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========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business Up to $300 off on select business systems @Dell. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145806-1 ========================================================= November 1, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Carol Ellison: Warming Up to Hot Spots 1. Wi-Fi for Christmas 2. Trust in Mobile & Wireless 3. Sun Mulls Pilot to Test Own RFID Compliance; Vodafone Makes Sun Its Preferred IT Vendor 4. News: Wireless LAN Companies Tout SMB Gear 5. News: Philips Chip Chief to Take Over at Broadcom Wireless at eWEEK.com: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145809-1 ========================================================= Carol Ellison ========================================================= Warming Up to Hot Spots Some time back, the Wi-Fi Alliance coined the term "Wi-Fi is Everywhere" as part of its campaign to push the adoption of wireless networking. It succeeded. Today, you rarely have to walk farther than down the street to find wireless broadband access at a hot spot. However, I still find myself the rare few who are willing to boot up and attempt serious work at a hot spot. A recent trip to Cincinnati reminded me why. Opinion: Coffee, Tea or Wi-Fi? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145812-1 Tools: Wi-Fi Hot-Spot Finders http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145815-1 ========================================================= Wireless & Mobile Update ========================================================= 1. Wi-Fi for Christmas Free Wi-Fi is becoming reality in a growing number of cities. San Francisco plans to make free wireless computer access available at housing projects and community centers, while Rio Rancho, N.M., will be giving Wi-Fi to its residents for Christmas. News: San Francisco to Expand Wi-Fi Program http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145818-1 News: New Mexico City Hopes for Wi-Fi Access by Christmas http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145821-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Trust in Mobile & Wireless While Intel, IBM and NTT DoCoMo work to develop a specification based on Microsoft's "Palladium" initiative to secure mobile devices, Newbury Networks has released its WiFi Watchdog 4.0 to enhance security on wireless networks. eWEEK.com takes a look at the new handheld spec while eWEEK Labs reviews Newbury Network's new product. News: 'Palladium' Echoes in New Handheld Security Spec http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145824-1 Review: Newbury Networks' WiFi Watchdog 4.0 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145827-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Sun Mulls Pilot to Test Own RFID Compliance; Vodafone Makes Sun Its Preferred IT Vendor As an IT vendor for the US Department of Defense, Sun is undertaking a study of metallic environments and wireless interference on RFID. That's just one new initiative Sun announced last week. The company also announced a global purchasing agreement with Vodafone, which means that Vodafone is selecting Sun as its preferred IT vendor of choice. News: Sun Mulls Pilot to Test Own RFID Compliance http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145830-1 News: Vodafone Makes Sun Its Preferred IT Vendor http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145833-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Wireless LAN Companies Tout SMB Gear Airespace and Aruba Wireless Networks are both rolling out new products that focus largely on branch offices, security and quality of service for voice traffic. Read more about these new products. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1318-10-15-148054-145836-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Philips Chip Chief to Take Over at Broadcom Scott McGregor, the former chief of Philips' chip division, is the new president and CEO of Broadcom. 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