TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS Monday, October 11, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Monday Mobile & Wireless Feature: E-Mail Delivers Again 2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Microsoft To Refresh Office System 4. Mercury Computer Unveils Powerful XR Series 5. SGI Turns To Linux With New Visual Computer Line 6. Verisign Touts Easy VoIP Connection To Telecom Carriers Other News This Week 7. VPNs Take Off 8. New IM Worm On The Loose 9. Tech Market Has No Leader 10. TECHXNY Announces Its 'Best Of Show Awards' ------- Advertisement ------------------- China is ON, Napster is ON. Is your company ON? Is your organization focused, flexible, and responsive to dynamic market needs? Attend the IBM sessions at the conference, hear from your peers and discover how IBM offers expertise and resources which can guide your business towards becoming an On Demand Business. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0Co6L0A2 ----------------------------------------- 1. MONDAY MOBILE & WIRELESS FEATURE: E-Mail Delivers Again It's back to the future, as e-mail is emerging as the wireless killer app. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXk0AA 2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK Wi-Fi Alliance Puts Limits On 'Pre-n' Equipment The Wi-Fi Alliance said it will not support pre-standard 802.11n equipment and may, under certain circumstances, revoke existing certification of WLAN equipment that deploys so-called pre-N technology. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXl0AB Broadcom Squeezes Voice-over-WLAN Into Two Chips In a move to convert the residential phone into an Internet appliance capable of handling voice and data traffic, Broadcom has condensed all of its Wi-Fi and voice-over-Internet Protocol hardware and software technologies into two chips. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXm0AC Atheros Releases 802.11a/b/g On Single Chip Atheros Communications announced what it claims is the first 802.11a/b/g chipset to fit on a single chip. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXn0AD DoCoMo Handsets To Use Qualcomm's WCDMA Chip Sets Qualcomm Inc. announced that it will work with Japan's NTT DoCoMo wireless service to promote the WCDMA digital-wireless technology. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXo0AE Google Launches Wireless Search Service New service enables simple queries to be sent via SMS. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXp0AF FCC Set To Approve AT&T Wireless-Cingular Merger The FCC is likely to approve the merger, requiring Cingular to give up spectrum in a few markets in order to encourage competition. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXq0AG Field Service Strengthened By Mobile Access, Study Claims A new study claims that mobilized field service organizations outperform others by a two-to-one margin. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXr0AH ------- Advertisement ------------------- China is ON, Napster is ON. Is your company ON? Is your organization focused, flexible, and responsive to dynamic market needs? Attend the IBM sessions at the conference, hear from your peers and discover how IBM offers expertise and resources which can guide your business towards becoming an On Demand Business. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0Co6L0A2 ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Microsoft To Refresh Office System The Office System lineup, which includes mostly client offerings such as Word, Excel and Visio, is slated to get an InfoPath server in the Office 12 2006 time frame. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXs0AI 4. Mercury Computer Unveils Powerful XR Series Mercury Computer Systems announced new XRi cluster systems with advanced graphics capabilities based on Intel Xeon processors and chip sets. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXt0AJ 5. SGI Turns To Linux With New Visual Computer Line Silicon Graphics launches a line of Linux-based high-end graphics computers running on Intel's Itanium 2 processors. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXu0AK 6. Verisign Touts Easy VoIP Connection To Telecom Carriers The new service is designed to reduce the complexity of internetworking, decrease capital spending, and speed time to market. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXv0AL OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. VPNs Take Off VPN use skyrockets, as enterprises reduce expenses by creating virtual tunnels to route company data and applications through low-cost access routes. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqJl0Av 8. New IM Worm On The Loose A new worm that spreads via Microsoft's instant messaging client began badgering users Monday, several security firms said. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXw0AM 9. Tech Market Has No Leader Most companies see no reason to update IT. Until tech innovations attract corporate interest again, technology companies' profits--and their share prices--are unlikely to grow substantially. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXx0AN 10. TECHXNY Announces Its 'Best Of Show Awards' Hewlett-Packard's Basic and Enhanced Security Vulnerability Assessment Service won the Best of Show Business Solution award. The IBM ThinkPad T42 won for best security solution. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXy0AO -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBCAST ALERT: 360-Degree Management: The Breakthrough New Application Management Strategy Date: Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 Time: 11:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM CT / 2:00 PM ET As organizations introduce the next generation of online applications, They inevitably reach a point of chaos: Suddenly the tools, skills and processes they have used to manage applications for years seem utterly ineffective. Learn the 10 ways to determine if you need an application management strategy. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CqXz0AP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign Up For Info On Our Latest Webcasts TechWeb's live, interactive webcasts bring the industry's top experts right to your desktop for in-depth discussions about the market's most-pressing issues. Click below to receive our weekly update of upcoming TechWebCasts you won't want to miss. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CmhZ0A4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay Current On RFID Sign up for InformationWeek's RFIDinsights and have it delivered to your e-mail box every Wednesday with the latest news on RFID and other systems related to tracking, managing and optimizing your global supply chain. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0CpLo0Az -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to other TechWeb newsletters: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0XN0Af TechWeb: Where critical business technology content is only a click or two away: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0RC0AO View five days of business technology news by day: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0Pha0Aa Saw a TechWeb feature you want to see again? http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0O6G0AJ More than 20,000 IT terms, more than 20,000 definitions: All at your fingertips, all in TechEncyclopedia: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0XQ0Ai Update your subscriber profile: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/profile?y=ejx50GpvDH0G4UE You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this newsletter: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0cl0AM Privacy policy: http://www.cmp.com/delivery/privacy.html TechWeb http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejx50GpvDH0G4U0RC0AO Copyright (c) 2004 CMP Media, LLC 600 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11030 Powered by DARTmail http://www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy
