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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Wireless Report: My life as a dog: Adventures in RFID research

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WIRELESS REPORT

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Thursday, Nov 29, 2007
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Table Of Contents:


* My life as a dog: Adventures in RFID research
* Google service uses cell towers to locate users
* Verizon Wireless' open network earns praise
* Orange to offer unlocked iPhone in France
* Gmail works fine on iPhone, blanks on Windows Mobile
* Motorola slides to third in mobile phones, study says
* China Mobile testing 3G Windows Mobile handset

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MY LIFE AS A DOG: ADVENTURES IN RFID RESEARCH

Adam Laurie lived a few Novembers as a dog earlier this year. By
duplicating the RFID tags used to identify pets in the United Kingdom
and sewing it into his watch strap, Laurie, an independent security
researcher, re-created his dog's ID as a hacking exercise. However, this
kind of virtual animal cloning could become a serious issue as
industrialized countries roll out RFID-based systems to keep track of
their livestock.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/28/My-life-as-a-dog-rfid-research_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-11-29

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GOOGLE SERVICE USES CELL TOWERS TO LOCATE USERS

Google launched a location service for mobile users on Wednesday that
doesn't rely on GPS.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/28/Google-service-uses-cell-towers-to-locate-users_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-11-29

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VERIZON WIRELESS' OPEN NETWORK EARNS PRAISE

Verizon Wireless' decision to open its network to outside mobile devices
and applications has won praise from several groups, including past
critics.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/28/Verizon-Wireless-open-network-earns-praise_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-11-29

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ORANGE TO OFFER UNLOCKED IPHONE IN FRANCE

French mobile phone operator Orange will sell unlocked iPhones for
(E);649 ($964), far less than the (E);999 that T-Mobile charges in
neighboring Germany. The price falls to (E);399 with a special iPhone
airtime contract of at least one year, the same as in Germany.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/28/Orange-to-offer-unlocked-iPhone-in-France_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-11-29

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GMAIL WORKS FINE ON IPHONE, BLANKS ON WINDOWS MOBILE

Windows Mobile Gmail fans are getting antsy about a known glitch in the
mobile e-mail offering that hasn't been fixed by Google in about a
month.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/27/Gmail-works-fine-on-iPhone-blanks-on-Windows-Mobile_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-11-29

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MOTOROLA SLIDES TO THIRD IN MOBILE PHONES, STUDY SAYS

Motorola has dropped to third place behind Samsung in the worldwide
mobile phone market because of inventory issues and an unremarkable
product lineup, Gartner said on Tuesday.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/27/Motorola-slides-to-third-in-mobile-phones_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-11-29

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CHINA MOBILE TESTING 3G WINDOWS MOBILE HANDSET

China's largest mobile phone network operator is testing one of the
first handsets designed for China's 3G network that runs Microsoft's
Windows Mobile 6.0 OS, an executive at the operator said Monday.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/26/China-Mobile-tests-3G-Windows-Mobile-handset_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-11-29

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