Jobs: iPhone supply may not meet demand

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News: Jobs: iPhone supply may not meet demand
News: Microsoft.co.uk succumbs to SQL injection attack
News: Intel ships 1 million quad-core CPUs
News: EU turns to YouTube to create EUtube
News: Homeland Security to host closed-door security forum
News: RIM posts record highs in Q1, iPhone to help drive future
News: Tech groups disappointed in immigration vote
iPhone Watch: Taiwan hit by iPhone craze
iPhone Watch: Impending iPhone launch grabs headlines in China
iPhone Watch: Nonprofit garners support with NYC iPhone vigil
iPhone Watch: Visto to offer Exchange, Notes e-mail on iPhone
ITWhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Toothpaste for Dinner


NEWS UPDATES

Jobs: iPhone supply may not meet demand
The number of iPhones manufactured by Apple Inc. may not be enough to meet customer demand when the smart phone goes on sale later Friday, CEO Steve Jobs said in an interview published the same day.

For more stories about the iPhone, which went on sale today, see iPHONE WATCH below.


Microsoft.co.uk succumbs to SQL injection attack
A hacker successfully attacked a Web page within Microsoft Corp.'s U.K. domain on Wednesday, resulting in the display of a photograph of a child waving the flag of Saudi Arabia.


Intel ships 1 million quad-core CPUs
Intel Corp. has shipped more than 1 million quad-core Xeon 5300 microprocessors since introducing them in November 2006, meeting a goal announced by company executives earlier this year.


EU turns to YouTube to create EUtube
The European Commission is turning to video-sharing Web site YouTube.com to disseminate information about the workings of the European Union to its citizens, through a new channel on the site called EUtube, it announced Friday.


Homeland Security to host closed-door security forum
The U.S. Department of Homeland security will host a invite-only conference two months from now that will bring together security experts from law enforcement, Internet service providers, and the technology industry.


RIM posts record highs in Q1, iPhone to help drive future
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) announced record high subscriber growth and strong device shipments in its first quarter, a sign that some users aren't putting off smartphone purchases ahead of Friday's iPhone launch.


Tech groups disappointed in immigration vote
Two IT trade groups, as well as Microsoft Corp., expressed disappointment after the U.S. Senate failed to move ahead with a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would include a higher annual cap on visas for high-skilled workers.


iPHONE WATCH

Taiwan hit by iPhone craze
The surest sign marketing hype surrounding the iPhone has outdone itself is that a small island on the Pacific rim is abuzz over the device, despite the fact it won't be on sale here until next year at the earliest.


Impending iPhone launch grabs headlines in China
Americans aren't the only ones going crazy over news about Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The impending launch of the phone topped technology news headlines in China on Friday, hours before the handset was due to hit store shelves in the U.S.


Nonprofit garners support with NYC iPhone vigil
A Brooklyn, New York-based charity is using its position as first in line for the iPhone at the SoHo Apple Store to drum up more support for its plans to auction the gadget on eBay Inc. and use the money for charitable purposes.


Visto to offer Exchange, Notes e-mail on iPhone
Push e-mail provider Visto Corp. says it will be able to send enterprise e-mail to iPhones starting later this year.



ITWHIRLED

Geek Comic of the Week: Toothpaste for Dinner
Just black pen, white ink, and one slumpy guy in unlikely situations. Yet they add up to one of the Web's most addictive comics. Updated daily for the last six years; beware getting lost in its archives.

Session-riding bug blows security devices open ... Google Desktop finally out for Linux

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News: Session-riding bug blows security devices open
News: NASSCOM responds to latest visa fraud allegations
News: AMD gets ready for Barcelona launch
News: Microsoft pushes OBAs to take Office to next level
News: Google Desktop finally out for Linux
News: FTC is neutral on net neutrality
News: Wells Fargo, Visa test pay-by-phone in US
News: Red Hat profit rises on 42 percent revenue hike
News: DDR3 memory standard agreed
News: Handset finding service uses Wi-Fi
ITwhirled: Top 10 funniest "Get a Mac" spoofs ... Top 10 essential road trip gadgets


NEWS UPDATES

Session-riding bug blows security devices open
A bug has cropped up in security devices from Check Point and seven other vendors that could allow attackers to take control of the devices, according to Calyptix Security.

