links for 2006-01-27

• Statisticians are needed to keep massive grid systems running, says Sun Services CTO
  the future of it lies in the hands of the quants - or so says tom foremski and who am i to argue
  (tags: datacentres statisticas maths business SunMicrosystems)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Anti-spyware project helps users
  google, sun and lenovo are to name and shame spyware companies. about time
  (tags: spyware security google SunMicrosystems lenovo)
• Intel demonstrates working 45nm chips
  major leap forward for intel. unfortunately the only 45nm fab outside the us is going to be in israel and not in ireland
  (tags: chips silicon intel)
• Allies pledge $10 billion to boost Itanium
  yet another announcement underlining intel and hp's commitment to itanium. these clearly aren't stupid people but the market has seemed distinctly undewhelmed to date.
  (tags: intel hp itanium chips microprocessor)
• FTC imposes $10M fine against ChoicePoint for data breach
  michael moore has has some very interesting stuff to say about choicepoint in the past. personally i think $10 million is nowhere near enough for a company that yesterday announced 2005 revenues of $ 1.1 billion
  (tags: choicepoint data privacy regulation)
• German ban ISPs on holding customer data upheld
  in the week that irish courts decide isp customers have no privacy rights this is a very interesting one. and it seems to fly in the face of the recent european parliament endorsement of data retention.
  (tags: data retention privacy germany)