Networking World: Silicon Graphics Looks Downmarket / Qualcomm Sues Broadcom

TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS
Monday, July 11, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Microsoft To Offer Managed Services
2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week

Breaking News
3. Silicon Graphics Looks Downmarket To Broaden Reach
4. Sprint To Acquire US Unwired
5. Hacker May Have Accessed University Applicants' Records
6. Enterprises Get Mixed Grades On Mobile Security

Today's Most Popular Stories
7. Microsoft Defends Claria Adware Changes
8. Text Messaging Prevailed In Wake Of London Blasts
9. London Bombings Push Photo Sharing Front And Center
10. Is The PC Passing Wintel By?
11. University Discovers Rootkit On Compromised Server

Last Week's Hottest Story
12. Hackers Deface Al-Qaeda Web Site

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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Microsoft To Offer Managed Services
At its annual partner conference in Minneapolis, Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer said the software giant is looking to grow the services
portion of its business, via IT management offerings supporting the
remote updating and troubleshooting of PCs.
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2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK
Firing Back, Qualcomm Sues Broadcom
Qualcomm, best known for its CDMA technology, says that Broadcom's
GSM chipsets violate patents.
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Disney To Become Virtual Cellular Operator
The entertainment conglomerate plans to launch a Disney-branded
mobile network next year, which will offer content aimed at families.
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Sprint Announces 3G Rollout Plans
Wireless operator says its 1xEV-DO 3G service will be available in 34
business districts and airports in July and will be broadly available
in 60 metro areas by early next year.
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Fujitsu Triples Capacity Of Cell Phone Fuel Cell
Fujitsu Laboratories has co-developed a prototype high-capacity micro
fuel cell and a prototype external recharger for NTT DoCoMo's FOMA
handsets.
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Wireless Providers Gain Ground On Wireline Services
A report by Deloitte has found that wireline providers are becoming
increasingly threatened by wireless services due to technology
advances allowing for increased wireless bandwidth.
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BREAKING NEWS
3. Silicon Graphics Looks Downmarket To Broaden Reach
The computer vendor best known for its high-end visualization systems
is looking to tap into new customers with a line of entry-level
products including a low-end Itanium server and a data-consolidation
storage array.
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4. Sprint To Acquire US Unwired
Sprint announced Monday that it plans to acquire its mobile phone
affiliate, US Unwired, for $1.3 billion.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo7G0Hi7YQ0G4U0DWtf0Ep

5. Hacker May Have Accessed University Applicants' Records
Officials of the University of Southern California said they will
contact everyone who used the school's online application system in
the past eight years to warn them that a hacker may have been able to
read their files.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo7G0Hi7YQ0G4U0DWtg0Eq

6. Enterprises Get Mixed Grades On Mobile Security
Because many enterprises are confused about centrally managed client
security, they're not adequately locking down their mobile devices, a
study says.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo7G0Hi7YQ0G4U0DWth0Er

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. Microsoft Defends Claria Adware Changes
Microsoft responded to criticism that it's gone soft on spyware
by issuing an open letter to customers explaining why it changed how
its anti-spyware software handles adware from Claria, a pervasive
brand of adware.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo7G0Hi7YQ0G4U0DWti0Es

8. Text Messaging Prevailed In Wake Of London Blasts
Cell phone signals were jammed after the London bombings, but text
messaging managed to get the word out in many cases.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo7G0Hi7YQ0G4U0DWeR0EG

9. London Bombings Push Photo Sharing Front And Center
While the news of Thursday's terrorist attacks in London spread
through the traditional news media's Web sites and the newer
blogosphere, populist photojournalism took a bow on photo-sharing
sites such as Yahoo's new acquisition, Flickr.
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10. Is The PC Passing Wintel By?
Two countervailing trends are converging, in a technological pincer
movement that could upend long-standing notions about just what
constitutes the standard PC architecture.
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11. University Discovers Rootkit On Compromised Server
The University of Connecticut took a server offline after it
discovered a rootkit--hacker software designed to "stealth" malicious
code and make it undetectable.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo7G0Hi7YQ0G4U0DVDl0E7

LAST WEEK'S HOTTEST STORY
12. Hackers Deface Al-Qaeda Web Site
In September 2004 a group of hackers calling themselves TeAmZ USA
attacked the Web site of a Qaeda-linked group that has claimed
responsibility for numerous kidnappings and beheadings of Westerners
in Iraq.
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