NASSCOM responds to latest visa fraud allegations
India's chief outsourcing association has admitted there may be instances of U.S. visa abuse by Indian companies, but said the problems are confined to "small, fly-by-night operators."

AMD gets ready for Barcelona launch
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is getting ready to launch Barcelona, its first quad-core server chip.

Microsoft pushes OBAs to take Office to next level
Microsoft Corp. has been quietly adding to the cache of reference applications it hopes will help transform Microsoft Office 2007 from a mere productivity suite to a collaboration tool.

Google Desktop finally out for Linux
Google Inc. plans to launch a Linux version of Google Desktop on Wednesday, almost three years after the product's launch for the Windows operating system.

FTC is neutral on net neutrality
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is taking the middle ground in the net neutrality debate that pits large telecommunications operators against Internet giants.

Wells Fargo, Visa test pay-by-phone in US
Mobile payments and banking are now moving into the U.S. through some big names, but the speedy checkout system is slow to put in place.

Red Hat profit rises on 42 percent revenue hike
The introduction of a new version of its Linux distribution and new JBoss software helped Red Hat Inc. increase profit to US$16.2 million, or $0.08 a share, on revenue of $118.9 million, in its fiscal first quarter ended May 31, the company reported Wednesday.

DDR3 memory standard agreed
The new DDR3 -- Double Data Rate 3 -- standard, gives a big performance improvement and should reduce power compared with to the DDR1 and DDR2 memory schemes, according to the standards group which made it.

Handset finding service uses Wi-Fi
Geo-location specialist Quova is offering a service that lets wireless devices locate themselves by scanning for nearby Wi-Fi access points and GSM base-stations, and triangulating what they find against a master-list.



INTERVIEW

AMD gets ready for Barcelona launch
By Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is getting ready to launch Barcelona, its first quad-core server chip.

A successful Barcelona launch, expected to happen during the third quarter, is critical for AMD, which has seen its share of the server market battered in recent quarters by Intel Corp. Those market-share losses came with a heavy price, dragging AMD's finances into the red. In April, the company announced a US$611 million loss, largely attributed to tougher competition and a price war with Intel.



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Windows Server 2008 makes hosting debut at Microsoft.com

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News: Windows Server 2008 makes hosting debut at Microsoft.com
News: Sun to donate Cluster code to OpenSolaris community
News: IBM, HP share bragging rights on supercomputer list
News: Microsoft launches Windows Live file sharing beta
News: BEA ready to lock down Workshop 10.1 code
News: T-Mobile to launch nationwide converged Wi-Fi, cell service
News: Toshiba details its first AMD laptops in 7 years
News: SGI launches cooler HPC blades
News: Microsoft security group makes 'worst jobs' list
iPhone Watch: Will wait for beer: iPhone spawns gray market
iPhone Watch: New Yorkers camp out for iPhone despite summer heat
iPhone Watch: Asustek smartphone hits market ahead of iPhone
iPhone Watch: Apple rivals dread iPhone
ITWhirled: Top 10 IT skills on the way to extinction


NEWS UPDATES

Windows Server 2008 makes hosting debut at Microsoft.com
About 2,600 Web sites are already running Microsoft Corp.'s forthcoming Windows Server 2008, a small but increasing number that indicates rising interest in the OS, according to new statistics from Netcraft Ltd.


Sun to donate Cluster code to OpenSolaris community
Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday is to begin donating its Solaris clustering code to the open-source community, the latest move in the company's ongoing strategy to eventually make all of its software freely available.


IBM, HP share bragging rights on supercomputer list
IBM Corp. still operates the fastest supercomputer in the industry, but rival Hewlett-Packard Co. has more of them in operation, according to a closely-watched global survey released Wednesday.


Microsoft launches Windows Live file sharing beta
Microsoft Corp. Wednesday started limited beta offerings of Windows Live file and photo sharing services.


BEA ready to lock down Workshop 10.1 code
BEA Systems Inc. will lock down the code for Workshop 10.1 this Friday in preparation for the Java development tool's release next month.


T-Mobile to launch nationwide converged Wi-Fi, cell service
T-Mobile USA Inc. planned to launch its converged Wi-Fi and cellular service nationwide Wednesday, following the introduction of the service late last year in Seattle.


