Mystery of RealPlayer exploit unfolds; Cow-powered laptops; AT&T paying Apple $18 per iPhone?

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Oct 25, 20072 mins

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Qualcomm’s presence at CTIA event is limited due concern over fires in Southern California, where the company is headquartered; and, Verizon has agreed to reimburse customers $1 million over deceptive marketing practices. (6:07)

Mystery of RealPlayer exploit, hijacked ad server unfolds

A week after Symantec discovered a zero-day attack based on the RealPlayer media player, a complex maze of investigation is ongoing to sort …

OLPC experiments with cow-powered laptops… seriously

The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) is toying with a novel source of power for its low-cost XO laptops: cows.

AT&T paying Apple $18 per iPhone per month?

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes Apple is taking $18 per month for each iPhone subscriber under its deal with AT&T.

Sun and NetApp: It’s WAR

There is a NetApp lawsuit against Sun for IP infringement that has just erupted into near open marketing warfare.

Security deadline missed by one-third of Visa merchants

Security Security deadline missed by one-third of Visa merchants By Ellen Messmer , Network World, 10/25/07 Start a discussion Print …

Austrian police to use crime-busting Trojans

The Austrian Police has become the latest European agency to express its intention to use specially-crafted Trojans to remotely monitor …

Qwest aims integrated VoIP services at midsize businesses

Qwest Wednesday unveiled its managed communication service for midsize businesses that integrates both voice and data into one single network.

CIO compensation: Top IT execs make millions of dollars

That fabled seat at the table that CIOs so crave comes with extra responsibility and pressure. And lots of money.

Inside iPhone 1.1.1

There’s more to last month’s iPhone 1.1.1 software update than just bricked phones and blocked apps. The software update for Apple’s mobile phone added several fixes …

Business, gov’t systems keep running despite wildfires

For Qualcomm CIO Norm Fjeldheim, it’s been anything but a typical working week. On Monday, Fjeldheim became one of the more than 250,000 …