Channel News

• HP and EDS kill nearly 3,500 UK jobs

  Union condemns move, says public sector will suffer

• Symantec swoops on Messagelabs

  Hot and SaaSy

• AMD Fusion for Gaming

  Review Fusion debuts... as a software system speed booster

Hardware News

• Unisys cranks out kicker CMOS and Xeon mainframes

  Yes, Virginia, companies still use mainframes

• HP and Tandberg trumpet lifesize video conferencing

  Save those air miles

• Voltaire expects revenue dive

  InfiniBand feels knock-on effect

• Plasmon UK goes into administration

  Redundancies en route to a takeover

Music and Media News

Networks News

• Swedish kingpin backs new mobe technology in US

  Rollout to start in Florida next month

• BlackBerry Storm finally blows in

  Official

• Hitwise and Compete: the user data ISPs do sell

  Data pimping it old school

Odds and Sods News

• My jubs are real, wails Kim Kardashian

  No runaway inflation here, fetching snap proves

• I'm very sorry, says gay health warning clergyman

  'Full and complete' apology for tattoo slur

Public Sector News

• UK asks to buy next-gen spy p***s from US

  Plan to use replica De Havilland Comets shelved?

• UK.gov £12bn comms überdatabase 'wouldn't spot terrorists'

  Influential US report says data mining ineffective

• Boris to give out Olympic 'BlackBerries'

  Handheld devices promote a 'more intimate experience'

• Tories plan streamlined children's database

  Only 'vulnerable' kids

Reg Hardware News

• 'Podestrian' risk rising for drivers, warns insurer

  Beep! Beep!

• PS3 too expensive, claims analyst

  Reduce the price, or risk lost sales

• Asus sexes up Eee line

  First-birthday celebration

• Toshiba re-states commercial fuel-cell deadline

  Mass-production by March 2009

Science News

• Messenger delivers more Mercury postcards

  Second fly-past runs on rails

• Judge Dredd smartshell shotguns to hit Iraq in '09

  'XM-25' wireless airburst slugs hit round corners

• DARPA to begin mysterious 'Project GANDALF'

  'And with you come evils worse than before'

• Green biz now 'bigger than software and biotech'

  Bankers show off amazing motorised goalposts

Security News

• $236m judgment lands on mom and pop spam shop

  Bulk Mailing 4 Dummies

• Son of state lawmaker charged with Palin email hack

  'No interwebs for you!'

• Asus admits Eee Box mini PC shipped with virus

  Other regions as well as Japan affected?

Software News

• Apple patents OS X Dock

  Do you hear war drums?

• Scaling agile software development

  Reader Poll Divide and Conquer

• Axmark quits Sun cos he 'hates' working for the man

  'Rules suck', says MySQL co-founder

• Boy band sings praises of Windows 7

  'I've seen you in my dreams, I love you so much...'

• Red Hat tells Wall Street it wants Main Street

  'Economic Meltdown, we embrace you'