Networking World: Hackers Exploit Security Software / TechWeb Launches 'The News Show'

TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS
Monday, June 20, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Hackers Finding Flaws In Security Software
2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week

Breaking News
3. TechWeb Launches 'The News Show' Online
4. HP, Encompass User Group Break New Ground
5. Visa Charges Up Detector For Credit Card Fraud
6. Phishers Jump On MasterCard Breach

Today's Most Popular Stories
7. Tiny Linux Computer Has High Hopes For Robotics Apps
8. Mytob Mania Won't Stop
9. Pod Slurping Dangerous To Enterprises
10. Illicit Pictures Found In Half Of U.S. Workplaces
11. Google Zeros In On Mobile Web

Last Week's Hottest Story
12. Researchers Stymied By Microsoft Bug

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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Hackers Finding Flaws In Security Software
Hackers are switching targets as they look for new vulnerabilities.
Rather than focus on operating systems, they're targeting the very
security software that's supposed to protect PCs.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1E0E5

2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK
Cell Phones Taxed, Used To Plug Parking Meters
One city has levied a tax on cell phones while another has launched a
system that enables drivers to pay for parking meters via their
phones.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1F0E6

In-Flight Broadband Flies Globally, But Stalls In U.S.
Boeing expects to start selling cellular phone services to airline
passengers next year, but many U.S. airlines and passengers oppose
the use of cell phones on commercial flights.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1G0E7

Users Want In-Flight Data, Not Voice, Survey Finds
Only 11 percent of 50,000 respondents want cellular voice access in
the air, but more than two-thirds support cellular data access, a
worldwide survey has found.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1H0E8

Positioning System Uses Wi-Fi, Not Satellites
Vendor claims its Wi-Fi positioning system is less expensive and more
reliable in urban areas for applications such as fleet management and
location-based advertising.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1I0EA

Intellisync Unveils Push E-Mail For Most Devices
Service requires no IT support, and has a service subscription price
of $120 per year.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1J0EB

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BREAKING NEWS
3. TechWeb Launches 'The News Show' Online
A daily online TV news program called The News Show makes its debut
today with an informative and often irreverent look at the world of
technology and business. The News Show will run about 7 to 8 minutes
per day and feature several segments with up-to-the-minute tech news
and interviews with top IT executives.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1K0EC

4. HP, Encompass User Group Break New Ground
Hewlett-Packard will work more closely than ever before with
Encompass, an HP user Group.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1L0ED

5. Visa Charges Up Detector For Credit Card Fraud
With the financial-services industry under increased pressure to
combat identity theft, the credit card giant has come up with a way
to detect patterns of fraud across its transaction-processing
network.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1M0EE

6. Phishers Jump On MasterCard Breach
When MasterCard went public with news that a security breach exposed
more than 40 million cards to fraud, phishers picked up on it, too,
and quickly launched a campaign to piggyback on the blunder.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1N0EF

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. Tiny Linux Computer Has High Hopes For Robotics Apps
A Linux board the size of a stick of gum aims to spur a wave of
low-cost robotics applications, including a wireless helicopter at
England's University of Essex.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DTnz0Ey

8. Mytob Mania Won't Stop
The Mytob worm family keeps popping out newborns, security firms say,
with no signs that the variants will stop any time soon.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DTny0Ex

9. Pod Slurping Dangerous To Enterprises
Nearly a year ago, an analyst from Gartner recommended that
enterprises should think about banning Apple's iPods--and similar
small-sized portable storage devices--for fear of data walking out
the door.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1O0EG

10. Illicit Pictures Found In Half Of U.S. Workplaces
Half of the largest 500 U.S. companies have had to take disciplinary
action against employees sharing digital pornography or other illicit
images at the workplace, a study shows.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DT1P0EH

11. Google Zeros In On Mobile Web
Google has started testing a mobile-phone service that searches
websites that have been designed to deliver content customized for
the small screens of cellular phones.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DTn30En

LAST WEEK'S HOTTEST STORY
12. Researchers Stymied By Microsoft Bug
Computer security researchers are still perplexed by one of the
vulnerabilities patched this week by Microsoft.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eojN0Hi7YQ0G4U0DTPS0Ep

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