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========================================================= Sponsored by Best Buy Running out of time? Get to Best Buy. The perfect last minute gifts are right here. Just let the Best Buy Gift Finder do the work and the perfect gifts will magically appear. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162285-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= December 23, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Latest Skulls Trojan Foretells Risky Smart-Phone Future 2. News: EPCglobal Ratifies Next-Generation RFID Standard 3. News: NTT DoCoMo Invests in Linux Supplier MontaVista 4. News: Linspire, Wal-Mart Partner on Low-Price Linux Laptop 5. News: Wal-Mart Gives Suppliers RFID Holiday Gift 6. News: Supply Chain Group Goes Global to Combat Terrorism Wireless at eWEEK.com: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162288-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Wireless & Mobile Update ========================================================= 1. News: Latest Skulls Trojan Foretells Risky Smart-Phone Future The latest smart-phone Trojan, MetalGear.A, disguises itself as a video game. Like earlier viruses that have infected the Symbian mobile operating system it spreads via Bluetooth. Experts say it's unlikely to spread or cause much damage but it may be an ominous clue to what's to come. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162291-0-0-0-1 Mobile Security http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162294-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: EPCglobal Ratifies Next-Generation RFID Standard An international standards organization has ratified a "Generation 2" RFID specification that could produce a wave of products that meet RFID mandates. But controversy still swirls over whether it's truly royalty-free. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162297-0-0-0-1 RFID Special Report http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162300-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: NTT DoCoMo Invests in Linux Supplier MontaVista A year after it announced that it would adopt Linux for future 3G mobile phones, Japan's largest mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo is pumping $3 million into MontaVista, a company which produces and supports embedded Linux tools. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162303-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Linspire, Wal-Mart Partner on Low-Price Linux Laptop Claiming it has the lowest priced laptop on the market, Wal-Mart is partnering with a Linux vendor to market a system that sells for less than $500. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162306-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Wal-Mart Gives Suppliers RFID Holiday Gift The nation's largest retailer spread a little holiday cheer by pushing its RFID compliance deadline back. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162309-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Supply Chain Group Goes Global to Combat Terrorism The U.S.-based National Cargo Security Council will go international and help supply chain security pros explore new mobile technologies to combat terrorism threats and address the billions of dollars lost annually to cargo theft. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162312-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Job Search http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162315-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= The Channel Insider http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162318-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162321-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162324-0-0-0-1&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1459-10-80-148054-162327-0-0-0-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? 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