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[/url]Reuters - A "cyber cold war" waged over the world's computers threatens to become one of the biggest threats to security in the next decade, according to a report published on Thursday. Link To Original Article

Reuters - The European Commission said on Thursday that it would set DVB-H as a single European Union standard for mobile television broadcasting by the end of February, but several EU states said they would try to oppose the move. Link To Original Article

Reuters - European Union telecom ministers backed proposals on Thursday to open radio frequencies allocated exclusively for GSM mobile phone services to other technologies, such as third-generation (3G) mobile data. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Zenoss Core isn't the only open source monitoring tool making waves. GroundWork Monitor Open Source is an excellent example of Zenoss' competition from other open source players. Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - Software maker Adobe Systems Inc and Internet company Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday they will offer a service to let publishers run advertisements in Adobe's popular document-reading format. Link To Original Article

Remember the good ol' days of enterprise software when a vendor could foist a multi-million dollar software package on an IT buyer and get away with also charging downstream fees for support and maintenance? In a sign that this bleak time for IT buyers is at an end (and a bleak period is ahead for proprietary software vendors), Goldman Sachs has cut its estimates on a wide range of software companies, citing a softening in capital expenditures for the near term: Goldman cut 2008 estimates on many software stocks, focusing on enterprise exposure, pure-plays that could be harmed as customers seeks to purchase good enough substitutes from larger vendors, and vendors who sell big ticket items that could be delayed in a slower spending environment. The firm cut estimates by 1% on average.... ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Since the dawn of the business network, there has been a need to ensure that the network services provided to the enterprise are alive and responsive. Link To Original Article

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--In the wake of Yahoo's corporate troubles, and the long-ago collapses of sites and services like AltaVista, Excite, and others, some may be tempted to think that the era of the portal has come and gone. Not so, says Microsoft's MSN. In fact, Joanne Bradford, ... Link To Original Article

Reuters - "Metal Gear Solid 4" is not only one of the most eagerly awaited games for Sony's PlayStation 3, it is also among the last of a dying breed -- games designed exclusively for one gaming console. Link To Original Article

AP - Japanese already use cell phones to shop, read novels, exchange e-mail, search for restaurants and take video clips. Now, they can take a university course. Link To Original Article

AP - A top Nintendo Co. executive said holiday sales of the Wii game consoles have gotten off to a "fantastic start" but warned Tuesday that Wiis would be scarce through the end of the year. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Verizon Wireless plans to open its network to devices other than the ones hand-picked by the company, a move that could expand the features available on mobile phones and give the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier a response to a phone software project led by Google Inc. Link To Original Article

Reuters - Newspaper publisher and broadcaster E.W. Scripps Co said on Wednesday it does not plan to sell its comparison shopping Web site Shopzilla, refuting a report on a media blog. Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - Video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd and telecoms operator NTT's regional units said they would cooperate in Japan to promote the broadband Internet access of Nintendo's hot-selling Wii game console. Link To Original Article

Spammers may have changed tactics, targeting a familiar Web site rather than PCs for the purpose of spreading the trojan. Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - Verizon Wireless plans to open its network to devices other than the ones hand-picked by the company, a move that could expand the features available on mobile phones and give the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier a response to a phone software project led by Google. Link To Original Article

Hypervisor technology cannot be used to hide rootkits from detection, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon and Stanford researchers. Link To Original Article

TechWeb - The vulnerabilities could be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, Mozilla said. Link To Original Article

Cybercrooks are breaking down large botnets into smaller groups as they seek to increase their revenue, the security firm says. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - WaveMaker Software, formerly ActiveGrid, is unveiling Wednesday its WaveMaker Visual Assembly Studio tool and Rapid Deployment Framework for building what the company calls Enterprise Web 2.0 applications. Link To Original Article

Security sales director says region should follow Japan's example to ensure companies take data security more seriously. Link To Original Article

PC World - IBM and Yahoo issued a new version of their free enterprise search product on Tuesday, just weeks after rival Microsoft announced a competing product. Link To Original Article

Viruses targeting cell phones are on the increase but pose a much lower security danger than those aimed at PCs, says CEO. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Rambus*laid out a long-term plan to increase the bandwidth in computer chips to 1 terabyte per second, which would significantly speed up data transfer rates inside game consoles, PCs, and other products. Link To Original Article

AP - Microsoft and Nintendo are taking too long to phase out toxic chemicals from their game consoles, and TV producers Philips and Sharp have poor policies on taking back and recycling outdated products, Greenpeace said Tuesday in its latest environmental ranking of leading electronics companies. Link To Original Article