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* NEWS FROM LinuxWorld:

LINUXWORLD – IBM pushes desktop Linux with Open Client, 02/12/07

IBM Monday introduced new services, dubbed Open Client, designed to make it easier for customers to run its Lotus collaboration software on a mixture of Windows and Linux desktop operating systems.

Linux & Open Source Newsletter: What the LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit has in store, 02/12/07

If you are in the New York area this week, or have the means to get there on short-notice, you’ll want to swing down to the LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit. The event runs from Feb. 14-15, at the New York Marriott Marquis.

* NEWS FROM RSA ’07:

U.S. cyber counterattack: Bomb ’em one way or the other, 02/08/07

If the United States found itself under a major cyberattack aimed at undermining the nation’s critical information infrastructure, the Department of Defense is prepared, based on the authority of the president, to launch a cyber counterattack or an actual bombing of an attack source.

Attendees at RSA Conference drop ball on Wi-Fi security, 02/09/07

More than half of the wireless LAN devices being used at this week’s RSA Conference on information security are themselves unsecured.

RSA ’07 – Microsoft: Vista follow-up likely in 2009, 02/09/07

With Vista just out the door, Microsoft is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009, according to the executive in charge of building the product’s core components.

RSA ’07: Plan now for NAC, 02/08/07

Many businesses using NAC today were forced into it by dire security implications, but that’s not the best way to go, implementers of the technology told attendees at RSA Conference 2007.

RSA ’07: Corporations could shoulder enormous liability for stolen data, 02/08/07

SAN FRANCISCO — Corporate liability for compromised confidential data could be enormous, but the extent remains to be seen, according to legal experts at RSA Conference 2007.

RSA paints grand picture that reveals product shortcomings today, 02/08/07

IT executives who flocked to the RSA Conference ’07 this week heard vendors pledge to help protect information no matter how it is accessed, but evidence of the technology needed to accomplish this was hard to find on the exhibit floor.

RSA ’07 – VeriSign invests in DNS improvements, 02/08/07

VeriSign plans to invest $100 million over three years to expand tenfold the DNS infrastructure it operates for the .com and .net top-level domains.

RSA – FTC: Identity theft remains top consumer complaint, 02/07/07

Identity theft remained top of mind among U.S. consumers last year, but complaints about Internet auction fraud dropped noticeably, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

When you bum rush conference security, 02/08/07

RSA security lesson #1: What happens when you bum rush conference security?

RSA ’07: VoIP security threatened by default settings, warn experts, 02/07/07

VoIP gear from major vendors can be made secure, but it doesn’t come out of the box that way, experts warned at RSA Conference 2007.

RSA ’07: Bruce Schneier casts light on psychology of security, 02/07/07

One of the security industry’s most outspoken experts, Bruce Schneier, spoke at RSA Conference on the topic of how security decisions and perceptions are often driven by irrational and subconscious motives in human beings.

RSA ’07: Hackers find a wealth of victims on corporate Web sites, 02/07/07

Insecurely written software still looms as one of the greatest threats to Internet commerce, and user-generated Web content is becoming a vast new vulnerability hackers want to exploit, according to experts at RSA Conference.

RSA `07: IronPort reinforces appliances, 02/07/07

IronPort on Tuesday announced a high-performance addition to its family of e-mail security appliances as well as an upgrade to its Web security box that adds URL filtering.

RSA ’07: Oracle debuts Systems Management and Monitoring, 02/07/07

Oracle is making a number of moves to improve access management and other security features for its users.

EMC outlines RSA-led security strategy, 02/07/07

EMC CEO Joe Tucci, flanked by RSA division president Art Coviello at a press conference yesterday, outlined a strategy to broaden security options for EMC’s data-storage products.

Baich: Data theft problem no easy fix, 02/07/07

Rich Baich knows about data theft. Back in 2005, Baich was where he is now: at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco, a published author and star in the tight-knit community of information security experts. Then the roof fell in as Baich’s employer, data broker ChoicePoint, revealed that it had unwittingly allowed identity thieves posing as legitimate customers to make off with the financial records of more than 163,000 consumers.

* NEWS FROM 3GSM:

3GSM – Microsoft boosts security in Windows Mobile 6.0, 02/12/07

Microsoft said it has boosted the security mechanisms built into its newest mobile phone operating system, responding to the needs of business customers who will use the phones to access sensitive corporate data.

3GSM – T-Mobile CEO: VoIP will have no major impact, 02/13/07

Don’t expect new mobile phone services based on IP to become nearly as prevalent as those running over PCs. That’s the view of Hamid Akhavan, CEO of T-Mobile International, one of Europe’s largest mobile phone operators.

3GSM – New capabilities drive mobile security demands, 02/13/07

The growing functionality of mobile phones – which in the future could be used to unlock doors and make credit-card purchases – is driving demand for new and stronger security products, companies exhibiting at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona said.

3GSM – CEOs: Emerging markets will pave the way, 02/13/07

Some mobile phone companies are looking to emerging markets to find early adopters and for a glimpse at services of the future, CEOs said during the opening day keynote of the 3GSM conference in Barcelona on Tuesday.

