Word: qualcomm
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...technological superiority could take place when operators begin switching over to a third generation of mobile phones around the year 2003. Once again, the Europeans and Japanese have agreed on a technical standard called Wideband Code Division Multiple Access as the successor to GSM, but differences with American manufacturer Qualcomm mean that the U.S. will probably adopt a different standard from Europe's and Asia...
Remember last week, when word broke that versions of Microsoft's and Netscape's e-mail programs were afflicted with a nasty glitch, and we advised you to buy a "bug-free" copy of Qualcomm's Eudora? Umm, never mind! It turns out that the latest iterations of the popular Eudora Pro (4.0 and above) have an equally gaping security hole that could let bad guys get into your PC. If you use it, be sure to get the patch at eudora.com...
...should you do? Back up your hard drive. Get the patches now. (And if you keep the original programs on disks, label them so you'll remember the patch if you ever reinstall.) Better yet, do what I do: buy a better e-mail program. I've always used Qualcomm's Eudora, which is killer-bug free...
...heard about all the trouble with Microsoft's Outlook Express and Netscape Mail, the gaping holes in the code that might allow hackers to sneak in an attachment that screws up your PC. In desperation, you turned to the supposedly bug-free Eudora from Qualcomm. Now, on Friday, reports emerge that Eudora, too, can be transformed into a Trojan horse -- that hackers can write a nasty little Java Script program and disguise it as an HTML link. You click on the link and, in theory, bang goes your hard drive. What's a self-respecting e-mailer...
First of all, don't panic. If you're on a Mac, you're safe. If you're using any version of Eudora that precedes 4.0 -- including the free Eudora Light program downloadable from eudora.com -- you're also safe. Furthermore, Qualcomm promises to post a patch on that site as early as Friday afternoon (a far cry from Microsoft and Netscape, who are taking substantially longer to patch up their bugs). If their home page is too busy, or if the Eudora patch (like Microsoft's first attempt) fails to completely debug the problem, you might want to remember what...