Friday, September 28, 2007

FW: Technology & Business Daily Scoop: New update breaks hacked iPhones

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TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS DAILY SCOOP

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Friday, September 28, 2007

* New update breaks hacked iPhones
* Microsoft blogger accidentally leaks Office Mobile upgrade
* Disney drops family mobile service
* Tech looks good to investors
* Patent threat to 802.11n may be overblown
* Google buys Zingku mobile social networking service
* Update: Huawei, investment fund to buy 3Com for $2B
* Microsoft gives OEMs five more months to install XP

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NEW UPDATE BREAKS HACKED IPHONES

Users are reporting that a new update to Apple's iPhone is making previously
unlocked iPhones unusable.

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MICROSOFT BLOGGER ACCIDENTALLY LEAKS OFFICE MOBILE UPGRADE

A Microsoft employee on Thursday accidentally blogged about an upgrade to
Office Mobile that shouldn't be available for another couple of weeks.

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DISNEY DROPS FAMILY MOBILE SERVICE

The happiest place on mobile Earth is on an established carrier's service,
the operator of Disney Mobile acknowledged Thursday.

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TECH LOOKS GOOD TO INVESTORS

Amid uncertainty about the greater economy, technology companies are looking
good to investors. Strong earnings from Red Hat this week and Oracle last
week, continued excitement over mergers and acquisitions, and solid
forecasts for global component sales have been pushing shares of tech
vendors up.

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PATENT THREAT TO 802.11N MAY BE OVERBLOWN

A patent claim by an Australian research organization would probably not
sink the IEEE 802.11n standard, according to some wireless LAN industry
veterans.

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GOOGLE BUYS ZINGKU MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE

Google has acquired a mobile social networking startup called Zingku, the
search company's latest move to provide more services through mobile phones.

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UPDATE: HUAWEI, INVESTMENT FUND TO BUY 3COM FOR $2B

Network equipment vendor 3Com has agreed to be acquired by associates of
Bain Capital and of Huawei Technology in a deal worth $2.2 billion, 3Com
said Friday.

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MICROSOFT GIVES OEMS FIVE MORE MONTHS TO INSTALL XP

Microsoft is extending the time it will allow original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) and retail outlets to sell PCs with Windows XP as
customers continue to balk on upgrading to Windows Vista.

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