Channel News

• PC superstore refuses to take sack in hand

  Says bag is 'incompatible with Mac laptops'

• Microsoft comes a cropper in Strasbourg as a hole in Peru wipes the :-) off 600 faces

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Comms News

• Verizon converges on global 3G

  Farewell, WiMAX?

• ROK invites you to chat

  Symbian app makes conferences easy, wants Reg reader testers

• Mobile TV to reach 120 million users by 2012: report

  DVB-H to dominate

Developer News

• Persona analysis

  The vital practice, or worse than doing nothing?

• Brainstorm with Mindstorms

  Books LEGO robots made easy

• Freescale simplifies embedded 32-bit applications

  CodeWarrior v7.0 offers better interface, faster code

Hardware News

• NetScout buys Network General for $205m

  Give it a wash, good as new

• The Curse of Bono strikes Palm

  Falling sales to blame

• UCL preps clustered Dell supercomputer

  Putting those teraflops to work

Management News

• Legal threat to 'Green nuke' consultation

  Vote twice if you have two heads

• Report: Steve Jobs gets SEC subpoena

  Apple boss to testify in backdating suit

• EC competition commissioner slams US dissing

  Get your tanks off my bailiwick

• Lawyers attack Nominet plan for domain name disputes

  Saves a little time and money, but not enough

• Police watchdog urges use of data recorders

  'Black box' for police vehicles

Music and Media News

• Music industry cripples eDonkey network

  File sharing reduced

• RIAA eyes radio's billions

  Column Big Broadcasters ready to cuff labels again

Odds and Sods News

Reg Hardware News

• FCC unveils Asus P550 smartphone

  Large display, impressive features

• Light Sabre wars for your Wii

  Set your nunchuck to “schwvving”

• Sony shakes up PS3 controller market

  Get ready to rumble

• LG readies pink Shine for UK, gold for Asia

• Sony expands CompactFlash range

  Snap more, store more

• Motorola launches home phone range

Science News

• Stem cells from testicles offer organ bonanza

  Bollock-bothering boffin moves from mice to men

• Japanese wrinklies spurn robot helpers

  Might yet go for obedient droid butlers, though

• ESA readies super-chilled space telescope

  Building blocks falling into place

• MIT builds load-carrying mechanical boots

  JackBoot™? March-o-Matic™? YompBot™?

Security News

• Eye-O-Sauron™ spy towers still buggy

  DHS huddled masses tracker further delayed

• Yahoo! In! Ninth! Circle! Of! Security! Hell!

  Swiss cheese IM client menaced by umpteenth zero day bug

• F1 secrets left on the web

  Uncensored transcript posted online

• IT risk becomes board-level issue

  Risky business

• People are biggest threat to IT security

  You are the weakest link

Software News

• Misys revenue up six per cent

  But healthcare arm still under the weather