Dell upgrades workstation lineup ... Orange to offer unlocked iPhone ... Rogue cell phone bedevils 911 operators

In this issue:
- Dell targets the enterprise with new workstations
- Lotus Notes vulnerable to e-mail attack
- Orange to offer unlocked iPhone for €649 in France
- Verizon Wireless opens up network to outside devices
- Online shoppers spent $733M on 'Cyber Monday'
- Rogue cell phone bedevils Iowa 911 operators
- There's never an Office doctor around when you need one
- Win a Wi-Fi Detector T-Shirt!


TODAY'S NEWS

Dell targets the enterprise with new workstations
Dell Tuesday upgraded its line of workstations, introducing a quad-core system that packs graphics and processing power that the company said is the highest level of performance available on its workstations.

Lotus Notes vulnerable to e-mail attack
A serious bug in IBM's Lotus Notes software could be used by attackers to run unauthorized software on a victim's PC, researchers at Core Security Technologies reported Tuesday.

Orange to offer unlocked iPhone for €649 in France
French mobile phone operator Orange will sell unlocked iPhones for €649 ($964), far less than the €999 that T-Mobile charges in neighboring Germany. The price falls to €399 with a special iPhone airtime contract of at least one year, the same as in Germany.

Verizon's move called an opening for industry
Verizon Wireless gave a boost to the whole U.S. mobile data industry with its plan to open up its network to third-party devices and applications, according to industry observers.

Verizon Wireless opens up network to outside devices
Verizon Wireless will open its network to outside mobile handsets, devices and applications by the end of 2008, the company announced Tuesday.

Lawsuit charges CRT makers with price-fixing
A class-action lawsuit was filed against six monitor manufacturers on Tuesday, alleging the companies of being a 'global cartel' involved in price-fixing of CRT monitors.

Webroot to buy service vendor Email Systems
Security software vendor Webroot plans to acquire Email Systems Ltd., a provider of e-mail and Web protection services.

Online shoppers spent $733M on 'Cyber Monday'
Online shoppers in the U.S. set a record for one-day sales on Cyber Monday, racking up $733 million in purchases, comScore Networks said Tuesday.


OPINION

There's never an Office doctor around when you need one
Joel Shore, ITworld.com

For many, the Microsoft Office 2007 experience has been, well, something that falls well short of bliss. For others, it is a breath of fresh air. It would seem I fall somewhere in the middle. ...continue


ITWHIRLED

Rogue cell phone bedevils Iowa 911 operators
Under FCC rules, cell phones that have long been disconnected from any cell phone provider must still be able to call 911. That's exactly what one mysterious phone in Iowa keeps doing -- 400 times in one week, with nobody on the line. Officials can't find the phone or associate it with a real person, but by law must answer each and every call.

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