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Channel

AMD ships Stream chip and coding kit

'Close to Metal' more Bon Jovi than Iron Maiden?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/amd_ships_ctm_stream/
Lite-On unveils 'first' 20x DVD burner

LightScribe model to follow

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/lite-on_unveils_20x_dvd_burner/
Intel EOLs Pentium, Celeron D CPUs

Lines whittled away

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/intel_eols_pentium_celeron_ds/
Intel readies Core 2 Duo revamp?

New models across the range in Q1, Q2, Q3 2007

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/intel_core2duo_roadmap/
Intel preps dual-core Conroe-based Pentiums?

Out goes the E1000 series, in comes dual-core E2000 line

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/intel_pentium_roadmap/
DCC expects healthy return

Great expectations...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/dcc_revised_revenue/
eSys elopes with Samsung after Seagate spat

You don't miss your water...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/seagate_esys_samsung/

Developer

C# pulling ahead of Java

Lead architect paints rosy C# picture

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/11/14/c-sharp_hejlsberg/

Enterprise

Intel clubs AMD with four-cores

Regains hype and performance glory

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/intel_four_core/
Fujitsu Siemens latest vendor to roll in clover

Also launches notebooks and rolls with T-Mobile

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/fsc_clover_amilo/
Obedient HP pops out quads

Don't print A-M-D

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/hp_clovertown/
Rackable kicks off storage cluster play

SC06 Loves to sell in bulk

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/rackable_storage_cluster/
Linux Networx develops a LiSP

SC06 Supercomputer with a turnkey

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/linuxnetworx_lsp/
Customers take Microsoft clusters seriously – true

SC06 Service pack confirms success

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/microsoft_hpc_2006/

Hardware

Apple patches Intel-based Macs' firmware

Tweaking the start-up code

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/14/apple_updates_mac_firmware/
Sony admits PS3 compatibility hiccup

Sales near 90,000 during first two days

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/14/sony_ps3_sales_and_glitch/
Averatec unveils unsexy handheld GPS

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/14/averatec_voya_320/
Airlines to connect iPods to in-flight movie rigs

Play downloaded movies on seat-back screens

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/14/airlines_to_offer_ipod_support/
Samsung launches DMB LCD TV, targets trendy couples

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/14/samsung_lcd_dmb_tv/

Internet and Law

Prison terms for phishing fraudsters

England and Wales pass new Fraud Act

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/fraud_act_outlaws_phishing/
S&M saucepots want the Queen muffled

(Video news bulletin would be illegal)

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/criminal_justice/

Management

Fujitsu Siemens Plans goes PC for the over 50s

I don't believe it

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/fsc_pcs_for_oldies/
Staffordshire ICT workers face pay cuts

Just in time for Christmas

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/staffordshire_ict_pay/
Fujitsu Siemens proposes sticky solution to power crisis

Why can't a server be more like a fridge?

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/power_ratings_for_servers/
SMEs to get tech boost from trio of schemes

€5m injection to encourage technology take-up

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/smes_get_tech_boost/
Computacenter Factory opens

Churns out 're-usable tools'

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/computa_center_factory/
Warwick uni in emergency email upgrade

Power outage killed GroupWise

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/warwick_email/

Mobile

Vodafone exceeds expectations with multibillion loss

Smaller than the last one, though

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/vodafone_results/
Smartphones get a firewall

More useful phones are more dangerous phones, says Trend Micro

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/trendmicro_mobile_sec/

Odds and Sods

Microsoft unleashes improved Firefox

Updated Open source community in state of shock

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/ms_firefox/

Science

Mars Global Surveyor goes AWOL

No comms for a week

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/mgs_awol/
Fixing phantom limbs with virtual reality

Pain relief through pixels

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/amputees_phantom/
Sex-allergic women offered lifeline

The treatment? Have a guess...

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/unfortunate_allergy/

Security

OneCare slaps viral warning on Gmail

Bats in the belfry

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/onecare_gmail_false_alert/
Korean police break phone sex scam

Sex, lies and ID theft

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/korea_hacking_scam/
Danish spam-filtering service goes titsup

Ashes to Spamaches

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/spamache/
Meet the world's most prolific spammers

Rogues' gallery

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/spamhaus_worst_spammer_list/

Telecoms

Sky Broadband users speak out about support woes

Free, but failing

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/sky_tech_support/
Punters suffer in broadband price war

Virgin satisfies, Plusnet nosedives

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/uswitch_survey_oct/
First Data opens Glasgow call centre

430 jobs

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/first_data_call_centre/
BT to charge ISPs for lack of MACs

MAC code debacle

http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/mac_bt_isp/

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