U.S. lawmakers question telecom mergers

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* U.S. lawmakers question telecom mergers * Hilton may be victim of T-Mobile Web holes * Omron offers face recognition security for phones, PDAs * Whatever happened to yesterday's hot technologies? * Motorola joins group on faster Wi-Fi * Poll: U.S. has conservative tack on innovation * International Wi-Fi roaming will be available * Product Guide: Appro 4148HS-82

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U.S. LAWMAKERS QUESTION TELECOM MERGERS

Three recently announced telecommunications mergers received mixed reviews in a U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing Wednesday, with some lawmakers questioning whether the deals will lead to less competition and higher prices. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BF6D19:353CA35

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HILTON MAY BE VICTIM OF T-MOBILE WEB HOLES

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton's mobile phone account and those of other T-Mobile customers may have fallen victim to hackers who took advantage of a gaping hole in the company's Web site to steal information, according to security experts and those familiar with the incident. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BF6D1D:353CA35

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OMRON OFFERS FACE RECOGNITION SECURITY FOR PHONES, PDAS

Omron has developed a face-recognition technology for use as a security system in camera-enabled cell phones and other handheld devices, the company said Monday. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BF6D1C:353CA35

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YESTERDAY'S HOT TECHNOLOGIES?

Remember push technology? Or virtual reality for the Web? Or Microsoft Bob? Some ideas are probably better left consigned to history. And yet the roadside of the information superhighway is littered with ideas that sounded promising but never quite made it to revolution status before dropping off IT's radar. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BF6D21:353CA35

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MOTOROLA JOINS GROUP ON FASTER WI-FI

Two camps are ready for a showdown over faster wireless LANs following Motorola's agreement on Thursday to merge its proposal for the IEEE 802.11n standard with that of the World Wide Spectrum Efficiency (WWiSE) consortium. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BF6D1E:353CA35

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POLL: U.S. HAS CONSERVATIVE TACK ON INNOVATION

U.S. technology executives identify innovation as essential to improving their competitiveness, yet their approach to innovation is conservative, mainly focusing on existing products and services, according to a study published Thursday by consulting company A.T. Kearney Inc. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BF6D1F:353CA35

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INTERNATIONAL WI-FI ROAMING WILL BE AVAILABLE

A new WLAN (wireless LAN) roaming service will be available to visitors attending the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, next month. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BF6D1B:353CA35

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PRODUCT GUIDE: APPRO 4148HS-82

Running four 2.2GHz Opteron 848 processors, the Appro 4148HS-82 is no slouch on compute power, but the disk I/O subsystem could use some polish. The end result is a low-cost, power-heavy server that may fit best in databases, compute-farms, clusters, and other heavy processing applications.

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