Monday, July 02, 2007

Verizon boosts entire EV-DO network; IPhone buzz reaches to Microsoft's back yard

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Network World Daily News: AM, 07/02/07

Verizon bumps up entire EV-DO network
Verizon Wireless kicked some network sand in the face of AT&T Friday by announcing its entire EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) network has been upgraded with higher speeds and lower latency.

IPhone buzz reaches to Microsoft's back yard
As 6:00 p.m. approached Friday, the mob in front of the Apple's flagship San Francisco store counted down the seconds as if it was New Year's Eve.

AT&T expands wireless coverage with Dobson buy
The iPhone won't be just for customers living in the big cities. On the day it is introducing the hugely hyped cell phone, AT&T announced it will acquire wireless provider Dobson Communications for $2.8 billion in cash.

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Hackers target C-level execs and their families
Hackers appear to have stepped up their efforts to trick corporate executives into downloading malicious software programs that can steal company data over the past year, according to new data released Monday.

Microsoft U.K. domain succumbs to SQL injection attack
A hacker successfully attacked a Web page within Microsoft's U.K. domain on Wednesday, resulting in the display of a photograph of a child waving the flag of Saudi Arabia.

ICANN faces major transition with Cerf's departure
Since its founding in 1998, the controversial Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has weathered violent political turbulence and survived volatile technical controversies.

ICANN makes progress on international domain names
Participants made good progress discussing changes to Internet governance during an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting in Puerto Rico that closed on Friday, leaders of the organization said.

RIM posts record highs in Q1, iPhone to help drive future
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced record high subscriber growth and strong device shipments in its first quarter, a sign that some users aren't putting off smartphone purchases ahead of Friday's iPhone launch.

Software analyzes language ability of offshore call center employees
The limited language skills of offshore call center employees can frustrate customers. New software from Nexidia analyzes language skills to determine whether a new applicant should be hired or how current employees can improve.

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Ecma to create standard out of Microsoft rival to PDF
Standards body Ecma International has formed a technical committee to develop a standard built on Microsoft's XML Paper Specification (XPS), a rival file format to Adobe's PDF.

With iPhone launch, a hacker's to-do list
When Apple introduced the latest version of its Safari browser two weeks ago, it took the hacking community just hours to start reporting bugs in the beta code.

Podcast

Finding the perfect digital camera for summer
With Summer upon us, what better time to think about snapping pictures of your outdoor adventures and family gatherings. On this edition of Network World Panorama, Consumer Reports Senior Web Editor Paul Eng joins Network World's amateur photographer Jason Meserve to talk about what to look for in a new digital camera and what to avoid. (14:37)

Blogs

Buzzblog: “The 7 Wonders of the Internet”
This Saturday - 07/07/07 - "The New 7 Wonders of the World" will be announced in Lisbon, Portugal. Here at Buzzblog, we have enlisted the help of my e-mail list - the Buzzblog Brigade – for a related assignment: "The 7 Wonders of the Internet."

Today on Cisco Subnet
Blogger Brad Reese asks why was one U.S. job seeker responding to a Cisco ad told to follow-up with Cisco's immigration lawyers and not HR? Milw0rm.com publishes a paper describing the IOS vulnerability that got Michael Lynn into hot water. Blogger Jeff Doyle explains Non-Stop Forwarding (NSF), Non-Stop Routing (NSR), and Graceful Restart (GR).

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Withdrawn Black Hat paper hints at security flaws
2. 3Com to spin out TippingPoint
3. Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone
4. Lawyers show how to avoid hiring an American
5. The $2.3M home lab of Quadruple CCIE
6. The most-hyped tech products of all time
7. CIOs leery of iPhone
8. Giving an interview gets a guy fired
9. Parallel system 100X faster than PCs
10. Microsoft security group on 'worst jobs' list

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