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Here again is a summary of our daily survey of the latest broadband and telecom news on the Internet.

New chief reconnecting Motorola--TechNewsWorld

Digital MyFi is broadcasters' bane, listeners' gain-- TechNewsWorld

VoIP security gets extreme--eWeek

Cisco Systems to sell EMC's data-storage equipment--Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Comcast's uneven upgrades--San Francisco Chronicle

SBC digitally discriminates, group claims--Telephony Online

Certified WiMAX equipment pushes into spotlight--Networking Pipeline

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The broadband surf report for this rainy morning in San Francisco is that it's a lousy day to not have a Wall Street Journal subscription. But fear not, the wider Web is afroth with news of the wireless and broadband industries.

Sprint, Virgin may launch Virgin Mobile IPO--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

AMD plans chip line designed for mobile computers--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

FCC poised to bill AT&T up to $500 million over calling card fees--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Microsoft to phase out Pocket PC, Smartphone brands--Infoworld

State CIOs plan system to warn public of danger… Read more

On the twelfth day of Christmas, at least one editor a'leaping brings you our morning survey of broadband and wireless news. Partridges and pear trees not included.

Anti-piracy patents for cell phones pooled--eWeek

Alltel nears deal to acquire Western Wireless--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Samsung talks up speech-to-text phone--TechNewsWorld

Vendor Claims It Is Developing Mobile WiMAX System--Mobile Pipeline

Broadcom secures WLANs in one push of a button--Infoworld

DoCoMo to spearhead Super 3G rollout--Infoworld

Toshiba Ships Tiny 2GB Hard Drive For Mobile Devices--Mobile Pipeline

Moto leans on HSDPA--Unstrung

VOIP keeps fueling cable growth… Read more

(More or less) every morning (Pacific time), our editors check the Web for broadband news and announcements. The cream of that crop gets planted here. So to speak.

AT&T, TI team on VoIP platform--Information Week

Next-gen wireless will threaten landline broadband--study--Information Week

Linksys claims eightfold speed increase for router, adapter--Networking Pipeline

Sat radio recording moves ahead--Wired

Stalking the wild Wi-Fi network--Wired

Cisco, Nortel vie for Comcast deal--Light Reading

Time Warner confirms Sprint talks--Light Reading

New Edge, MCI find IP boom--Telephony Online

FCC approves Samsung 3G/Wi-Fi smart phone--Wi-Fi Planet … Read more

Welcome to the first Broadband Surf Report of 2005. Our editors wade through the Internet ebb and flow to test the waters of broadband news, which they collate and wrap in wet metaphors for your enjoyment.

VOIP's mainstream move--eWeek

Qwest delays residential VoIP--Telephony Online

Sonus Networks carried 10 billion minutes of VoIP traffic in December--Networking Pipeline

Ford to offer factory-installed Sirius satellite radio--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

SBC plans Set-top box with Web links--eWeek

Cingular, Lucent trial 3mbps HSDPA service--Unstrung

World's wireless carriers to supercharge 3G--TechNewsWorld

P2p file sharing is increasing--with most use in U.S.… Read more

And that's a wrap: Here's the last surf report of 2004, a taste of what's broadband news on Dec. 23. Happy new year.

White House expected to press for speedier licensing of public airwaves--Wired

FCC raises value of spectrum it seeks to swap with Nextel--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Time Warner Cable viewers to set own start times-- The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Terabyte Webmail--One company quietly offers it--Broadband Reports

Powell interviewed on indecency, innovation, consolidation, and competition--Reason

Wi-Fi on the Autobahn?--Wi-Fi Planet

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Highlights of our editors' morning stroll through the broadband field...

Do-it-yourself anti-municipal broadband kit--MuniWireless.com

Networking service providers see growth in 2005--Light Reading

Sprint relies on wireless in 2005 forecast--Light Reading

Broadband gaps in New York City--Newsday

Germany sells stake in Deutsche Telekom--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Share your thoughts on these stories, post a link to one we missed, or just say hi--the comments page awaits...

All of today's broadband news that's fit to link...

HP, Cisco to Share Global Support--eWeek

http://broadbanddaily.gigaom.com/index.php--The Broadband Daily

Alcatel, Microsoft Tuning IPTV Deal--Light Reading

IT moves into voice communications--eWeek

CallWave launches VoIP apps for mobile users--Telephony Online

Cell phones are becoming sex toys--Wired

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The Web's alive with the big broadband and networking stories, including Microsoft's purchase of Giant, the ad from Firefox hitting the New York Times and Bin Laden's apparent video blogging. The video search stuff we've been reporting on has hit big, and the Sprint-Nextel story is still all the rage. Here's what else we caught online today:

U.S. Lags In Broadband Adoption Despite Demand For VoIP, IP Video: Report--Networking Pipeline

Samsung targets 100M mobile phone shipments in 2005--Infoworld

Systimax Debuts 10-gigabit Cable For Bandwidth-Hungry Enterprises--Networking Pipeline

Zigbee (Almost) Arrives--Wi-Fi Planet … Read more