Channel News

Comms News

• D-Link unveils desktop and mobile Wi-Fi cards

  Wireless for your desktop or laptop

• Pipex announces plan to disembowel itself

  Intel WiMAX joint venture to be spun out

• Apple reminds customers who's boss

  All your iPhone are belong to us

• MySpace launches free mobile service

  Another string to social networking bow

• Young hearts roam free on UK cellco network

  But what happens when you turn 25?

• ICSTIS hits Opera for £250,000

  GMTV early-winners debacle comes to a head

Developer News

• PHP victory over Ruby: was Gosling right?

  Project failure 2.0

• Don't get stuck with AJAX, Oracle warns

  JSF is so much better

• Programming message services in Java

  Asynchronous interactions seem to be the way of the future

• OpSource signs MuleSource for SaaS integration

  More integration as a service

Hardware News

• Sun crams four sockets worth of Xeons into 2U box

  How's about 32 DIMMs?

Management News

• Microsoft eyes stake in Facebook

  Like watching your dad dance at the prom

• Privacy chief condemns weakening of EU data protection

  'Agreement should not dilute protection'

• UK patent office ponders fast-tracking patents and trade marks

  Considers Gowers Review recommendations

• EchoStar to buy Slingbox maker for $380m

  Eyes Sling's clip sharing tech

• C&W inks deal with online games firm

  €400,000 hosting contract

• Scotland reviews forensic data rules

  Examines laws on destruction of DNA and fingerprint records

Music and Media News

• Amazon opens DRM-free music store

  Almost music-free, too

Odds and Sods News

• Google Maps rolls out the Mesopotamian nil-cubit

  Yeah, but what's that in cubic furlongs?

• Conservatives cock-up over pound again

  NSFW Upstanding Blue blog promises hard line

Reg Hardware News

• Freedom cuts Razr-like Bluetooth keyboard

• Nvidia GeForce 7150/nForce 630i integrated chipset

  Review Biostar's TF7150U-M7 mobo for Intel CPUs arrives

• Sony poo-poos £299 PS3 claims

  Cheap model to ditch USB, PS2 compatibility, it's said

• Slingbox snapped up by satellite TV company

Science News

• China spots 42 new glaciers

  Fresh ice on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau

• LAPD patrol cars to get sticky-GPS-tracker cannon?

  La la land syndrome reaches plod Q branch

• Space makes germs more deadly

  Major Domestos rocket required

• Boffins offer explanation for meteorite sickness

  Space rock syndrome is ruled out

• NASA postpones Dawn

  Eat that, King Canute

Security News

• eBay forum mysteriously leaks account details on 1,200 users

  'Trust and safety' board in emergency shutdown

• Guessing at compromised host numbers

  The fine art of pulling numbers from your nether regions

• TrafficMaster sells clients' location info to UK.gov

  Pay for your own spy in the cab

• Symantec accidentally warns of internet meltdown

  Dr Strangelove I presume

• China jails four over Panda worm

  Fujacks stole gamers' IDs

Software News