Friday, June 29, 2007

Top 25 'iPhonies'; Harry Potter worm says he is dead

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Top 25 'iPhonies'
Take a look back at the best of the Photoshopped speculation surrounding one of the most-hyped tech devices.
Plus: Bradner: Will Apple's iPhone walk on water?

Harry Potter worm says he is dead
Always ready to hitch their creations to current pop-culture events, malware writers have developed a new worm just in time for the release of the latest "Harry Potter" movie and novel.

Schwartz mum on GPLv3, reveals licensing fantasy
Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz showed up Thursday evening at the Burton Group Catalyst Conference and declared he would not answer questions about the GNU general public license version 3, but he did disclose his lifelong fantasy concerning open source licensing.

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Cisco placed a help-wanted ad for a network consulting engineer in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, June 3, and David Huber, a networking professional who lives in Chicago, was interested in the job.

Blogs

How much is your test lab at home worth?
Scott Morris, quadruple Cisco CCIE, boasts a $2.3 million lab in the basement of his home. Read more at the Brad Reese on Cisco blog.

Blogger John Obeto on Microsoft Subnet
Guess which Linux vendor is being less than honest about dealing with Microsoft? Windows Vista Hardware Assessment. A Windows Vista virtualization FAQ. Data Encryption toolkit for mobile PCs.

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6. The most-hyped tech products of all time
7. CIOs leery of iPhone
8. Giving an interview gets a guy fired
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*9 iPhone Alternatives
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*Mobile WiMax Commercial Launch Planned For Northeast Region In August
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*Ajax Tools May Power Web Apps For The iPhone
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*Verizon Wireless Tries To Counter iPhone Frenzy With Store Stunt
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*Linspire's Michael Robertson: Why I Love MP3 Music Lockers But
Hate DRM
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*The iPhone's Achilles' Heel: AT&T's Slow Edge Network
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9 iPhone Alternatives
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iPods are the market leaders in media players today -- but are
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Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop
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Is Linux finally ready to take on Windows as a desktop OS? We
tried out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which
works better.

Here's who won. Behind The Curtain At Intel Research
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The chip vendor rolls out research prototypes in chips, mobile
computing, and tera-scale computing.

Bill Gates' Legacy: Winning Through Intimidation
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Bill Gates and Microsoft are the quintessential American success
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Bill Gates' Legacy: Tech Titan Or Tyrant?
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Microsoft's co-founder and chairman has been a polarizing figure
in the computer industry. As he eases out of day-to-day
management, the debate begins on how he will be remembered.

(Editor's Picks)

Making Work More Like EVE Online
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IBM ponders how enterprises can be rewired to be more like games,
particularly massively multiplayer online games like
fantasy-themed World of Warcraft.

LogMeIn To Launch Remote Support Software For Smartphones
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A preview is available next month initially for the Palm Treo 700w/wx.

Windows Vista Makes Limited Impact On PC Sales, Analysts Reveal
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Unless Microsoft became much more aggressive in its marketing
efforts, Vista's market impact was not expected to change in the
future, Gartner reports.

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Mobile WiMax Commercial Launch Planned For Northeast Region In August
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FL7u0Ed

Horizon Wi-Fi, a well-financed startup, has installed towers in
nine Northeast cities and is testing the service in each city
with initial users.

Ajax Tools May Power Web Apps For The iPhone
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The developer blogger community is speculating that a handful of
Ajax tools may emerge as the only entre for third parties to the
iPhone, via the Safari browser window.

Verizon Wireless Tries To Counter iPhone Frenzy With Store Stunt
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FL7w0Ef

Verizon said its stores and kiosks will stay open until 9 p.m.
Friday so customers can 'test drive' and purchase any of its 18
multimedia music devices.

Linspire's Michael Robertson: Why I Love MP3 Music Lockers But
Hate DRM
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The MP3.com and Linspire founder talks about his current ventures
AnywhereCD and SIPphone, and why he thinks the Symbian-powered
Nokia platform beats the iPhone hands down.

The iPhone's Achilles' Heel: AT&T's Slow Edge Network
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FL7y0Eh

The Edge network can be painfully slow; it generally operates at
between 75 and 135 Kbps.

Don't Get Greedy: Only Two iPhones To A Customer
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Apple says customers buying the iPhone through one of its 164
retail stores in the U.S. will be limited to two on a first come,
first served basis.

