IBM, University of Florida team up on smart devices

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News: IBM, University of Florida team up on smart devices
News: Quanta mum on reported iPhone, Dell smartphone orders
News: Intel fires fresh salvo at AMD in price war
News: Strong wireless sales, including iPhone, boost AT&T earnings
News: China busts large piracy syndicate with FBI's help
News: Nokia buys Twango, plans Seattle office
News: IEEE group settles on faster Ethernet plans
News: Intel network chips get up to speed
News: P-to-P application causes police security disaster
News: Linspire agreement 'undermines GPL rights'
News: iPass offers corporate home broadband
News: UK retailer to sell wooden PC
News: DIY Trojan tool discovered for sale
News: Fox News server found unsecured
ITWhirled: Tony Blair sends first text message


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IBM, University of Florida team up on smart devices
IBM Corp. and the University of Florida believe they've come up with middleware that will allow doctors to remotely monitor the health of their patients.


Quanta mum on reported iPhone, Dell smartphone orders
Quanta Computer Inc., the world's largest contract laptop PC maker, is reportedly gearing up to make iPhones for Apple Inc. and a new smartphone for Dell Inc., but the company isn't talking.


Intel fires fresh salvo at AMD in price war
The world's largest chip maker slashed prices on a handful of microprocessors after the company's battle to retake market share from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) took a turn for the worse.


Strong wireless sales, including iPhone, boost AT&T earnings
Profit and sales jumped in the second quarter at AT&T Inc. as the U.S. communications giant signed up more wireless customers, including new iPhone users, and sold more Internet services to enterprises.


China busts large piracy syndicate with FBI's help
A flurry of raids and arrests in China over the last two weeks have ended what is estimated to be the world's largest piracy syndicate in operation for more than six years.


Nokia buys Twango, plans Seattle office
Nokia Corp. is getting into the social networking market and establishing a presence in Seattle with the acquisition of Twango Inc., the companies announced late on Monday.


IEEE group settles on faster Ethernet plans
A technical group working on the next generation of Ethernet has agreed to disagree and will now work on a single standard that covers both 40G bps (bit-per-second) and 100G bps speeds.


Intel network chips get up to speed
Intel Corp. later this year will help server network interfaces take advantage of the major recent advances in data centers: multiprocessor systems, multicore processors and virtualization.


P-to-P application causes police security disaster
A policeman in Japan has been sacked after a P2P application on his PC caused highly confidential information on criminal investigations to reach the Internet.


Linspire agreement 'undermines GPL rights'
The no-lawsuit agreement reached in June between Linspire and Microsoft earlier this year is almost useless to Linspire customers because of tight restrictions on what the deal covers, according to a high-profile open source legal commentator.


iPass offers corporate home broadband
Corporate remote access provider iPass has launched a service that bundles home broadband with its service, to make it easier for IT departments to support staff working at home.


UK retailer to sell wooden PC
A supposedly zero carbon PC is being developed by U.K. retailer PC World, featuring wood casing for keyboard, screen and mouse. Use of recycled materials and low electricity needs will reduce its carbon footprint to 85 percent of a standard PC.


DIY Trojan tool discovered for sale
A new kit for building and customizing Trojan malware has been discovered for sale on the Internet.


Fox News server found unsecured
Security analysts spotted a gaping security hole in Fox News Network LLC's Web site on Monday, revealing file directories and sensitive content, although it appears the problem has been fixed.


ITWHIRLED

Tony Blair sends first text message
Despite serving as Prime Minister during a decade when Britain became a texting-mad society, Tony Blair only acquired his first mobile phone last October, and only sent his first text message after he retired from office. Humiliatingly, his initial foray into the world of texting netted him the reply "Who are you?