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TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS
Monday, July 25, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Hackers Operating From Free Personal Web Sites
2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week

Breaking News
3. 3Com Lauds 'Responsible' Disclosure Of Security Flaws
4. Windows Vista Won, But Microsoft Mulled Windows 07
5. Intel To Build New 300-mm Fab In Arizona
6. Yahoo Buys Maker Of 'Widget' Applications

Today's Most Popular Stories
7. Virus Writers Adopting Stealth Strategy
8. Microsoft To Call Longhorn 'Windows Vista'
9. After Announcing Huge Layoffs, HP Seeks 1,302 New Hires
10. Apple Takes 4th Spot Thanks To Windows Users
11. IE 7 Beta May Be At Hand

LAST WEEK'S HOTTEST STORY
12. Recent Firefox Release Needs Fixing

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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Hackers Operating From Free Personal Web Sites
In another malicious twist, hackers are using free personal Web sites
hosted by nationally--and internationally--known ISPs to store their
twisted code, and to infect users with worms, viruses, and spyware.
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2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK
Nextel Finds GPS Gold In Its Handsets
Nextel is rolling out location-based applications for contractors and
others, putting it in the vanguard of mobile phone providers finding
applications for GPS technology.
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'Contactless Payments' Set To Surge Strongly
Spurred by support from credit card companies and merchants, a
researcher calls the momentum behind near-field wireless payments
'mind boggling.'
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New York Sues Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile Over Ads
Claims that wireless operators say one thing in ad headlines and
another thing in the small print.
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Cisco Moves On Enterprise, Consumer WLANs
Vendor announces acquisition of a vendor of home entertainment
networking devices and the availability of WLAN controllers for large
enterprise deployments.
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The Troubled Success Of Bluetooth
There are hundreds of millions of Bluetooth-enabled devices in use
but the technology is just starting to be considered a success. What
happened?
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Group To Release Wireless Mesh Standard Proposal
A vendor group is expected to release later today a proposed
specification to standardize wireless mesh networks.
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BREAKING NEWS
3. 3Com Lauds 'Responsible' Disclosure Of Security Flaws
Data networking group 3Com is planning to reward security researchers
who reveal information on newly discovered vulnerabilities.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epNu0Hi7YQ0G4U0DY7K0EZ

4. Windows Vista Won, But Microsoft Mulled Windows 07
Microsoft may have unveiled Vista as the official name for its
next-generation Windows client operating system, but what about all
the names it considered and discarded?
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epNu0Hi7YQ0G4U0DY7L0Ea

5. Intel To Build New 300-mm Fab In Arizona
Intel Corp. announced plans to build a new 300-mm wafer fab at its
site in Chandler, Ariz., at a cost of $3 billion. This represents the
company's sixth 300-mm wafer fab to date.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epNu0Hi7YQ0G4U0DY7M0Eb

6. Yahoo Buys Maker Of 'Widget' Applications
Konfabulator makes tiny applications, called "widgets," for
monitoring the weather, stock prices and other customized information
without opening a Web browser.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epNu0Hi7YQ0G4U0DY7N0Ec

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. Virus Writers Adopting Stealth Strategy
Virus writers who once favored releasing malware that would clog
corporate networks by the thousands have shifted to a strategy of
secrecy in which they commandeer PCs on the Internet in the pursuit
of dollars instead of notoriety, a security expert said.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epNu0Hi7YQ0G4U0DYqw0EH

8. Microsoft To Call Longhorn 'Windows Vista'
'Windows Vista' will be the as the official name of Microsoft's
long-awaited, next-generation operating system, the software giant
has revealed.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epNu0Hi7YQ0G4U0DYpw0EG

9. After Announcing Huge Layoffs, HP Seeks 1,302 New Hires
HP is recruiting for 244 positions in the United States, as well as
419 positions located in Bangalore, India.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epNu0Hi7YQ0G4U0DY7O0Ed

10. Apple Takes 4th Spot Thanks To Windows Users
Apple snags fourth place in national computer seller rankings, and
one analyst suggests a big reason is a 'halo effect' from the iPod,
which has been nudging Windows fans to buy Macs.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epNu0Hi7YQ0G4U0DYfe0Em

11. IE 7 Beta May Be At Hand
A Windows hobbyist Web site says Internet Explorer 7 may arrive as
early as this week. Microsoft is mum.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epNu0Hi7YQ0G4U0DYp60EB

LAST WEEK'S HOTTEST STORY
12. Recent Firefox Release Needs Fixing
The latest releases of the Firefox browser and Thunderbird email
client break extensions built by third-party developers; new versions
of the flawed software are expected.
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Monday, July 25, 2005

3Com Lauds Disclosures / Hackers Call Free Sites Home

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