how not to recycle munitions

Hey, let's melt this shell down for scrap...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/recycling_mishap/
Death threats force art website to close

A dangerous business

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/website_shuts/
UK police share data to foil child abuse

Track and trace

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/child_abuse_tracking/
CNET hack severs ties with Second Life CEO after Reg probe

Off resume but still puffing

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/terdiman_rosedale_resume/
Blacklisted AllofMP3 slams ‘capricious’ Visa and Mastercard

'Patently erroneous and without legal merit'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/allofmp3_attacks_visa_and_mastercard/

Management

Logitech picks up Slim Devices for $20m

Squeezebox acquired by mouse maker

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/19/logitech_buys_slim_devices/
Risk management that deals with the imperfect world

Introducing the intangible element

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/qualitative_risk_management/
HP knocks Dell off PC pedestal without trying

Round Rock's shame

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/hp_wins_dell/
PS3 delays, burning batteries undermine Sony profits

Giant slashes full-year earnings forecast

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/19/sony_profit_warning/
Ryan's ID express still waiting for a platform

Chuffing away

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/not_quite_id/
Rivers of gold flow through Google's Q3

Fattens up on ads bonanza

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/google_q3_2006_earnings/
Fiorina plays ingenue in media show trial

Je ne regrette rien... well, maybe just one thing

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/carly_fiorina_hp_book/

Mobile

Web 2.0 vs mobile phones

Symbian Show Sketch Dad drunk at Disco

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/web20_vs_mobiles/
Nokia maintains spot as mobile top dog

Bounds along in spite of profit dips

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/nokia_results/
O2 cuts roaming charges ahead of regulation

But only to Spain...for now

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/o2_cheap_roaming/

Science

Scientists stitch up cloaking device

Romulan? Or maybe Harry Potter?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/cloaking_device/
Lizard Alliance targets Turkish PM

RoTM While Germans field test pig-gutting robot

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/turkish_pm_kidnapped/
Researchers launch digital Darwin archive

A natural selection

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/darwin_digitised/
US stakes claim on space

New policy just slightly territorial

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/us_space_policy/
Flying stingray stabs Florida man

One-foot barb in chest after boat attack

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/stingray_attack/

Security

Information disclosure bug blights IE7 release

Plus ça change

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/ie7_first_bug/
Microsoft promises more info for security firms

Battle by briefing continues

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/microsoft_promises_more_info/
Opera hit by buffer overflow glitch

Big links crash browser

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/opera_security_bug/

Software

IE7 unleashed

...as researchers identify first bug

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/ie7_release/
ModSecurity 2.0 hits the streets

Interview Ivan Ristic explains what's hot about the new release

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/modsecurity_2_release/

Telecoms

UK.gov conference centre goes VoIP

Free calls to other Verizon customers too

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/qe2cc_goes_voip/
Ofcom changes premium rate rules

Clears up 'ambiguities' by creating more confusion

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/ofcom_premium_rate_changes/
eBay/PayPal ring up profit

Skype revs up too

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/ebay_paypal_results/
IP phone man's Vonage hell

Number carousel let user see other punters' credit details

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/vonage_security_snafu/
BT Vision gains speed with new content deal

Drops tasters to encourage punters to bite

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/bt_signs_up_squarepants/
Mobiboo UTstarcom F3000 Wi-Fi VoIP phone

Review It flips, it SIPs

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/19/review_mobiboo_utstarcom_f3000/

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