Networking World: Mytob Mania Won't Stop / Review: Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4

TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING
Friday, June 17, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Review: Spybot--Search & Destroy 1.4
2. Networking News Of The Week

Breaking News
3. Mytob Mania Won't Stop
4. Tiny Linux Computer Has High Hopes For Robotics Apps
5. Consumers Challenge Phone Company Mergers
6. Longhorn Server Beta Expected In Early August

Today's Most Popular Stories
7. Google Zeros In On Mobile Web
8. U.K. Under Cyber Attack
9. Researchers Stymied By Microsoft Bug
10. AOL: We're Not Zombie Haven
11. In-Flight Broadband Flies Globally, But Stalls In U.S.

Last Week's Hottest Story
12. Jobs Confirms Apple To Use Intel Chips

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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Review: Spybot--Search & Destroy 1.4
The latest version of this free and popular spyware slayer is faster
and easier to use.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTns0EX

2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK
FCC Launches 'Inquiry' Into Universal Service Fund
The Federal Communications Commission said that it has opened a
"broad inquiry" into the management and oversight of the Universal
Service Fund, a small step toward USF reform, an idea that many
telecom industry participants and observers have called for.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTnt0EY

Skype Users Connect Via Santa Cruz Networks' API
Users of Skype Technologies VoIP service are being offered a free
video, voice, and data-sharing service developed by Santa Cruz
Networks.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTnu0EZ

Yahoo Buys VoIP Provider DialPad
Yahoo Inc. said it has acquired DialPad Communications, a 6-year-old
company whose software lets people to place calls over the Internet
for a fraction of the cost of regular telephone service.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTnv0Ea

Free Wireless Router Offered With VoIP Subscription
Linksys and Vonage team to offer a free VoIP-ready wireless router
for users who sign on for a Vonage subscription.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTnw0Eb

Broadcom IPTV Box Enables First Live Broadcast of HDTV Over DSL
Broadcam's IPTV set top box was used in the world's first
demonstration of delivering a live HDTV broadcast over a DSL network.
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BREAKING NEWS
3. 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/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTny0Ed

4. 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/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTnz0Ee

5. Consumers Challenge Phone Company Mergers
A group of consumer advocates have filed arguments with regulatory
agencies challenging pending mergers in the telecommunications
industry.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTn10ER

6. Longhorn Server Beta Expected In Early August
The first beta of Longhorn Server looks like it will hit in early
August, according to comments made earlier this week by Microsoft
officials during a live, online chat session.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTn20ES

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. 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/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTn30ET

8. U.K. Under Cyber Attack
Government agencies and companies in the U.K. are under attack by a
concerted series of Trojan horses out to steal information, the
country's National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Center says.
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9. 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/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTPS0EV

10. AOL: We're Not Zombie Haven
America Online hosts more denial-of-service- (DoS) spewing zombie PCs
than any other ISP in the world, a report says. AOL thinks that's
just fine.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTPU0EX

11. 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/eohw0Hi7YQ0G4V0DTfd0EA

LAST WEEK'S HOTTEST STORY
12. Jobs Confirms Apple To Use Intel Chips
Apple confirms that it will begin using x86-based microprocessors
from Intel in its Macintosh computers beginning next year.
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Friday, June 17, 2005

Mytob Mania Won't Stop / Review: Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4

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