The RegisterBiting the hand that feeds ITApple drags its heels on iPhone security patches- July 4, 2008 Waiting for the second coming Apple has failed to keep software for the iPhone up to date with patches available for its desktop PCs.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/iphone_security_patch_lag/ Ofcom flashes cash guarantees at BT for fibre investment- July 4, 2008 Next gen network quid pro quo tabled The boss of Ofcom has given the clearest indication yet that regulators are ready to offer BT more control over a next generation UK broadband infrastructure in exchange for investment.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/ed_richards_fibre_intellec... Consider yourself Moderatrixed- July 4, 2008 And be damn grateful about it, worms Well, I was actually hoping to spend this Friday performing my usual duties, perhaps enjoying a little light banter with my colleagues, and then sauntering out at lunchtime to get society-endangeringly drunk.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/moderatrix_two/ IPS finds no nuggets in ID checking goldmine- July 4, 2008 Claims targets exceeded, but fee income tiny Government plans to position the Identity & Passport Service as the UK's de facto identity services broker seem not to have entirely caught the imagination of the private sector, figures in IPS' annual report and accounts suggest. Although IPS recruited 44 new customers for its Passport Validation Service (PVS), income from this for the year ending March 2008 was only 357,000.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/ips_validation_service/ MoD mega gov-IT project only mildly catastrophic - NAO- July 4, 2008 Military celebrate limited-disaster triumph The UK Ministry of Defence has received some qualified praise for its ongoing, enormous effort to replace hundreds of different internal IT systems comprising scores of thousands of machines with a single integrated infrastructure.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/dii_nao_report/ Mystery over Verisign boss' shock exit- July 4, 2008 Like dj vu all over again Wall Street shut down for the long July 4 weekend pondering a puzzler. It emerged yesterday that Verisign CEO Bill Roper had suddenly quit the firm to be replaced by the firm's founder and chairman, Jim Bidzos.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/verisign_boss_quits_sudden... TVonics MFR-300 micro digital TV set-top box- July 4, 2008 Bringing digital to Scart-free tellies Review Thousands of Brits are going to find their analogue TVs incapable of picking up a signal come 2012. Clearly, that doesn't concern too many of us, since we're still buying plenty of analogue tellies.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/04/review_tvonics_mfr_300/ David Davis tells El Reg that Labour is 'mesmerised' by tech- July 4, 2008 Liberties sacrificed for 'an illusion' Interview As polling day approaches for the Howden and Haltemprice by-election, voters and observers are left with an eerie sense of dj vu as Labour once again refuses to debate its civil liberties record with David Davis.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/david_davis_interview/ eBay Australia ditches PayPal scheme- July 4, 2008 Seller fury prompts backdown eBay Australia has given up on its attempt to force virtually all payments through its subsidiary PayPal.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/ebay_australia_paypal/ 'Anaconda' 200m rubber snake generator scheme gets funding- July 4, 2008 'Bulge' wave power - a hard one to swallow British professors have secured government research funding for their plans to generate energy using gigantic black rubber snake-like devices moored off the UK coasts.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/anaconda_wave_power_genera... |