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Samsung is now the #2 handphone manufacturer in Europe, overtaking Motorola, according to this article in The Korea Times.

"75% of cyber attacks are launched upon web applications", according to this press release for a security company. They guard against unsafe URL parameters, script injections into form fields, data discovery via search engines, more. (I'm not sure whether the remaining 25% is considered to be attacks against browsers, databases, or something else.)

Cisco acquires Scientific Atlanta... "Scientific-Atlanta, based in Lawrenceville, Ga., is the second-largest seller of set-top boxes, after Motorola." This caught my eye because of recent Cisco/Macromedia news on Breeze and gaming, but I have no idea of whether there are connections between these individual items.

Standalone solar streetlights are adding wireless networking abilities... big implications, more at IFTF.

Oliver Steele of Laszlo has put together a cut'n'paste Flash Troll Generator. Reload for more fun & frivolity.

Dow Jones has an article titled "Adobe Plans To Move Fast After Macromedia Deal Closes", quoting Bruce Chizen on the expected pace after the Adobe/Macromedia deal is approved by all governments. "The company also plans to move quickly on marketing bundles of software that combine products from Adobe and Macromedia. 'What we can do quickly is anything that doesn't involve engineering,' said Chizen... 'Probably, the biggest challenge we face right now is prioritizing the many great opportunities in front of us,' said Chizen, listing digital video and photography, Web collaboration, and Internet-enabled mobile devices among the market trends that benefit Adobe."

The "Web Content Accessibility Guidlines 2.0" spec has reached Working Draft stage... here's a more accessible gloss of the spec. The emphasis still seems to be on linear text... I like how Guideline 3.1 says to "Make text content readable and understandable," but I'm not sure I could accurately rephrase the followup text.

DVD form-factor will receive a 60-fold improvement in storage next year, from 5 gigabytes to 300... about 26 hours of broadcast-quality high-definition video signal.