YouTube goes mobile ... Nintendo sells 600,000 Wii consoles in 8 days

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News: YouTube goes mobile with Verizon
News: Software suite aims to speed Linux phone development
News: Nintendo sells 600,000 Wii consoles in 8 days
News: Treo 750 delay hurts Palm forecast
Tip: Three Google searches you must know for security's sake
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: Rejected names for Windows Vista


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YouTube goes mobile with Verizon
Online video-sharing service YouTube Inc. is extending its reach beyond PCs to mobile phones through a deal with Verizon Wireless Inc.

Software suite aims to speed Linux phone development
Trolltech AS is offering a suite of products designed to make it easier for mobile phone makers to develop Linux-based smart phones. Called the Qtopia Greensuite, it bundles together several applications and tools that are available separately today from a variety of vendors.

Nintendo sells 600,000 Wii consoles in 8 days
Sales of Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii console surpassed 600,000 in its first eight days on sale. The company has previously said that it plans to ship around 4 million units of the Wii to market before the end of this year.

Treo 750 delay hurts Palm forecast
Palm Inc. has lowered its financial forecast for the current quarter because of delays in bringing its latest Treo smartphone to market. Although its line of smartphones is selling well and the new Treo 750v introduced in Europe is popular, Palm hasn't been able to get the Treo 750 introduced in the U.S. as planned.

Newest Opera Mini eases mobile photo uploading
Opera Software ASA plans to release the third version of the Opera Mini mobile phone browser on Tuesday, adding features that aim to boost its social networking capabilities and improve functionality overall.

LCDs outsell CRTs in Europe
Despite a fall in demand for flat-panel televisions in Europe, liquid-crystal display (LCD) models outsold old-fashioned "tube" televisions for the first time there during the third quarter.

South Korean patent ruling threatens Microsoft Office
Microsoft Corp. may have to pull its Office suite from the shelves in South Korea as a result of losing a patent lawsuit in that country, according to published reports.

Lenovo targets business users with widescreen notebook
Making an effort to compete with Dell Inc. for business users, Lenovo Group Ltd. has launched a widescreen version of its ThinkPad line of notebook PCs.

Printer ink makers, vendors settle with Epson
Seiko Epson Corp. has won assurances from a number of manufacturers and importers of ink cartridges that the companies will end their business with Epson-compatible cartridges.


TIP

Three Google searches you must know for security's sake
By Brent Huston, Microsolved, Inc.

There are three simple yet powerful Google searches that can help attackers virtually "case" your organization as a target for data theft. Try them. They should give you a bird's eye view of your Internet presence and just what the simplest Google-powered attackers will notice at first glance.


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ITWHIRLED

Rejected names for Windows Vista
We all know that Longhorn became Vista. But what other names were in the running? Windows: Tokyo Drift? MS-DOS v9.0? Windows BORG: Resistance is Futile?