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Channel

EMC announces raft of product updates

Comment One size doesn't fit all

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/emc_product_updates/
AMD unveils ATI Radeon X1650 XT

80nm comes to the mid-range

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/amd_ati_x1650_xt/
£10m VAT fraud gang jailed

Carousel con halted

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/vat_frauds_get_ten_years/

Enterprise

NetApp faces shareholder backdating suit

Vigilante accounts scrutiny

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/netapp_shareholder_backdating_claim/
Rackable sees red, despite sticky AMD

Facebook, YouTube and AOL buying

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/rackable_q3/
Server vendors show Red Hat that Oracle is boss

Analysis Peace, love and Larry

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/oracle_server_linux/

Hardware

Fujitsu admits its laptop 'overheated and sparked'

Warning to other vendors

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/fujitsu_laptop_sparks/
E-Ten touts 'world's thinnest' PocketPC phone

Glofiish: do the 'i's have it?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/e-ten_glofiish_phone/
O2 offers Asus-made XDA as the IQ

'Jupiter' mission lands in UK

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/o2_sells_xda_iq/
Decriminalise iPod users, think-tank tells UK gov't

300-year-old copyright law needs changing

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/copyright_law_change_call/
Nokia guns for TomTom with GPS gadget

Not-a-phone shocker

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/nokia_unveils_330_gps/
Nintendo Wii to get DVD playback next year?

Only in Japan

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/nintendo_wii_dvd_support/
Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV

Review Pocket TV over digital radio

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/review_virgin_mobile_lobster_700tv/
B&O-Samsung designer phone to ship Stateside soon

Black and Overpriced?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/bang_olufsen_serene_coming_to_us/

Internet and Law

'Legalise home taping' - think tank shock

Forward thinking

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/ippr_copyright/
Greek blogger arrest infuriates world

Worst possible timing for over-zealous police

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/greek_blogger_arrested/
Global net forum opens its doors - online and off

Ask not what the internet can do for you...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/igf_opens_doors/
IGF: Why you should care

Internet future lies in Athens

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/igf_overview/
Virgin pulls web challenge

Boys at B3ta see off marketing muppets

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/b3ta_sees_off_virgin/
Psychedelic toad licking dog in rehab

Owners tell of amphibian addiction hell

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/toad_licking_dog/
Italian spy chief eyes jail over CIA abduction

Comment Only trying to help

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/when_good_renditions_go_wrong/
Report warns of people-tagging madness

Chips ain't just for dogs, you know

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/chips_madness/
Comedy Central banned from Google's $1.6bn AV club

YouTube going to the dogs . . . chasing their tails

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/youtube_no_cc/

Management

NHS Scotland pools budget for Microsoft savings

Better late than never

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/scottish_nhs_microsoft_procurement_deal/
Stern outlines moral duty to tackle climate change

Foresees shrunken global economy

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/climate_report/
Poker sites hold merger talks

Surviving the US ban

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/poker_firms_talk_merger/
Online Xmas shopping costs employers £7bn

Ho ho woe

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/xmas_online_shopping/
Finland convicts 22 in file sharing case

Chill wind hits 60 in total

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/finns_convicted/
DVLA email smut dragnet catches 65

Gross misconduct

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/dvla_innappropriate_email/
Oracle welcomes Linux users with support site crash

So very breakable

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/oracle_meta_down/

Science

France prepares p***t hunting 'scope

Launch slated for December

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/corot_launch/
Meteor cracked Cornish kitchen

Possibly

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/meteor_kitchen/
Hubble snaps expanding light echo

Echo...echo...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/hubble_light/

Security

Old bugs blight shiny new browsers

IE7 and Firefox 2.0 both hit

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/ie_firefox_vulns/
Phishers prey on Lik-Sang customers

Fraudsters pounce on retailer's closure

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/phishers_prey_on_lik-sang_buyers/
Ohio child hospital hack exposes 230,000 files

Overly patient response

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/ohio_hospital_hack/

Telecoms

BT operator: 'What service do you require?'

Caller: 'Er, one that works'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/bt_birmingham_999/

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