3GSM – Mobile advertising not here yet, 02/13/07

Despite the buzz around mobile advertising, end users and eager advertisers may have to wait a while for widespread deployments as the mobile industry sorts out the requirements for it.

3GSM – Samsung to demo faster Mobile WiMAX, 02/12/07

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. this week will demonstrate a version of WiMax that can transport data at double the speed of current systems at the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona, Spain, it said Monday.

3GSM – TI sees emerging markets driving handset growth, 02/12/07

With much of the growth in the mobile phone market expected to come from emerging markets, Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has stepped up development of advanced processors designed for low-cost handsets.

3GSM – Nokia Siemens Networks: IP all the way, 02/12/07

Ahead of its planned launch next month, the new venture between Nokia and Siemens presented a product roadmap on the opening day of the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona that shows a strong focus on networking technologies based on the IP.

3GSM – Microsoft unveils DRM for mobiles, 02/12/07

Microsoft Monday unveiled a digital rights management platform designed to protect a wide range of mobile content.

3GSM – Rollable screen to help tired cell-phone eyes, 02/07/07

If you’re one of those wireless users who like small handsets but detest small displays, you’ll like this: a cellular device with a rollable display.

3GSM – AMD delivers three new media processors, 02/12/07

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has announced three new discrete media chips to respond to growing demand for advanced multimedia features in mobile phones.

3GSM – HP targets business market with iPaq smartphone, 02/12/07

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) announced a smartphone for business users on Monday, appealing to IT administrators by offering remote software management from Bitfone Corp.

3GSM – LG targets big jump in European phone sales, 02/12/07

LG Electronics has set an ambitious target of increasing cell phone shipments by 60% this year in the competitive European market, it said Monday.

3GSM – Microsoft releases Windows Live for mobile products, 02/12/07

Microsoft announced some new Windows Live applications for mobile phones on Monday, including programs that offer search and mapping capabilities.

3GSM – Nokia hopes to push mobile e-mail in enterprise, 02/12/07

Nokia is aiming to boost the use of mobile e-mail in the enterprise with a new release of its Intellisync software and several new handsets aimed at business users.

3GSM – Samsung shows thinnest cell phone, 02/12/07

Samsung Electronics is setting out to impress at this week’s 3GSM trade show in Barcelona by unveiling what it said is the slimmest cell phone handset in the world.

3GSM – Sony Ericsson to outline UIQ plans on Wednesday, 02/12/07

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications plans to make an announcement Wednesday about its strategy for the UIQ interface that runs on the Symbian mobile phone operating system, Sony Ericsson President Miles Flint said Sunday.

3GSM – Vendors to show new multicast mobile TV app, 02/12/07

Vendors are lining up at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona to show a new mobile TV delivery technology with near-broadcast qualities.

3GSM – Yahoo set to appear on LG cell phone screens, 02/12/07

Yahoo Inc. has reached a deal with LG Electronics Inc. that should see its “Go” mobile platform on the screens of tens of millions of LG cell phone handsets shipped later this year, the two companies said Monday.

3GSM – Mobile VoIP is on the march, 02/09/07

Nearly one year after Skype stole the headlines at the 3GSM World Congress with its plans to offer a mobile version of its Internet phone, a couple of nimble start-ups — and not the ‘Net telephony pioneer itself — appear to have found a way to make this type of service work, both technically and commercially.

3GSM – NTT DoCoMo comes close to 5G bps in 4G research, 02/09/07

NTT DoCoMo came close to hitting another data transmission milestone in its research into next-generation cellular telephone systems during an experiment conducted in Japan on Dec. 25 last year.

3GSM – Samsung next with touchpanel cell phone, 02/08/07

Telephones with touchscreen displays that occupy most of their front face are starting to looking like the next big thing in the cell phone market.

3GSM – A first look at Windows Mobile 6, 02/08/07

Microsoft Corp.’s recently announced Windows Mobile 6 software for smart phones is a step forward for the company, offering some important improvements over previous versions of the software. But just how good is the new software?

3GSM – Mobile ads: The next Internet gold rush?, 02/08/07

Money talks. That’s why mobile phone advertising has become such an irresistible topic.

3GSM – Apple, Microsoft may share center stage, 02/07/07

The phone many exhibitors and attendees are talking about won’t even be on display at next week’s 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, the year’s largest mobile industry exhibition.

3GSM – 3GSM – Sony Ericsson launches new Walkman phones and more, 02/06/07

Responding to demand for ultra-thin designs, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB has announced a new Walkman music phone — its slimmest handset yet.

3GSM – ITU, GSMA collaborate on developing markets, 02/06/07

Two global telecommunication organizations have agreed to collaborate in boosting mobile phone access in developing countries.

* 2007 TRADE SHOWS:

IBM’s SHARE User Events

Tampa, Fla., Feb. 11 – 16

San Diego, Aug. 12 – 17

LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit

New York, Feb. 14 – 15

VoiceCon

Orlando, March 5 – 8

InfoSec World

Orlando, March 19 – 21