Red Hat Profit Rises On Demand For Linux Software
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Red Hat reported higher profit Wednesday on higher sales of its
version of Linux software that companies are increasingly
choosing over rival products to run business computers and data centers.

FTC Urges Caution On 'Net Neutrality' Proposals
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission warned Wednesday against
regulations to ensure that providers of high-speed Internet
service treat all content the same way, saying such rules could
stifle innovation.

Intel Offers Tools, Cables For Building High-Performance Computers
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLwC0Er

The company revealed its Cluster Ready program and Connects
Cables products at the International Supercomputing Conference in
Dresden, Germany.

PacificNet To Sell TiVo In China
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TiVo products and services would be distributed in Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other major cities through PacificNet's
subsidiary iMobile.

T-Mobile Launches Home-Based Wi-Fi Calling Service
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLn20ER

The UMA-based service is aimed at consumers who have dropped or
are thinking of dropping their home landlines.

Universities, Businesses Agree On Guidelines For IP, Shared Research
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLn30ES

Team announces a new set of guidelines that will continue to
encourage research sharing, while adding licensing terms and conditions.

Telus Backs Away From BCE, CPP Confirms Bid
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLn40ET

Telus Corp. said Tuesday it will not make an offer for Canadian
telecom rival BCE Inc., while one of the buyout consortiums
scrutinizing BCE's books confirmed it had submitted a bid.

Meet The People Waiting In Line For An iPhone
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A small group of people began forming a line in New York City on
Monday to ensure they'll be among the first to get their hands on
an Apple iPhone.

IBM Unveils Second-Generation Supercomputer
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLn50EU

With Blue Gene/P, IBM is targeting commercial research, such as
in the oil and gas industry, as well as financial services organizations.

New EarthLink CEO Says He May Use Pruning Shears
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Huff says he will spend the next 60 to 90 days reviewing
EarthLink's current lines of business, but doesn't know where the
company will end up in terms of overall strategy.

EarthLink Names New CEO
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLoC0Ej

Rolla P. Huff has been named president and
CEO of the Internet service provider, on the heels of a $30
million first-quarter loss.

European Regulators Pick Nokia's DVB-H Mobile TV Standard
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLoD0Ek

The decision, which may require additional approvals, strengthens
the move to the Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld standard, which
also has strong support in the U.S.

Apple, AT&T Set Three Price Plans For iPhone
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLYC0EN

Apple and AT&T said Tuesday they will offer three price plans,
starting at $59.99 per month, for the widely anticipated iPhone
that is set to go on sale this week.

Sun Aims High With Constellation Blade-Based System
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLYG0ER

In terms of density, the system designed for
high-performance computing packs a maximum of 1.7 petaflops of
computing power in a 48-blade rack-size chassis.

Efficiency Guru Says U.S. Can Learn From California
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLYI0ET

The United States needs to take a lesson from California, which
over the past 30 years has held average energy usage flat while
national consumption soared, according to a leading energy
efficiency expert.

Infineon To Buy TI's Home DSL Broadband Unit
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLYd0Eu

German chipmaker Infineon Technologies will buy Texas
Instruments' home DSL broadband chip unit to strengthen its
wireline business, it said Monday.

With Hype High, iPhone May Have To Fight A Flop
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLON0EO

Not since Alexander Graham Bell has so much attention been
lavished on a phone.

FactBox -- Features Of Apple's iPhone
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Apple will start selling on June 29 the iPhone, which combines a
wireless phone with music and video-playing capabilities and Web browsing.

Cell Phone Provider Dobson May Be On The Block
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLYl0E3

Dobson has a customer base of 1.76 million subscribers over a
mostly rural 17-state area.

Cisco Dropping Iron Curtain On Web And E-Mail Attacks
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLYP0Ea

The company will add malware- and spam-inspection capabilities to
its firewalls using technology from its recent acquisition of
IronPort Systems.

Boingo Offers Worldwide Wi-Fi For $39 A Month
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLLM0EK

"The days of per-minute charges and incremental roaming fees for
Wi-Fi Internet access are over," says Boingo president and CEO
Dave Hagan.

CA Upgrades Spectrum Fault-Management Software
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLK80Ew

What CA has done is linked its fault-management software to
performance management and to configuration management.

