TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS Monday, November 15, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Monday Mobile & Wireless Feature: Short-Range Wireless = Big Impact 2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. PC Shipments Fall; Cameras, Plasma TVs, Music Players Rise 4. McAfee Battles Spyware With Enterprise Add-On 5. RFID To Fight Counterfeiting of Viagra, Painkilling Drugs 6. Fujitsu and Wi-LAN Inch Ahead On WiMAX Other News This Week 7. Microsoft Inks Tech Deals With India's Infosys, Wipro 8. Dell, Microsoft Team On Software Update Tool 9. Yahoo Mail Adds Authentication, Storage ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join Network Computing for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Catching the WiFi Wave - Secure Wireless for Under 50 Associates. Hear why now is the right time to provide secure wireless connectivity in your small or branch office. We�ll look at implementation and support considerations, and more. Register and view now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CcuJ0AW ----------------------------------------- -- 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: Short-Range Wireless = Big Impact In the long run, short-range wireless will affect our lives and businesses just as much as sexier WiMAX or 3G technologies. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxEj0Ab 2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK Samsung America To Introduce Nine Cell Phones Samsung Telecommunications America will introduce nine new wireless devices in the current quarter in the U.S. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxF10Af Check Point Unveils WLAN Security Appliances VPN and firewall vendor Check Point Software Technologies introduced a series of wireless security appliances aimed at small business wireless LANs. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxF20Ag Symbol, Cisco Liven Up Wireless Networking Offerings Rival wireless networking vendors Symbol Technologies and Cisco Systems are beefing up their portfolios with new products that offer higher capacity and improve security. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxF30Ah WiMAX Service Slated For Spain Spanish wireless ISP (WISP) Iberbanda said Monday it will add pre-WiMAX wireless broadband service to its existing proprietary-technology wireless network. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxF40Ai Verizon, Sprint Eliminate Fee For Local Number Portability Verizon Wireless and Sprint said Monday they are eliminating the fee they have been charging their customers for costs related to implementing wireless local number portability (LNP). http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxF50Aj ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join Network Computing for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Catching the WiFi Wave - Secure Wireless for Under 50 Associates. Hear why now is the right time to provide secure wireless connectivity in your small or branch office. We�ll look at implementation and support considerations, and more. Register and view now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CcuJ0AW ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. PC Shipments Fall; Cameras, Plasma TVs, Music Players Rise A lack of consumer excitement over the desktop leads to weaker-than-expected sales. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxF60Ak 4. McAfee Battles Spyware With Enterprise Add-On McAfee announces an add-on to its enterprise anti-virus software that boosts spyware protection for businesses. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxF70Al 5. RFID To Fight Counterfeiting of Viagra, Painkilling Drugs RFID tags will be added to the impotency drug Viagra and the painkiller OxyContin. The move is aimed at combating counterfeiting of drugs. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxF80Am 6. Fujitsu and Wi-LAN Inch Ahead On WiMAX In an indication that WiMAX will come to market quicker than expected, a Fujitsu Microelectronics America spokesman said the firm expects to deliver silicon to customers in January. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxGA0Aw OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Microsoft Inks Tech Deals With India's Infosys, Wipro Microsoft signed software partnerships with India's leading outsourcing firms, Infosys Technologies and Wipro. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxGB0Ax 8. Dell, Microsoft Team On Software Update Tool Dell and Microsoft said they're developing a one-click software update service for Dell hardware running Windows. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekf20GpvDH0G4U0CxGC0Ay 9. 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