TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS Monday, November 01, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Monday Mobile & Wireless Feature: All You Need Is Wireless Love 2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Oracle Issues What It Calls Final Offer For PeopleSoft 4. India's Tata Group Acquires Tyco Network At Bargain Price 5. Microsoft Tweaks Axapta For Life Sciences 6. CA's Wireless Site Management 4.0 Tackles Wi-Fi Security Other News This Week 7. Can Cisco Survive Success? 8. Quick Fix For Corrupted Disks 9. Newest Bagle On The Loose 10. Phishing Expedition Set To Enter Second Phase ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on RFID: Key Lessons from the Field. We'll provide a practical look at where RFID technology exists -from standards to trials to technology and TCO- including lessons from pioneering implementations. Register now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CY880Ab ----------------------------------------- -- Keep Getting This Newsletter -- Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today Mobile & Wireless go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam whitelist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks. 1. MONDAY MOBILE & WIRELESS FEATURE: All You Need Is Wireless Love Wireless broadband has been easy to love, but hard to turn into a commercial affair; hardware deals could change that. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuQ50AR 2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK Cellular Companies Agree On Multimedia Messaging Standards New technical standards should enable mobile phone users to exchange photos, video, and audio clips regardless of their wireless carriers. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuQ60AS Nokia 9500 Wins Wi-Fi Certification The Symbian OS-based smartphone supports both wide-area EDGE and local-area Wi-Fi connectivity with a full QWERTY keyboard and large display. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuQ70AT PeopleSoft Tries Out CRM In A BlackBerry Enterprise Sales for BlackBerry is designed to deliver full application functionality, including alerts on hot sales leads, prescriptive analytics, and remote security. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuQ80AU 5Gb Pocket Drive Is Thumb Drive On Steroids Seagate 5GB Pocket Hard Drive offers migration path from thumb drives; 100GB Portable External Hard Drive includes back-up software. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuRA0Ae Regulators, Cities, Business Converge on Wireless Broadband Wireless broadband was the belle of the ball this week as the FCC, city governments, and wireless Internet service providers all showered it with attention. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuRB0Af Mobile Phone Sales Surge In Third Quarter Analyst says upgrade to color screens helped handsets to 30 per cent sales growth this year, forecasts only 8 percent for 2005. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuRC0Ag ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on RFID: Key Lessons from the Field. We'll provide a practical look at where RFID technology exists -from standards to trials to technology and TCO- including lessons from pioneering implementations. Register now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CY880Ab ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Oracle Issues What It Calls Final Offer For PeopleSoft Database giant says enough is enough, sweeter $24-per-share bid ends Nov. 19. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuRD0Ah 4. India's Tata Group Acquires Tyco Network At Bargain Price Another indication that the sale of U.S.-built telecommunications infrastructure to foreign interests at fire-sale prices is continuing. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuPz0AZ 5. Microsoft Tweaks Axapta For Life Sciences Microsoft tailors Axapta version for Life Sciences with electronic signatures, other perks. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuRE0Ai 6. CA's Wireless Site Management 4.0 Tackles Wi-Fi Security New product can be integrated with CA's eTrust and Unicenter to provide a single interface to manage a wireless infrastructure. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuRF0Aj OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Can Cisco Survive Success? Cisco is looking fat and happy with record net income and ubiquitous product lines. Can it keep up its spectacular growth without stumbling? http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0Ct6s0Az 8. Quick Fix For Corrupted Disks A new appliance lets companies save on the high costs of sending corrupted drives out for repair. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0CuRG0Ak 9. Newest Bagle On The Loose Another variation of the long-running Bagle worm began spreading, bumping up warning levels to their highest levels in over a month. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekPj0GpvDH0G4U0Ct6y0A6 10. 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