Burbank Gets Higher Performance In Move To Blade Servers
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eBAOE0Hi7YQ0G4V0FLLA0E7

The California city's new hardware replaced Sun Microsystems
Netra servers, IBM System P servers, and Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL360s.

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A showdown is brewing between two sets of security researchers
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IBM Introduces New Corporate Search Product
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The upgraded version of OmniFind Enterprise Edition indexes more
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Palm Posts Drop In Quarterly Profit And Revenue
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Palm posted lower quarterly profit Thursday, with declining sales
of its more profitable handheld computers, despite record sales
of its Treo smartphones.

Hard Disk Maker Western Digital To Buy Rival Komag
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Western Digital has agreed to acquire Komag, one of its last
rivals in the U.S. hard disk drive industry, for about $1 billion
in cash, the companies said Thursday.

Music Industry Hopes For, Yet Fears, iPhone Effect
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Music executives privately fear the most obvious contender, the
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NAC users driven by regulatory compliance; IPv6 D-Day is coming

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Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert, 06/29/07

NAC users driven by regulatory compliance, 06/28/07: Increasingly, businesses deploying NAC are worried about proving to regulators that they are following appropriate industry and governmental guidelines ...

IPv6 D-Day is coming up fast, 06/28/07: If you had asked John Curran, head of the American Registry of Internet Numbers, three years ago to pinpoint the date at which we would run out of IP address space under IPv4, he would have said 2025. Two years ago, his answer would have been 2017. On Wednesday, he told an audience at the Burton Group’s Catalyst Conference that the doomsday date is now 2011.

Multivendor identity systems can work together, demo shows, 06/28/07: A unique demonstration showed user-centric identity software from major vendors, start-ups, one-woman projects and open source hackers all working in concert to replace passwords with validated identity-card access to Web-based resources.

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IBM expands security audit and compliance software, 06/28/07: IBM Tivoli expands security audit and compliance software.

Greens don't accept Berlin 'nein' to open source, 06/25/07: The Green Party is accusing the Berlin city government of lacking a coherent IT strategy and thus not being in a position to adequately judge the merits of open source software.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. The most-hyped tech products of all time
2. Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone
3. Microsoft security group on 'worst jobs' list
4. Parallel system 100X faster than PCs
5. Microsoft moves against pirates
6. Giving an interview gets a guy fired
7. CIOs leery of iPhone
8. U.S. citizens warned of phishing attack
9. Can cell phones be hacked?
10. Wireless service providers struggling

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3Com to spin out TippingPoint; IPv6 D-Day is coming up fast

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Network World Daily News: AM, 06/29/07

3Com to spin out TippingPoint
3Com is spinning out its intrusion-prevention subsidiary.

IPv6 D-Day is coming up fast
IP addresses under IPv4 will be gone by 2011, expert warns, meaning ISPs and enterprise networks have to upgrade to IPv6 soon.

Extreme claims clean bill on options review
Extreme Networks this week said it has completed its review of its stock-option grant practices and submitted filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that had been delayed by that review.

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EMC exec targets open source plan for sustainable innovation
Storage kingpin EMC hatches open source-oriented R&D plan.

Cisco WAN gear preserves Nanometrics' VoIP quality
Cisco’s Wide-Area Application Services modules integrated into Cisco Integrated Services Routers preserve QoS for Cisco customer Nanometrics' delay-sensitive VoIP traffic.

Jobs: iPhone supply may not meet demand
The number of iPhones manufactured by Apple Inc. may not be enough to meet customer demand when the smart phone goes on sale later Friday, CEO Steve Jobs said in an interview published the same day.

Visto to offer Exchange, Notes e-mail on iPhone
Push e-mail provider Visto Corp. says it will be able to send enterprise e-mail to iPhones starting later this year.

Multivendor identity systems can work together, demo shows
User-centric identity may focus on consumers, but corporate users are finding that CardSpace, OpenID and other technologies could solve federation issues and attack privacy, access, management and other concerns.

State charges dropped in HP spy case
A state judge in California on Thursday dismissed charges against the three remaining state criminal defendants in the Hewlett-Packard Co. spying case.

MySpace again under phishing attack
Phishers have been using compromised MySpace.com accounts to attack unsuspecting Web surfers, security experts said Thursday.

