December 28, 2004 articles

Cabir source code posted online

Dec 28 2004 - 05:30 PM ET | Security
Get ready for a lot of similar mobile phone viruses--the source code for Cabir has been posted online on a message board. Virus writing group 29A was responsible for the virus and is also responsible for the source code leak:...

Indoor cell network for world's tallest building

Dec 28 2004 - 02:06 PM ET | In The News
Ericsson has inked a contract to provide the indoor network for the world's tallest building--Taipei 101. The building got lots of press last weekend due to famed French free climber Alain Robert scaling all 101 floors. Such a large building...

Motorola V635 specs leak

Dec 28 2004 - 12:35 PM ET | Motorola, Rumor
Information on the Motorola V635 has been posted onto the FCC's website. The Motorola V635 is an update to the Motorola V620 which was itself an update to the Motorola V600. Features of the V635 include: * EDGE high-speed data...

Deutsche Telekom rules out T-Mobile merger

Dec 28 2004 - 02:14 AM ET | T-Mobile
According to the Financial Times, T-Mobile USA parent company Deutsche Telekom has ruled out a possible T-Mobile acquisition, such as T-Mobile buying Nextel (a rumor we highlighted earlier this month). bq. Kai-Uwe Ricke, chief executive of Deutsche Telekom, has ruled...

Camera phone pictures are not printed

Dec 28 2004 - 01:25 AM ET | Camera
The Wall Street Journal has a piece in today's issue [paid subscription req.] about images taken with camera phones only rarely making it off the phone: bq. Keeping images trapped on phones hurts the printer makers, which generate much of...