Toshiba details its first AMD laptops in 7 years
Toshiba Corp. has disclosed details of a new range of laptop computers based on processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. -- the first AMD-based machines the company has sold in about seven years.


SGI launches cooler HPC blades
Silicon Graphics has launched a blade server system aimed at the high performance computing (HPC) market.


Microsoft security group makes 'worst jobs' list
What do whale-feces researchers, hazmat divers and employees of Microsoft Corp.'s Security Response Center have in common? They all made Popular Science magazine's 2007 list of the absolute worst jobs in science.


iPHONE WATCH

Will wait for beer: iPhone spawns gray market
How badly do you want an iPhone? Would you pay US$1,500 to buy one? How about $300 for someone to wait on line for you?


New Yorkers camp out for iPhone despite summer heat
New Yorkers have a reputation for being a hearty lot and those who want to be among the first to buy an iPhone Friday seem to be made of a particularly tough constitution. Despite temperatures that soared above 90 degrees Fahrenheit Tuesday, several were already lined up outside the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.


Asustek smartphone hits market ahead of iPhone
Taiwanese electronics maker Asustek Computer Inc. launched a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone with a touch-sensitive screen on Wednesday, just days ahead of the launch of Apple Inc.'s iPhone.


Apple rivals dread iPhone
When Apple Inc. launches the iPhone on Friday, it is set to get a jump on its competitors and spark a flurry of new phone designs, regardless of how well the device actually sells.


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Sun supercomputer takes on IBM's Blue Gene

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News: Sun supercomputer takes on IBM's Blue Gene
Related Reading: Sun needs AMD chips to launch new supercomputer
News: Symantec takes heat over Chinese compensation offer
News: Data breaches start at the gas station, analyst says
News: Dassault Systèmes to build on Microsoft's Virtual Earth
News: Wi-Fi Alliance starts testing draft 802.11n gear
News: Secret Service operations hit ID, credit card theft rings
News: Analysts: Vista SP1 delay won't hurt enterprises
News: Retailers asked to adopt standard to combat card theft
News: Quantum storage appliance could attract OEM partners
News: Oracle updates Demantra software one year after purchase
ITWhirled: "Paris Exposed" exposes customer data


NEWS UPDATES

News: Sun supercomputer takes on IBM's Blue Gene
Sun is aiming to wrest the world supercomputing crown from IBM's Blue Gene courtesy of a US$59 million contract from the University of Texas for its Constellation design.

Related Reading: Sun needs AMD chips to launch new supercomputer
As Sun Microsystems Inc. prepares to demonstrate a new high-performance computer Tuesday at a technology conference in Germany, it hopes that quad-core processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. that will power the computer arrive on time to deliver one of the machines to its first customer.


Symantec takes heat over Chinese compensation offer
Symantec Corp.'s attempt to make amends with Chinese users who saw their computers crippled by its antivirus software is off to a rocky start, with critics saying the company's compensation offer isn't good enough.


Data breaches start at the gas station, analyst says
Using a credit card at a gas station could pose more of a risk for data theft than shopping online, as point-of-sale terminals have emerged as a weak link in the security chain, according to a Gartner Inc. analyst.


Dassault Systèmes to build on Microsoft's Virtual Earth
Microsoft Corp. will work with 3D design and visualization software developer Dassault Systèmes SA, to add a new dimension to its Virtual Earth mapping and satellite imagery service, the companies announced Tuesday.


Wi-Fi Alliance starts testing draft 802.11n gear
The Wi-Fi Alliance on Monday launched the action phase of its plan to get faster wireless networking products into the market, kicking off certification testing of gear based on a draft version of the IEEE 802.11n standard.

Secret Service operations hit ID, credit card theft rings
The U.S. Secret Service has cracked down on an international ID theft ring that is responsible for more than US$14 million in fraud losses, the agency said Monday.

Analysts: Vista SP1 delay won't hurt enterprises
Although Microsoft Corp. may not have the first service pack for Windows Vista ready at the end of this year as some expected, financial analysts say that a delay should not have a negative effect on enterprise adoption of the OS.


Retailers asked to adopt standard to combat card theft
As governments around the world step up efforts to protect citizens from the potentially devastating effects of payment card data theft, merchants are being asked to comply with a new security standard.