Video

GPS: Devices vs. in-phone services
Keith debates the merits of purpose-built GPS units for the car versus the GPS services popping up on many cellphones. Which one is right for you? Find out on this week's Cool Tools show.

Podcast

I phone, you phone, we all drone for iPhone
Jason Meserve and guest-host Jonathan Summey talk about this new iPhone thing, a family getting stalked by their cell phone, and tell you which high-tech job ranked as one of the worst jobs of possible.

Blogs

Today at Cisco Subnet
While we mere mortals have to search eBay for cheap routers to kit out our Cisco lab at home, Scott Morris, quadruple-CCIE, has a $2.3 million Cisco lab in his basement. Did you know John Chambers has a degree in jurisprudence? What is jurisprudence?

Today on Layer 8, where we only spam the ones we love:
The Department of Justice has issued a warning about fraudulent spam e-mail messages claiming to be from DOJ. Based upon complaints from the public, the DOJ says the fraudulent messages are addressed "Dear Citizen."

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. The most-hyped tech products of all time
2. Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone
3. Microsoft security group on 'worst jobs' list
4. Parallel system 100X faster than PCs
5. Microsoft moves against pirates
6. Giving an interview gets a guy fired
7. CIOs leery of iPhone
8. U.S. citizens warned of phishing attack
9. Can cell phones be hacked?
10. Wireless service providers struggling

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Red Hat profit rises on 42 percent revenue hike

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LinuxWorld's Linux and Open Source News Alert, 06/29/07

LinuxWorld.com Feature Story

Linux contributor base broadens - LinuxWorld, 06/28/07: As the number of Linux kernel contributors continues to grow, core developers are finding themselves mostly managing and checking, not coding, said Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of USB and PCI support in Linux.

More of this week's Linux news

From servers to storage: Virtualization saves

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Free Software Foundation to unveil new GPL Version 3 - LinuxWorld, 06/28/07: After several years of debate and more than 18 months of sometimes passionate public comments and revisions, the latest GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) software license will officially be released Friday.

Red Hat profit rises on 42 percent revenue hike - LinuxWorld, 06/27/07: The introduction of a new version of its Linux distribution and new JBoss software helped Red Hat Inc. increase profit to US$16.2 million, or $0.08 a share, on revenue of $118.9 million, in its fiscal first quarter ended May 31, the company reported Wednesday.

Kernel space: two new filesystems for Linux - LinuxWorld, 06/27/07: New filesystem technology for Linux includes high capacity, snapshots, copy-on-write, and on-the-fly corruption detection.

Sun to donate Cluster code to OpenSolaris community - LinuxWorld, 06/27/07: Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday is to begin donating its Solaris clustering code to the open-source community, the latest move in the company's ongoing strategy to eventually make all of its software freely available.

IBM supercomputer more powerful than 1.5-mile-high stack of laptops - LinuxWorld, 06/26/07: IBM says it has nearly tripled the performance of the technology behind the world’s fastest and most energy-efficient supercomputer, developing a system that is potentially 100,000 times more powerful than a home computer.

Greens don't accept Berlin 'nein' to open source - LinuxWorld, 06/25/07: The Green Party is accusing the Berlin city government of lacking a coherent IT strategy and thus not being in a position to adequately judge the merits of open source software.

Talk your way to better pay - LinuxWorld, 06/25/07: IT salaries have been on a steady incline during the past year. While analysts and industry groups tout a nationwide shortage of suitably skilled candidates, a resource boom and widespread uptake of technology is driving the job market up and up.

State legislators keep e-voting apps in public hands - LinuxWorld, 06/25/07: With this year's New York Senate and Assembly session now ended, local voting activists are chalking up a victory for the public at the expense of Microsoft Corp. and the e-voting industry.

Spiceworks adds troubleshooting to its free net mgmt. tool - LinuxWorld, 06/22/07: Spiceworks adds remote-access and antivirus capabilities to enhance the troubleshooting features of its free network management software.

LinuxWorld Community

New in Fedora: Jack Aboutboul, 06/27/07: Tickless kernel, new GUI, virtualization management—sure Fedora is bleeding-edge, but if it were ever tempting, now is the time. (podcast, 17:50)

LinuxWorld Community, 06/28/07: Raw editor's notes on the Linux Symposium in Ottawa. What's in the future for the kernel?


