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Channel

Foundry punches out 65nm GPUs for Nvidia

Gearing up for 2007 introduction?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/nvidia_gets_65nm_cpus/

Developer

OASIS Reference Model for SOA

SOA standards one step nearer?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/10/29/oasis_soa_reference_model/

Enterprise

BitTorrent embeds download manager

P2P that bypasses the PC

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/bittorrent_embeds_download_manager/
Altiris makes security location-aware

Lock up your ports and limit your apps

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/altiris_client_sec/
Zero tiers for superfast storage

Acopia adds a storage tier above the usual three

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/29/acopia_tier0/

Hardware

Apple to ship 15.4in MacBook next May?

Production contract signed, analyst claims

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/27/apple_15-4in_macbook/
Samsung all a-glow over brighter phone display

33 per cent more light intensity, no more power taken

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/27/samsung_white_led/
Shuttle ships gamer-friendly SFF PC

A well-specced XPC P2 3700G doesn't come cheap, though

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/27/shuttle_ships_xpc_p2_3700g/
UK to expand battery recycling scheme

Drop-off points to be opened in 33 stores

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/27/wrap_expands_battery_recycling/
'Mars', 'Jupiter' launches planned by O2, Asus

Carrier's new XDA partner revealed

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/27/o2_asus_prep_xda_launches/
Meizu's marvelous Mini Player is Europe-bound

Small and sexy

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/27/dane-elec_imports_meizu/
Evesham Mini PC

Review Tiny desktop powered by Core 2 Duo

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/27/review_evesham_mini_pc/
TomTom to track phones for real-time traffic info

More responsive, better coverage than RDS?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/27/tomtom_cellular_traffic_tech/
How to make your MacBook Pro run cooler

smcFanControl to the rescue

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/27/howto_macbook_fan_cooler/

Internet and Law

BitTorrent man jailed for five months

D-Elited

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/bittorrent_sentencing/
Anti-scam website hit by DDOS attacks

Help needed...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/stop_ecg_needs_help/
Kim Jong-Il: 'mad as cheese'

Patten spills beans at security conference

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/patten_jong-il/
Is Google legal?

Analysis Big in Belgium

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/is_google_legal/
Flying carpet theorist refused a patent

But we've seen it on film!

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/29/no_to_flying_carpet_patent/

Management

UK promises care record 'opt-out' - again

Doctors will explain it to patients

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/opt_out/
Verisign scraps padlocks and Larry storms into Linux

To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/week_summary_27_sept/
Vista vouchers, a Reg round-up

We make the calls so you don't have to

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/vista_voucher_roundup/
UK students get 10Gig backbone

Just think how many MP3s you could get over that...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/superjanet5_launched/
Red Hat promises to keep charging customers double

Take your fork and shove it, Oracle

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/redhat_forks_oracle/
Takeover gossip boosts Marvell shares

Spreading rumors for fun and profit

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/marvell_buy_gossip/

Mobile

Billing provider behind Fon de-cloaks, attacks MVNO enterprises

Meet BlueTab

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/bluetab_mvno_billing/

Odds and Sods

Naomi Campbell bailed over alleged assault

WSA Ten hours in the cells for battling supermodel

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/cambell_bailed/
BOFH: Goes virtual

Episode 36 Why not to put all your blades in one basket

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/bofh_2006_episode_36/
Wrinklies find Sadville

Third Age seeks Second Life

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/silver_surfing_in_sadville/
Identity, voting and missing fingers

Letters With added nuclear zing

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/letters_2710/
Game On at the Science Museum

Videogames exhibition wows the crowds

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/28/game_on_exhibition/

Science

Ex-Microsoft man is next space tourist

First 'nerd' in space, he says

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/microsoft_space_tourist/
Extra anus kills four-legged chicken

'I think he got glugged up'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/four_legged_chicken/
Can you judge someone's personality by the shape of their ears?

You know what they say about big ears...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/the_odd_body_personality_ears_linked/
What is a post-lumbar puncture headache?

Spinal tap blues

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/the_odd_body_lumbar_puncture_headache/
What is a fistula?

Abnormal connections

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/the_odd_body_fistula/
Does drinking alcohol really keep you warm?

Four for the road

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/the_odd_body_alcohol_warmth/
BBC abandons science

TV And falls into singularity-shaped hole

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/bbc_horizon/

Security

Hacker hijinks impinge on US mid-term elections

Kissing babies, spreading worms, and linking to dodgy MySpace profiles

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/us_election_hack_attacks/
Australian spammer fined A$5.5m

Fair dinkum

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/oz_spam_fine/
Dozy drivers fail to notice rudery

Do visitors to Crawley expect to be insulted?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/crawley_signs_hacked/
Security firm punctures Vista's Patchguard

Analysis Bun fight over kernel protection lumbers on

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/patchguard_row_analysis/
EU moots 'deep background' checks for racist-free border controls

The biometric meritocracy

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/discriminatory_borders/

Software

Bug causes another delay to Vista

RTM slips back a week

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/vista_delayed/
Appeal court ruling sets marker on UK software patents

Kicked into touch

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/software_patents/
Surprises inside Microsoft Vista's EULA

Analysis Not a thing of beauty

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/29/microsoft_vista_eula_analysis/

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