Channel News

• One in five apps are insecure

  Survey exposes patching woes

• Tesco to start flogging Dell computers

  Pile-high sell-cheap squared

• Private equity firm snaps up Northgate

  Shares surge, investors line pockets

• Sun gets EMEA boss at last

  Early Christmas present

• Fayrewood waves au revoir to French periperals unit

  DCC snaps up firm for €12m

Comms News

• Ofcom, US senators turn on to cognitive radio

  You are entering the white space

• Third round of consultations on 2.6GHz auctions

  Get your spectrum here, lovely spectrum, we got all sorts

Hardware News

• Dell buys UK storage networking consultancy

  Methodist hymn

• Samba shakes hands with Microsoft

  No royalties to pay in interop deal?

• Chip overflow puts dent in 2008 forecast

  Talks of pesky recession ain't helping much either

• IBM forges Solid acquisition

  Xmas shopping for in-memory database software

• MIT in pedal-powered 'super' computer stunt

  'Maybe a solution for alternative energy, or something'

• Chambers number 2 walks out of Cisco

  CEO wannabe Giancarlo not a team player

• Who's archiving IT's history?

  Column The mishandling of Babbage's baggage

Management News

• US TKOs Antigua in bizarre WTO arbitration decision

  Dispute strangely reaches climax

• Europe to save citizens from rubbish Web 2.0 media

  Media studies education for all, apparently

• Sharp, Toshiba to share LCD TV toys

  Plan to buy each others' kit

• Microsoft goes beta for Xmas as CSC leaves staff pie-eyed

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• Gov departments need better data systems, NAO says

  8% 'not fit for purpose'

• DCMS inks IT deal with Atos Origin

  Overcomes seven year itch to sign £14m contract

Odds and Sods News

• BOFH: The trivia quiz

  Episode 43 Test your skill. Place your bets!

Reg Hardware News

• N-Gage First Access debut date slips... again

  November December 2008?

• Plunging player prices to reveal Blu-ray vs HD DVD winner?

  'Format clarity' coming in 2008, says analyst

• Handhelds dominate Japanese pre-Xmas console sales

  DS rules the roost

• Sony Ericsson Walkman W910i motion-controlled phone

  Review The shake of things to come

Science News

• US air force, Boeing press on with alternative jet fuel tests

  Virgin scum-jumbo trial next year could rattle Saudis

Security News

• Skipton in lost laptop security woes

  14,000 accounts suspended after latest data breach

• Ad hijacking Trojan targets Google

  Misdirection ruse

• Russian Feds close in on Pinch Trojan authors

  Tales from the Underground

• Anti-virus protection gets worse

  What is this thing you call heuristics?

Site News

Software News

• IE's Acid trip back to conflict

  'nam all over again

• New kids on the data management block

  Keep it old skool

• Sequence diagramming that's fit for purpose

  Book extract, part 4 Illustrate your point

• New Red Hat CEO checks open source claims

  Not my bag, baby