Channel News

• MPs rap BBC over Siemens deal

  Not good value

• Waste computer edict finally hits UK

  Charity says don't junk kit, send it to Africa instead

• MP's son jailed over VAT scam

  Sentenced to three years

• Capgemini jumps on Infosys takeover talk

  The Indians are coming

• Record e-auction saves £100m

  Further savings expected for public sector

Comms News

• 3Com mounts school WiFi fightback

  Touts 'second-generation wireless' against health hysteria

• Air France starts mobile check-in

  Pour la convenance, naturellement

• Gartner reaps iPhone backlash after making business case

  Mixed messages

• Mobile content market opening up: Valista

  Expects operators to reduce prices

• O2 set to ditch handset upgrade lock-in

  Subsidy cuts

• BlackBerry gets free international calls

  EQO service uses local minutes and data instead

Developer News

• Tivoli integrates compliance management

  Automated tool contrast policies with behaviour

• Programming Flex 2

  Book review A book on programming RIAs

Hardware News

• Intel has four-core Opteron stuffer set for August

  Exclusive Barcelona: 'It could have been a contender'

• AMD to crush AMD with 2.0GHz 'Barcelona'

  Hits stores in September

• ZyXel NSA-2400 network attached storage box

  Review Four-drive central storage for your LAN

• Fon VoIP network being disrupted by protest over Wi-Fi adverts

  Users submerging routers to neutralise flaw

• WiMAX to lead $13bn capex boost in 2007-2012

  Wi-Fi to be sidelined

Management News

• Boffins go HPC crazy while America stands in the iQ

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• BlackBerry still making jam

  Juicy results

Music and Media News

• 'F*cked' record companies in 'cataclysmic' meltdown - manager

  So are live promoters the new pigopolists?

• Seeking common factors in the Web 2.0 bubble

  Column Or, why we're not all doomed, after all

Odds and Sods News

Reg Hardware News

• Euro iPhone launch will reveal 3G handset for Vodafone, T-Mobile

  Ignore the US launch...

• Gateway brings a new twist to the tablet PC

• Logitech pumps up webcams to 720p HD

• HTC rolls out old-style PDA phone

• Apple's first handheld: the Newton MessagePad

  Forgotten Tech

• Apple iPhone from all angles

  The hooplah. The stories. The comment

• WD debuts DVR friendly add-on hard drive

• Blu-ray, HD DVD combo discs due early '08

  Total HD release slides?

Science News

• Space nuke boffin: NASA Moonbase needs nuclear rockets

  Could face stiff opposition from granola tendency

• Portable bots get cattleprod zapguns, hover capability

  Working Daleks only a matter of time

• Blackholes make simulated universe debut

  Supercomputed big bang

Security News

• A glitch in the Matrix, or a hungry exploit?

  Weird internet behaviour. What's going on?

• Beavis and Butthead in London jihad

  Huh-huh-huh, let's break somethin'

• US gives in to EU demands over data

  PNR and Swift finally put to bed - but still restless

• Cyberstalker to spend six months in jail

  Months on the lam end with maximum possible sentence

• DoJ alerts US citizens to spam attack

  Pesky phishers impersonate keepers of Justice

• Unwanted e-card conceals a Storm

  Don't download it - as if you needed to be told...

• Scots police raid Honeywell for alleged music piracy

  Servers imaged and staff questioned

• Lawmakers worry over government network breaches

  Congress interests itself in cyber security

• UK oldies go crazy for e-shopping

  Fave pastime is frittering away the kids' inheritance

Software News

• Google embarasses MapQuest

  Driving directions redux

• Sun turns over cluster code

  Solaris agents no longer secret