9 iPhone Alternatives; Verizon Tries To Counter iPhone Frenzy

TechWeb Networking Update - Friday, Jun 29, 2007

(Table of Contents)

*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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( Today's Top Story)

9 iPhone Alternatives
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Not every businessperson wants or needs a $500 smartphone. Here
are some options, if you're not planning to board the iPhone bandwagon.

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Review: 8 iPod Alternatives
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iPods are the market leaders in media players today -- but are
they necessarily better than their competitors? We look at 8 iPod
alternatives and decide whether you should go Apple or not.

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
story; too bad they didn't play fair.

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.

(Networking News of the Week)

Mobile WiMax Commercial Launch Planned For Northeast Region In August
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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The California city's new hardware replaced Sun Microsystems
Netra servers, IBM System P servers, and Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL360s.

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Get Ready For A Hacker Smackdown
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A showdown is brewing between two sets of security researchers
over whether virtualization-based rootkits are detectable in a
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IBM Introduces New Corporate Search Product
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The upgraded version of OmniFind Enterprise Edition indexes more
than 30 different types of enterprise content and 200 different
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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
iPhone, may give too much clout to Apple in shaping the future of
the fledgling mobile music market.

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