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Thursday, June 28, 2007

CIOs leery of iPhone; What Network Worlders are saying

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NETWORK WORLD SPECIAL NEWS ALERT, 06/28/07

CIOs leery of iPhone
While Apple’s music, phone and Internet device may seem tailor-made for the consumer market, there’s no doubt business users and IT executives are paying attention to the iPhone. IT executives across the country are being deluged with inquiries from employees who want to know whether they can use the iPhone to access work e-mail.

Consumer Reports: AT&T’s network might hinder iPhone success
The national publication that rates and evaluates everything from mattresses to cars to washing machines points out in a press release that for "several years running AT&T… has been among the least-satisfying service providers."

Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone
Sprint and Verizon Wireless set to battle Apple iPhone fervor
Developers split on iPhone access usefulness
The iPhone: Open or closed?
Apple's iPhone may struggle out of the gate
AT&T details iPhone service plans, iTunes activation
Will wait for beer: iPhone spawns gray market
Before iPhone: The most-hyped tech products of all time

What Network Worlders are SAYING about the iPhone

Mobile Carriers Worst Nightmare

The iPhone didn’t create hype, but it may have perfected it

Apple underestimating competitors again

Motorola "Perturbed"

Enough with the iPhone predictions already

3 billion have mobile phones and not a single one is an iPhone

iPhone Will Be A Lot More Secure than SmartPhones

First iPhone Reviews Out

Early iPhone lines and long-ago tales

Apple Does Do Exchanges

$18 an hour to wait in an iPhone line?

Secret iPhone Testing

Sprint Panics In Face Of iPhone Mania

Why Motorola et al Couldn't Have Created The iPhone

I See A Whole New Business

Apple iPhone Failure According to Experts

Switching from BlackBerry to iPhone

iPhone Tsunami Forces CellPhone Vendors To React

Microsoft Surface: It’s not an iPhone, it’s a big table

Apple iPhone Developers Caveats

More iPhone costs revealed

iPhone Guided Tour

Apple iPhone Does't Support Flash

iPhone No AntiMatter

iPhone Exchange Baloney

Verizon CEO whistling past the iPhone?

Apple iPhone Key To Solving AIDS Epidemic

Multimedia

Apple iPhone "first look"

Podcast: We're not camping for our iPhone

Slideshow: Top summer gadgets other than an iPhone


TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. The most-hyped tech products of all time
2. Microsoft security group on 'worst jobs' list
3. Parallel system 100X faster than PCs
4. Can cell phones be hacked?
5. Israeli researchers map the Internet
6. Is Microsoft OCS your next IP PBX?
7. Lawyers show how to side-step immigration law
8. Apple iPhone may struggle out of the gate
9. How MySpace is hurting your network
10. Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone

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The week's most-read stories

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Network World Daily News: PM, 06/28/07

The top 10 most-read NEWS STORIES this week

1. Can cell phones be hacked?
2. Microsoft security group on 'worst jobs' list
3. Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone
4. Feds want presence systems
5. Cisco moving reputation services into network devices
6. Judge favors Microsoft search agreement
7. Withdrawn Black Hat paper hints at flaws in TPM security architecture
8. Researchers map the Internet
9. Apple's iPhone may struggle out of the gate
10. Data breaches start at the gas station

The top 5 most-read IN-DEPTH STORIES this week

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1. Beyond iPhone: The most-hyped tech products of all time
2. How MySpace is hurting your network
3. 10 automation companies to watch
4. Groundbreaking 802.11n wireless LAN rollout
5. Summer gadget guide

The top 5 most-read BLOGS and COLUMNS this week

1. Name that parallel processing machine 100X faster than current PCs
2. How to avoid hiring an American
3. The case of the 500-mile e-mail
4. Cisco introduces basic-level networking certification
5. Even Apple doesn't know why time stands still on the iPhone

The most-read REVIEW this week

Is Microsoft OCS your next IP PBX?

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. The most-hyped tech products of all time
2. Microsoft security group on 'worst jobs' list
3. Parallel system 100X faster than PCs
4. Can cell phones be hacked?
5. Israeli researchers map the Internet
6. Is Microsoft OCS your next IP PBX?
7. Lawyers show how to side-step immigration law
8. Apple iPhone may struggle out of the gate
9. How MySpace is hurting your network
10. Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone

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