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TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS
Monday, June 06, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Ballmer Intros Unified Update And Patch Service
2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week

Breaking News
3. Steve Jobs Confirms Apple To Use Intel Processors Next Year
4. Advanced Standards May Propel RFID To Greater Adoption
5. Firefox Vulnerable To 7-Year-Old Bug
6. Microsoft Takes Wraps Off 'BlackBerry Killer'

Today's Most Popular Stories
7. Mytob's Hackers May Spawn Unstoppable 'Super Worm'
8. Linux Adoption Stalls, Study Says
9. Office 12 XML Formats Seen As Risky For Microsoft
10. Linux Fans Unleash New Distro Called 'Puppy'
11. Hackers, Spammers Partner Up To Wreck Havoc

Last Week's Hottest Story
12. Microsoft Says IE 7's Tabs Just 'Catch-up'

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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Ballmer Intros Unified Update And Patch Service
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer led the charge by claiming
that Windows is cheaper to patch than rival Linux.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR380EL

2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK
Federal Anti-Municipal Wi-Fi Bill Introduced
Proposed legislation prevents municipalities from launching networks
that are 'substantially similar' to networks offered by private
companies.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4A0EV

Intel Preps Dual-Core Mobile Platform
The chip maker predicts that one-third of all the PC microprocessors
it ships next year will be incorporated into mobile platforms.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DRjn0EA

Lenovo Unveils Tablet PC-ThinkPad Device
Based on the ThinkPad X41, Lenovo claims its new laptop/Tablet PC
device is lighter than the competition.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4B0EW

Intel And TiVo To Offer TV On Laptops
The two companies plan to introduce technology to wirelessly transfer
television content to Centrino notebook computers.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DRtp0EM

United To Offer In-Flight Access
Airline reportedly will work with Verizon to offer in-flight access
on domestic U.S. flights by the end of 2006.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4C0EX

Will Your Next Phone Be An iPod?
Digital audio is here to stay and phone vendors and wireless
operators want a piece of the action. The hard part is making audio
technology work on small mobile devices.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4D0EY

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BREAKING NEWS
3. Steve Jobs Confirms Apple To Use Intel Processors Next Year
Apple confirms that it will begin being using x86-based
microprocessors from Intel in its Macintosh computers, beginning next
year.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4E0EZ

4. Advanced Standards May Propel RFID To Greater Adoption
Specs for high-end active tags and a bid to develop open-source
software could see Radio Frequency Identification applied to sound
alarms in high-end security applications as well as to track every
two-liter bottle of Coke.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4F0Ea

5. Firefox Vulnerable To 7-Year-Old Bug
Mozilla's current browsers, including the popular stand-alone
Firefox, are susceptible, again, to a seven-year-old vulnerability
that could let attackers spoof Web sites, a security company says.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4G0Eb

6. Microsoft Takes Wraps Off 'BlackBerry Killer'
Touting what it calls 'direct push technology,' Microsoft claims that
Windows Mobile 5.0 will support direct wireless connections between
mobile devices and Microsoft Exchange Server.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4H0Ec

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. Mytob's Hackers May Spawn Unstoppable 'Super Worm'
A group of industrious hackers is working on an especially
destructive 'super worm' that could spread from PC to PC
indefinitely.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DRtf0EC

8. Linux Adoption Stalls, Study Says
Linux adoption may be 'hitting a wall,' as use of the open-source
operating system fell over a nine-month period, a quarterly survey of
companies shows.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4I0Ed

9. Office 12 XML Formats Seen As Risky For Microsoft
Microsoft's plan to use XML as the default for next year's Microsoft
Office 12 poses a 'big risk' for Microsoft, an analyst said, while
the move will cause some companies to struggle with the new document
format, another added.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DR4J0Ee

10. Linux Fans Unleash New Distro Called 'Puppy'
A retired university lecturer in Australia has come up with the
latest twist on Linux, fielding a distribution of the operating
system that takes little memory and can boot directly off of a USB
thumb drive.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DRjr0EE

11. Hackers, Spammers Partner Up To Wreck Havoc
A one-two-three assault by disparate spammer and hacker groups in the
last 24 hours bodes nothing but ill for users, a security expert
says.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DRjo0EB

LAST WEEK'S HOTTEST STORY
12. Microsoft Says IE 7's Tabs Just 'Catch-up'
Microsoft divulged a few more details about its upcoming Internet
Explorer 7, and admitted that its implementation of tabs will be just
'catch-up' to rivals such as Firefox and Opera.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eoRF0Hi7YQ0G4U0DRHg0ET

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