Experts: Solar storm put heat on GPS   05 Apr 2007 13:00 GMT
Sun flare's disruption to navigation system in December was unexpected and serious, researchers at space conference say.
Images: Solar flare heads toward Earth
Source: ZDNet

Nokia makes $20M payment to Qualcomm for patents   05 Apr 2007 12:49 GMT
Nokia may have bought itself a little more time in a legal dispute with Qualcomm, which wants Nokia to stop selling some of its mobile phones until it pays for new patent licenses.
Source: InfoWorld

New class of attack targets embedded devices (InfoWorld)   05 Apr 2007 12:10 GMT
InfoWorld - A security researcher at Juniper Networks says he plans to demonstrate a new class of attack that can be used to compromise electronic devices like routers or mobile phones.
Source: Yahoo

Sony BMG pushing mobile music in China   04 Apr 2007 22:55 GMT
Record label strikes deal with a content aggregator to distribute downloads on mobile devices where 85 percent of recordings are illegal.
Source: ZDNet

AMD upgrades dual-core Opteron chip to 3GHz (InfoWorld)   04 Apr 2007 20:45 GMT
InfoWorld - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has begun shipping two 3GHz versions of its dual-core Opteron chip to server vendors, continuing a battle over multicore processing power with Intel, the company said Wednesday.
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AMD Upgrades Dual-core Opteron Chip to 3GHz (PC World)   04 Apr 2007 20:00 GMT
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has begun shipping two 3GHz versions of its dual-core Opteron chip to server vendors, continuing a battle over multicore processing power with Intel Corp., the company said Wednesday.
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Don't use WEP, say German security researchers   04 Apr 2007 12:25 GMT
The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to demonstrate their findings at a security conference in Hamburg this weekend.
Source: InfoWorld

FCC Hangs Up on Phone Use on Planes (PC Magazine)   04 Apr 2007 04:43 GMT
PC Magazine - The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that it has terminated a proceeding that considered the use of cellular phones on airplanes.
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FCC kills plan to examine use of phones on planes (Reuters)   03 Apr 2007 22:55 GMT

Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that it has terminated a proceeding that considered the use of cellular phones on airplanes.

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FCC says no to mobile calls on airplanes (InfoWorld)   03 Apr 2007 20:59 GMT
InfoWorld - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has ended a proceeding that would have allowed mobile phone calls on airplanes, for now ending the possibility of phone conversations during flights.
Source: Yahoo