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========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Home Systems Up to 15% off select new Dell Home systems. Offer ends 8/25. Click for details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1005-10-15-148054-114472-1 ========================================================= August 19, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Carol Ellison: 802.11n Battle Shapes Up 1. News: Sun, Sybase, IBM Tackle RFID 2. News: Getting Ready for RFID 3. Opinion: Car-Tracking Device Trades Privacy for Dollars 4. News: WLAN Management for the Extended Enterprise 5. News: In Athens, the Agony of Outages Wireless at eWEEK.com: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1005-10-15-148054-114475-1 ========================================================= Carol Ellison ========================================================= 802.11n Battle Shapes Up We'll have to wait until September before getting a close look at the future of Wi-Fi. That's when the IEEE 802.11n task group begins considering industry proposals on what should go into the new specification. In the meantime, companies are aligning behind various proposals. 802.11n promises greater speeds and is expected to open the door to a bevy of new wireless applications. News: Faster Wi-Fi Standard Nets Second Proposal http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1005-10-15-148054-114478-1 Analysis: Proposals Stream in for Faster Wi-Fi Standard http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1005-10-15-148054-114481-1 ========================================================= Wireless & Mobile Update ========================================================= 1. News: Sun, Sybase, IBM Tackle RFID Sun Microsystems, IBM and Sybase are jockeying for position as the RFID infrastructure leader. Get the details on their respective RFID strategies. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1005-10-15-148054-114484-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Getting Ready for RFID Acsis is launching a string of products to help manufacturers meet RFID mandates from retailers like Wal-Mart, but there may be delays on other fronts. Competitors say Intermec's plan to seek licensing fees on RFID tags and readers will cause delays. News: Acsis Launches RFID Quickstart http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1005-10-15-148054-114490-1 News: Controversy Flares Over RFID Patent Fees http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1005-10-15-148054-114493-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: Car-Tracking Device Trades Privacy for Dollars Columnist Guy Kewney takes a look at a British insurance company's pilot test of a wireless device that reports your car's whereabouts. Is it the latest technology marvel infringing on privacy? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1005-10-15-148054-114496-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: WLAN Management for the Extended Enterprise AirWave Wireless' latest version of its wireless LAN management platform lets enterprises manage as many as 20,000 access points in multiple locations. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1005-10-15-148054-114499-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. 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