The RegisterBiting the hand that feeds ITGooglephone is coming soon- August 19, 2008 T-Mobile confirms Googlephone launch. Ish T-Mobile will launch an Android phone this year and with Google allowing developers access to version 0.9, we'll soon see if it has managed the finesse of an iPhone with Nokia-grade functionality.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/19/android_new_version/ Alienware Area-51 m15x gaming laptop- August 19, 2008 Out of this world - or the laptop that fell to Earth Review Alienware claims that its Area-51 m15x gaming laptop is the "fastest 15.4in notebook ever". Not true if you opt for the basic m15x with Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor however.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/19/review_alienware_area_51_m... Intel slings sue ball at N-Data- August 19, 2008 Ethernet patent skirmish Intel has filed a lawsuit against Negotiated Data Solutions, LLC (N-Data) in a royalties dispute about the industry standard for Ethernet computer networking.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/19/intel_sues_negotiated_data... Apple tops customer satisfaction poll as rivals' ratings slide- August 19, 2008 Windows Vista to blame Apple has been named the computer maker that most satisfies its customers after it scored a personal best of 85 out of 100 - ten points above its nearest rival, Dell - in a key US customer satisfaction index.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/19/apple_acsi_poll_win/ Teachers give toilet CCTV top marks- August 19, 2008 Just so long as it isn't watching them As schools increasingly opt to install cameras in their pupils toilets, a survey this week shows the message from some teachers is do as we say, not as we do.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/19/school_cctv/ Symantec nabs PC Tools for added street cred- August 19, 2008 G'day to added anti-spyware Security and storage giant Symantec has agreed to buy specialist Australian-based anti-spyware firm PC Tools. Terms of the deal were undisclosed in Monday's announcement.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/19/symantec_pc_tools/ Skinny ThinkPad X300 gains Centrino 2 tech- August 19, 2008 DisplayPort added too Lenovo has revised its ultra-skinny ThinkPad X300 notebook for the Centrino 2 age, revamping the machine's spec and renaming it the X301.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/19/lenovo_x300_goes_centrino_... Vodafone jacks up UK prices- August 19, 2008 By as much as 40 per cent Vodafone will jack up its prices next month, it said today. Standard call charges will rise from 15p to 20p per minute for pre-pay customers and contract minutes outside monthly inclusive packages.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/19/voda_price_rise/ Game sharer gets 16K fine- August 19, 2008 Lawyers have thousands more names A woman who put a copy of Dream Pinball 3D on a file-sharing network must pay 16,000 to the games maker and its lawyers.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/19/file_sharing_gamer_fined/ Intel adds 22nm octo-core 'Haswell' to CPU design roadmap- August 19, 2008 tock follows tick follows tock etc. IDF Intel's 'Tick, Tock' model of chip development is now well established and mapped out through the transition from 45nm to 32nm. Now we know what's happening at the 22nm.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/19/idf_intel_architecture_roa... |