Networking World: AMD Challenges Intel's Paxville / Google Rolls New Desktop Search Beta

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Monday, August 22, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Google Releases New Desktop Search Beta
2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week

Breaking News
3. AMD Challenges Intel's Paxville With New Opterons
4. Apache Launches Open Source Software-Integration Project
5. Vonage Claims Price 'Blocking' Of VoIP
6. 'Take Me Out To The Web Site,' Say Fans

Today's Most Popular Stories
7. 'Business" Worms Wreak Havoc From Inside'
8. Three Different Hackers Behind Week's Attacks
9. Grid Performs 14,000 Years' Work in Nine Months
10. Cisco Still Tops, But Juniper Advances In Router Market
11. Customs Computers Out For 5 Hours

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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Google Releases New Desktop Search Beta
The beta of Google Desktop 2, due to be unveiled Monday, includes a
sidebar designed to personalize the application, with mini-apps that
return information from news, RSS, and photo sites, based on the
user's previous Web activities.
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2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK
Symbian Claims 191% Increase In Phone Shipments
Vendor claims that more smartphones based on the Symbian platform
shipped in the first half of 2005 than shipped during all of 2004.
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Combo Cellular/Wi-Fi Phones To Boost VoIP
Internet phoning subscribers with combo cellular/Wi-Fi handsets will
give VoIP markets a big boost by 2009, according to a new study from
In-Stat.
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Software Will Play Podcasts On Cell Phones
Software will enable cellular subscribers to find and then play back
podcasts on their phones.
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Verizon Completes Next-Gen 3G Tests
New 3G technology, which is expected to deliver typical speeds of
about 1 Mbps, could be available as soon as next year.
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Intel Launches Muni Wireless Initiative
Intel formalizes its support of municipally run city networks despite
the ongoing opposition of large telecom operators.
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BREAKING NEWS
3. AMD Challenges Intel's Paxville With New Opterons
Leading up to the Intel Developer Forum, it's safe to predict that
the dual-core duel between Intel and AMD shows no sign of cooling
off.
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4. Apache Launches Open Source Software-Integration Project
The Apache Software Foundation launches an open-source project to
develop application-integration middleware, a move that could lead to
a viable alternative to vendor-supplied products used in
service-oriented architectures.
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5. Vonage Claims Price 'Blocking' Of VoIP
Vonage Holdings claims that an unnamed service provider was forcing
its broadband customers to pay a premium to use Vonage's Voice over
IP services.
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6. 'Take Me Out To The Web Site,' Say Fans
A study of professional sports league's Web sites finds that Major
League Baseball sites attract the most fans.
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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. 'Business' Worms Wreak Havoc From Inside
One of last week's dozen or so bots can be called the first
'business' worm, a security expert argued Friday.
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8. Three Different Hackers Behind Week's Attacks
Three authors, or three groups of hackers, launched three separate
attacks this week on vulnerable Windows 2000 machines, analysis
released by Panda Software showed.
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9. Grid Performs 14,000 Years' Work in Nine Months
The World Community Grid announced last year that it would run
research for the Human Proteome Folding Project. The analysis is 75
percent complete--in only nine months--thanks to the combined work of
133,673 computers.
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10. Cisco Still Tops, But Juniper Advances In Router Market
Cisco Systems maintains its strong grip on the enterprise router
market, and Juniper Networks captures second place position, says a
new poll.
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11. Customs Computers Out For 5 Hours
U.S. Customs computers were down last week for about five hours, the
agency confirmed, leaving international travelers standing in long
lines as agents resorted to primitive processing technology: paper.
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AMD Challenges Intel's Paxville / Google Rolls New Desktop Search Beta

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