Quantum storage appliance could attract OEM partners
Quantum Corp. introduced a disk storage appliance Monday that could both appeal to enterprise customers and improve its partnerships with other storage vendors.


Oracle updates Demantra software one year after purchase
Oracle Corp. has released the first major new version of its demand management software a year after acquiring the technology through the purchase of Demantra.


ITWHIRLED

"Paris Exposed" exposes customer data
A Website selling access to X-rated videos starring imprisoned heiress Paris Hilton was less than discreet with its customer data: the site accidentally allowed anyone to see a list of customers, including addresses and credit card numbers. The question: which is worse, having your credit card number used fraudulently by someone who found it this way, or having to admit that you paid to see this site?

Symantec offers compensation for bad software update

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News: Symantec offers compensation for bad software update
News: Seagate joins the terabyte disk club
News: UK business wants green IT but doesn't know how
News: UK delays procurement for ID, passport projects
News: Samsung begins producing 1.8-inch SSDs
News: EBay to again advertise on Google but at smaller scale
News: The big dig, Seattle style
News: Sony's 'ultimate' PC to cost $5,000
News: IBM pushes 32-nanometer chips with BASF deal
News: Symantec Labs working on SiteAdvisor alternative
News: Microsoft kills continuation of Longhorn client project
News: Attackers persuade users to infect themselves
Feature: Hands on with Korea's cutting-edge wireless broadband
ITWhirled: Fashion-forward Europeans to develop "smart clothes"


NEWS UPDATES

Symantec offers compensation for bad software update
More than a month after Symantec Corp. knocked out 50,000 Chinese PCs with a bad software update, the company is ready to offer compensation. But Chinese users eligible for the offer have to act fast; it's only good for a couple of weeks.


Seagate joins the terabyte disk club
Seagate is a launching a pair of 1TB capacity disks with advanced power-saving technology. This could save up to a quarter of the power consumed by normal drives. It has also announced a ruggedized 2.5-inch drive holding 80G bytes. Hitachi was first to market with a 1T byte drive a month or so ago.


UK business wants green IT but doesn't know how
Nearly all British businesses think that companies should be doing more to reduce their carbon footprints but most of them haven't a clue how to go about it.


UK delays procurement for ID, passport projects
The U.K. is delaying the start of the procurement process for the IT systems that will eventually issue ID cards for an estimated 50 million U.K. citizens over the next decade.


Samsung begins producing 1.8-inch SSDs
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun producing a flash memory-based solid-state disk drive for mobile computing applications.


EBay to again advertise on Google but at smaller scale
EBay Inc. will once again advertise on Google Inc.'s U.S. AdWords network, but its spending on it will be significantly lower.


The big dig, Seattle style
Xerox Corp. has its legendary PARC labs. Now Microsoft Corp has its famous parking lot.


Sony's 'ultimate' PC to cost $5,000
Expensive PCs were supposed be a thing of the past, but Sony has clearly not heard the news. The company has just announced what must be the most expensive non-gaming PC of the year, the £2,500 (US$5,000) RM1N.


IBM pushes 32-nanometer chips with BASF deal
IBM Corp. will work with the German chemical company BASF Group to produce a new generation of chips with feature sizes of 32 nanometers, the companies said Friday.


Symantec Labs working on SiteAdvisor alternative
Symantec Corp. researchers are working on a pair of projects to give Norton users a better idea of whether the Web sites they visit or the files they download are trustworthy.


Microsoft kills continuation of Longhorn client project
Microsoft Corp. has forced developers to close down a project aimed at reviving the original Windows client code-named "Longhorn."


Attackers persuade users to infect themselves
The Sans Institute has uncovered more evidence that internet attackers don't necessarily need any clever technical tricks to plant malicious software on users' systems -- an understanding of psychology will do just as well. Click Here!


FEATURE

Hands on with Korea's cutting-edge wireless broadband
It's been a year since a Mobile WiMax service was launched in Seoul and one of the world's most wired cities became one of the most wireless.


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Fashion-forward Europeans to develop "smart clothes"
A group of scientists working with EU funding are developing "intelligent textiles" that can monitor the health of those wearing them. The garments will measure vital signs such as temperature and sweat salinity in a quest to remotely diagnose the wearer's health.