Channel News

• HMRC could seize late taxpayers' cash from bank accounts

  Revenue and Customs want more power

• It's a long way from Cupertino to Roswell, but we'll get there

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Comms News

• Firmware snub: Sony Ericsson relents

  Sort of

• Wireless access - Is it just size speed that matters?

  Reader Poll Have your say

• Spanish telco defiant over huge broadband anti-trust fine

  Telefónica claims clear conscience

• BlackBerry gets green light for China

  Regulator approval at last

• Simpson's mobile content to sell direct

  Network operators bypassed. D'oh!

• O2 gets UK iPhone deal

  Over-hyped and over here

• Enraged reader savages iPhone fanboys

  FoTW 'What a bunch of f***ing morons'

Developer News

• Tibco ties BPM to SOA

  Eclipse-based tools to automate the SOA revolution

Hardware News

• Bladelogic seeks $45.4m IPO

  To trade under 'BLOG'...hey wait a minute

• Is Red Hat doing its part to win the 'open source' war?

  Analysis Confusion at Club Badgeware

• IBM Almaden ready for storage spin-off

  Video specialist Seval Systems is born

• Dell chats up Asian retail stores

  Less-than-direct activities

• Collaborators offered pre-built SharePoint app

  Software house targets teamwork, not Quislings

• Thin clients catch VDI for VMware access

  Remote PCs are challenging Citrix and WTS, claims IGEL

• Finance sector still the disk backup leader

  Shorter backup windows pushing tape aside, says Infortrend

• Blades carve up Top 500 supercomputers list

  Comment Climbing the totem pole

Management News

• Tories offer record industry cash for righteousness

  Dangerous Dave

• Scouse builders nab six millionth .co.uk domain

  That's Klass that is

• German courts demand no more Gmail squabbling

  Google's trademark beef canned

• CSA IT 'a turkey from day one'

  And MPs sceptical about rescue body

• Direct Line squashes esure's mouse on wheels

  Wheels come off esure's ad icon

• UK gov: Galileo must deliver value for money

  But we aren't really sure how

Music and Media News

Odds and Sods News

• Sole competitor comes second in cake-baking contest

  UK granny in Victoria Sponge snub

• US reclaims world hotdog scoffing crown

  Japanese glutton licked in 66-dog thriller

• Dublin college introduces video game degree

  Play Xbox, get Masters

• Teens using M-rated games to vent anger

  But playing in 'social situations'

Reg Hardware News

• D-Link to simplify wireless networking

• EU Commission probe HD DVD and Blu-ray backgrounds

• Toshiba sues DVD duplicator

  Alleges patent infringement

• Sidekick-style Motorola handset spied on web?

  But alleged specs rather sus

• 2P Slim-Mouse

  Review Freakish or functional: is this credit card-sized mouse worth its cheese?

• MS makes date for Xbox Elite Japanese debut

  Having a tough time competing with Wii, PS3

• Sleek and stylish - ladies and gents, please welcome the iAudio 7

Science News

• Defra appoints new top boffin

  The seriously qualified Dr Robert Watson

• Danes tout flamethrower-packing robot 'farmworker'

  Droid-peasantry deadlier than old school torch'n'pitchfork yokels

• Britain gets shiny new science minister

  Fresh from changing the climate in Defra

• Hyperion harbours building blocks of life, says NASA

  And a bunch of weirdo craters

Security News

• Olympics minister email spoofed

  No hacking in 'schoolboy prank'

• Accused web terror trio change pleas to guilty

  Fiendish net-cell masterminds or bonehead warez d00Dz?

Software News

• Microsoft tells Ultimate Extras fans to 'hang on'

  Trust us

• Google gives away FeedBurner

  Doesn't want your money

• iPhone hack project aims to open up device

  Unlocked and loaded