Microsoft's New Mobile PC Gamble; Analysts: BlackBerry Switch Will Cost Users

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March 3, 2006

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In This Edition
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1. News: Will 'Origami' Breathe New Life into Mobile PCs?
2. News: Office 2007: Users Wary of Changes
3. News: Google's Chip Search Leads to AMD
4. Podcast: InfraSpectrum; OnSecurity
5. News: Who's Reading Your Cell's Text Messages?
6. News: Analysts: BlackBerry Switch Will Cost Users

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1. News: Will 'Origami' Breathe New Life into Mobile PCs?

Microsoft is targeting its new category of "Lifestyle PCs" to
both enterprise and consumer customers; the first prototypes
are due to debut at CeBIT. Microsoft believes it can successfully
sell small PCs running a full version of Windows. We have an
image from the Microsoft briefing and the most detailed information
on the Web about the company's plans for the product so
check it out!
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2. News: Office 2007: Users Wary of Changes

Both Microsoft, with issues of a new user interface and file
format in Office 2007, and its competitors have work to do
to persuade users to choose their respective office suites.
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3. News: Google's Chip Search Leads to AMD

The search giant is buying AMD Opteron processors for its servers,
a report says.
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4. Podcast: InfraSpectrum; OnSecurity

eWEEK launches two new Podcasts this week: eWEEK
InfraSpectrum with Peter Coffee and OnSecurity with Paul
Roberts. Peter explores challenges faced by vendors seeking
to offer comprehensive RFID middleware platforms and a
look at application development tools. Paul Roberts talks with
Eric Sites, vice president of research and development for
Sunbelt Software, about the malicious hacker program
CoolWebSearch, and what IT managers and users can do
about it. Download them now.
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5. News: Who's Reading Your Cell's Text Messages?

A college student's cell phone becomes the recipient of a blizzard
of lost text messages from all over the country.
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6. News: Analysts: BlackBerry Switch Will Cost Users

If RIM's BlackBerry mobnfile e-mail gets shut down, switching to
another service could cost as much as $845 per user,
consultants say.
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