Channel News

• Intel tweaks SSE 4 to speed text processing

  String theory

• Sage settles on US head

  Telecoms player gets the nod

Comms News

• Vodafone axes 450 at Newbury HQ

  Never mind, have some Hard Candy

• ISPAs 2008: Music can save broadband

  Feargal applies a Positive Touch

• DVB-H is the official mobile-TV standard

  Business model still AWOL though

• Handango shakes on Carphone Warehouse deal

  You can't do everything on the internet

Hardware News

• Brocade puts file virtualization in a pricey box

  StorageX gets metallic coating

• Vyatta blows out Cisco routers with study

  The OPEC of networking

• Intel and Microsoft dump $20m on researchers to avert software crisis

  To your Ivory Towers!

• HP to ship SuSE on India PCs

  No plans for EMEA... yet

• Cambridge brain touts wind-n-server combo farms

  Thin-client spinoff bizprof spins skinny as green

Management News

• US court protects Craigslist from housing suit

  Don't call it immunity, though

• Dell quads up single-socket rockets

  SMB sampler

• Google's riches rely on ads, algorithms, and worldwide confusion

  Special Feature 'Please ignore the cash machine behind the curtain'

• Online banking payment system aims to reduce fraud

  Cunning Aussie fix for online payments

• Why would someone toss $1.35m at Wikipedia?

  Updated Jimbo Wales catches VC from Bono on Mexico City rooftop

Odds and Sods News

Public Sector News

• Teachers cower in face of cyberbullies

  Bring back proper beatings, say corduroys

• Red Green Ken v Porsche in battle of the polls

  It's as though you could buy the results you wanted

• Children should get keys to their data when they come of age

  Data protection working party weighs in

Reg Hardware News

• Nokia's N82 comes back in black

  Now there are two shades to pick from

• Pentax compact pulls out all the stops

  Megapixels? Check! LCD display? Check!

• Microsoft signs assemblers to boost Xbox 360 output

  Tight supply blamed for PS3 sales surge

• Wacky Apple patent application shows dual-screen 'iPhone 2.0'?

  No.

• AMD 780G integrated DirectX10.1 chipset

  Review Leaves Nvidia and Intel standing?

• Retro-style phone mixes VoIP, Dect

• Panasonic punts submarine camcorder

  Rambo's camcorder?

Science News

• Brainchipped flesh-cloak cyborg bug-bug passes milestone

  Early hosts successfully cored, control snags remain

• First supersonic swingwing synthi-fuel flight tomorrow

  A foretaste of scumjet or mushroom zoom-boom to come?

• Nintendo scores zero on e-waste responsibility

  Philips, Panasonic still in the red on green issues

• Space robot goes operational at ISS

  Canadian droid puts astro-vet out of work

• Captain Cyborg plans to milk you, human scum

  'You'll be a subspecies, like cows are now'

Security News

• P2P highwayman gets four years for ID theft

  Dodgy downloader sent down

• eBay scripting trick used to boost seller ratings

  Shockwave redirection ploy in mystery auction attack

• Supermarket loses 4.2 million credit card details

  Supermarket identity sweep

• Ex-MS staffer to demo Vista smart card hack

  Hot Fuzz

Software News

• Microsoft rolls out Vista SP1

  You win some. You break some

• Adobe pulls bug-riddled Photoshop update

  Lightroom users plunged into darkness

• Facebook says occupied territories are Israel

  Or Palestine...

• Sweet, sweet smell of comments in code?

  Extreme Programming breeds overreaction