TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS Monday, September 13, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Monday Mobile & Wireless Feature: A Tale Of Two Wi-Fi's 2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. McAfee Launches Managed Mail Security Service 4. Vendor Predicts 10-Megapixel Cameraphones 5. BAE Systems Acquires DigitalNet For $600 Million 6. Longhorn To Have More-Flexible Security Settings Other News This Week 7. Net-Security Appliances Are Popping 8. Little MyDooms May Mean Big One Coming 9. One Subscription, Six Business Publications 10. Chicago Mayor Unveils IP Surveillance Plan ------- Advertisement ------------------- Is your organization outsourcing any IT functions? Here�s your chance to sound off about the performance of your organization's key outsourcing vendors in InformationWeek Research�s Analyzing the Outsourcers study. Share your experiences with the editors of InformationWeek by completing our brief and confidential survey. In return, you�ll receive a FREE copy of the report and be eligible for prize drawings with up to $1000 in prizes. Participate NOW - http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmHE0Aq ----------------------------------------- 1. MONDAY MOBILE & WIRELESS FEATURE: A Tale Of Two Wi-Fi's The Wi-Fi Alliance is a trade group that sometimes acts like a standards-setting body, which is proving to be a boon for the enterprise. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmG10AV 2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK New Batteries May Transform Mobile Computing Fats-charging, high-power batteries and fiber batteries built into clothing will transform mobile computing, an SRI International executive at the DemoMobile Conference said. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmG20AW Iomega Wireless Unit Holds Up To 250 Gbytes Offering built-in wireless 802.11g support, the Iomega 100d also offers two USB 2.0 ports for adding storage capacity. It is targeted at SMBs. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmG30AX FCC Adds Spectrum For 3G Services The commission added 20 MHz of spectrum for AWS, taking it from a spectrum previously used for unlicensed communications and mobile satellite services. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0Cl1f0Az Freescale UWB Standard Has Early Advantage, Analyst Claims The ultra-wideband standard championed by Freescale Semiconductor may succeed even though it faces stiff competition, according to a report released by ABI Research. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmG40AY Pre-Standard 802.20 Broadband Trial Starts In Holland T-Mobile International has launched a wireless broadband trial using pre-standard equipment from Flarion Technologies. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmG50AZ Phone Vendors To Work On Mobile TV Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Siemens, and Sony Ericsson said they will work together to bring about widespread delivery of broadcast television to mobile devices. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmG60Aa ------- Advertisement ------------------- Is your organization outsourcing any IT functions? Here�s your chance to sound off about the performance of your organization's key outsourcing vendors in InformationWeek Research�s Analyzing the Outsourcers study. Share your experiences with the editors of InformationWeek by completing our brief and confidential survey. In return, you�ll receive a FREE copy of the report and be eligible for prize drawings with up to $1000 in prizes. Participate NOW - http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmHE0Aq ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. McAfee Launches Managed Mail Security Service McAfee introduces a multi-function managed e-mail service for small- and mid-sized businesses. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmG70Ab 4. Vendor Predicts 10-Megapixel Cameraphones Long-time camera lens vendor Carl Zeiss is getting into the cameraphone business, with megapixel plans. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmG80Ac 5. BAE Systems Acquires DigitalNet For $600 Million BAE Systems North America is acquiring DigitalNet Holdings Inc. in a $600-million deal that will create a $1.2 billion information technology unit. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmHA0Am 6. Longhorn To Have More-Flexible Security Settings In the next version of Windows, Microsoft will give companies more control over whether to prohibit devices that can easily be used to transfer data to and from personal computers. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmHB0An OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Net-Security Appliances Are Popping Organizations large and small, public and private, are flocking to appliance-based network-security solutions. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0Cl1c0Aw 8. Little MyDooms May Mean Big One Coming A series of minor MyDoom worms released late last week may be a harbinger of a bigger threat surfacing soon. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0Cl1j0A4 9. One Subscription, Six Business Publications Subscribers to the new Network Subscriptions business content bundle can now access six paid-content sites for one monthly fee. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejQH0GpvDH0G4U0CmHC0Ao 10. 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