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Read full story Related News: News podcast: Network World 360 Legal experts are anticipating fewer applicants in the lottery for available H-1B visas next week as economic conditions and updated requirements will likely lessen the immediate demand for hiring foreign nationals under the controversial U.S. immigration program. Also, IT research firm Ovum is projecting that mobile broadband revenues will explode over the next five years as the number of mobile broadband users climbs to 2 billion by 2014. (6:08) Dell challenges HP, IBM with new offerings Trying to shed its reputation as an inexpensive hardware vendor, Dell is taking steps to sharpen its enterprise offerings so it can compete more effectively with rivals IBM and HP. Firefox fix due next week after attack is published Online attack code has been released targeting a critical, unpatched flaw in the Firefox browser. Sprint WiMAX Begins the Era of True Wireless Broadband How fast does mobile Internet need to be for to you give up the wired connection you're probably using right now? This week's 25 most-read stories 1. CEO payday: How much tech chiefs made in '08 2. 10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble 3. Biggest mistake for IPv6: It's not backwards compatible, developers admit 4. Top perks for tech execs 5. Skype for SIP targets business customers 6. Melissa virus turning 10... (age of the stripper unknown) 7. Hidden Commands 8. Linux penguin mascot gives way to Tuz 9. 8 Great Free Security Tools 10. What is Nortel up to? 11. 101 Great Free Sites and Downloads 12. Nasty New Worm Targets Home Routers, Cable Modems 13. No business case for IPv6, survey finds 14. 10 IE Browser Settings for Safer Surfing 15. 10 of the Worst Moments in Network Security History 16. 10 operating systems the world left behind 17. Smartphone showdown: iPhone vs. BlackBerry Storm 18. Free Utilities to Speed Up and Tweak Your PC 19. IBM/Sun deal could benefit Java, says Google's open source chief 20. 20 cool third-party iPhone apps 21. Microsoft to present open source blueprint for down economy 22. Uh Oh, Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09 23. IBM confirms North America layoffs 24. Google: IPv6 is easy, not expensive 25. Low-cost wireless spectrum analyzers do the trick Today on Google Subnet Behavioral targeting and some comments from Google's chief economist; Equal pay for equal work? Not in the tech sector; Blackberry gets Google voice search; and Google Blogoscoped: Google Docs gets a drawing program. App to no good A look at the top 10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble. CEO payday breakdown A detailed account of how much tech chiefs made in 2008. Sponsored by Trend Micro Four Layers of Security Protection. Web threats are coming at you from every angle. 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