TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS
Monday, October 3, 2005
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Intel's Recipe For Barebones Notebooks
2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week
Breaking News
3. Symantec Buys BindView
4. RealNetworks Fixes Linux RealPlayer Flaw
5. Microsoft To Begin Paying Former 'Permatemps' Who Sued
6. Cabbies Say 'No' to GPS
Today's Most Popular Stories
7. Google's Patents Reveal Strategy To Beat Microsoft
8. Unattended PCs Security Risk Underestimated
9. Bill Gates, Phone Home
10. Microsoft Pushes Kid's Programming Language
11. IBM Aims Tech for Disabled At Aging Baby Boomers
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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Intel's Recipe For Barebones Notebooks
Intel's upcoming 'Napa' notebook platform could reshape the
marketplace by leveling the playing field between low-cost builders
of plain-vanilla systems and the traditional top-tier PC vendors.
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2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK
Google Bids To Provide Free Wi-Fi In San Francisco
Google Inc. wants to connect all of San Francisco to the Internet
with a free wireless service, creating a springboard for the online
search engine leader to leap into the telecommunications industry.
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Wireless Mesh Nets Said Set To Boom
With wireless hot zones beginning to take hold in North American
municipalities, wireless mesh network infrastructure is likewise
beginning to accelerate, according to a report from market
researchers In-Stat.
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New Study Finds Steep Growth For Smartphones
Sales of smartphones and wireless handhelds such as BlackBerrys grew
at a rate of 170 percent in the first half of the year in the Europe,
Middle East and African region, a new study found.
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RIM Claims Initial Victory In Patent Battle
US Patent and Trademark Office issues a ruling on the last of the
disputed patents that is favorable to RIM, but appeals and other
legal activity could still take years, experts say.
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Getting The ROI Out Of Mobile Computing
Mobile devices, such as smart phones and handheld computers that use
cellular or Wi-Fi technology, give enterprise users ready access to
phone, email, websites, and company applications while in the office,
at home and when on the road.
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Review: Six Phones For VoIP On The Go
Prompted by tempting savings on long-distance rates, home and
small-office users have made the jump to VoIP via their ISP's
broadband cable or DSL lines.
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Cellular Industry Insiders Indifferent To Mobile Data
Even cellular industry insiders don't much use cellular data services
despite the fact that their companies are actively marketing such
services, a survey found.
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Asia To Dominate WiMAX Market, Study Claims
About 45 percent of all WiMAX subscribers in 2009 will be in the Asia
Pacific region of the world, according to a study released by market
research firm In-Stat.
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BREAKING NEWS
3. Symantec Buys BindView
Symantec keeps up its buying spree as it announced the planned
purchase of Houston, Texas-based BindView Development for $209
million in cash.
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4. RealNetworks Fixes Linux RealPlayer Flaw
RealNetworks has patched the Linux media players that were
susceptible to a zero-day attack for much of last week.
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5. Microsoft To Begin Paying Former 'Permatemps' Who Sued
The former contract workers won $97 million back in 2001 after a
court found they were illegally barred from the company's
stock-purchase plan.
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6. Cabbies Say 'No' to GPS
New York City cabbies are opposing plans to install GPS devices, or
similar technology, in their vehicles.
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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. Google's Patents Reveal Strategy To Beat Microsoft
An author and online systems specialist believes Google's patents
also spell bad news for Microsoft if the tech world moves to a new
Google-dominated network paradigm.
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8. Unattended PCs Security Risk Underestimated
Corporations just don't pay attention to the major security hazard of
unattended workstations, according to Gartner research vice president
Jay Heiser.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eq1K0Hi7YQ0G4U0DkSQ0EH
9. Bill Gates, Phone Home
In the Wolfe Platform Blog: How is Apple's iPod like Microsoft's
Windows?
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10. Microsoft Pushes Kid's Programming Language
Microsoft has signed on to promote a new programming language
intended to replace BASIC as the first step students take towards
learning how to code.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eq1K0Hi7YQ0G4U0Djr20EG
11. IBM Applies Technology for Disabled at Aging Baby Boomers
As IBM's Human Capital Management group offers help to companies with
huge numbers of employees reaching retirement age, the group is
relying on IBM's years of experience helping people overcome
disabilities.
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Techweb's new Wolfe Platform Blog delves beneath the surface of
Intel's upcoming plans for dual-core processors, hyperthreading, and
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