Monday, July 14, 2003

French mobile operator Orange and IT service provider Electronic Data Services have agreed to extend their non-exclusive partnership and, as a first step in the renewed partnership, to launch a mobile enterprise service.
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ipUnplugged Unveils Mobile IP Client for Pocket PC. The network services software developer has added support for Pocket PC to its Mobile VPN software. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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Good Technology Deals with Handspring and Cingular. New software deals to help boost Good's foray into wireless mobile messaging and compete with Research In Motion. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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HR Managers Forecast An Upbeat Hiring Outlook. Despite the recent rise in the U.S. unemployment rate, the labor-market picture may be starting to brighten. Interviews with human-resource managers show that employers are more optimistic about their hiring plans, though a new war for talent is still a long way off. [Computerworld News]
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Cellular carriers hope customers get hooked on superfast Internet connections of 3G networks. But it's taking longer than expected.
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It still turns out cheap plastic toys. Maybe your next DVD player, too.
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The amount consumers spent on the notebook-size personal computers in May surpassed what they plunked down for desktop models, according to NPD Group, a market-research firm in Port Washington, N.Y. Laptops accounted for more than 54 percent of the $500 million spent on computers during that month, says NPD. That's a 20 percent jump from three years ago.
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Manufacturers are adding Wi-Fi wireless connections to media adapters that let home electronics equipment play music or show photos stored on personal computers.
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In the end, Wi-Fi's future will be determined less by its internal technological evolution than by the ways institutions and individuals are encouraged to adopt it.
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Taurus, an ultra-compact all-in-one networking appliance that provides both wireless networking and data storage. Ideal for homes, schools and small businesses, the Taurus offers; shared high-speed Internet access, a built-in security firewall, file and printer sharing, Web site hosting, an e-mail server, scheduled back-up, VPN support, and network routing along with many ease-of-use features. Taurus directly supports clients that are using Windows[dot accent], Macintosh[dot accent], UNIX[dot accent] and Linux operating systems.
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Companies are using CRM in more ways than ever before. What is the optimal method though? Here, Forrester Principal Analyst Bruce D. Temkin looks at CRM best practices in an organization.
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Just ahead of voice-activated curtains
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The End of Cancer (As We Know It). Meet three scientists who are using the revelations of the Human Genome Project to reshape medicine. By Jennifer Kahn from Wired magazine. [Wired News]
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Wi-Fi pushes beyond the laptop. Cisco Systems' Linksys division is set to start selling a device that uses Wi-Fi to connect computers to stereos and televisions. [CNET News.com]
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Japanese wireless telco to offer business e-mail service. DoCoMo taps U.S. start-up Seven to provide technology for the new offering. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Businesses See Wi-Fi as Potential Lure. Hotels and restaurants increasingly view the use of Wi-Fi technology as way to attract more customers, but an unresolved question is what -- or whether -- they should charge for wireless Internet access services. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Hotel Goes Wireless With Voice/Data IP Net. Officials at Hotel Commonwealth said the use of IP-based technology provides more flexibility for adding new applications than traditional PBX systems, thanks in part to its support for the Session Initiation Protocol. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Intel Pledges to Develop WiMAX Silicon. The chip giant begins developing chipsets embedded with 802.16a WirelessMAN technology, and partners with Alvarion to create last mile equipment. But whether it will enjoy widespread adoption is an early question. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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All Aboard for Canadian Wi-Fi. Intel, Bell Canada and VIA Rail Canada offer wireless Internet access to trains for some passengers traveling between Montreal and Toronto. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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Motorola Backs UWB Startup. The company invests in an Ultra Wide Band startup, hoping the technology can be used in its wireless home multimedia products. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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Intrinsyc Releases New Embedded Software for Wireless Devices. Intrinsyc this week unveiled software for wireless PDAs and smartphones that it says will help device manufacturers bring their products to market faster. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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The Economist: Grokking the infoviz. Interactive charts are showing up on websites. And earlier this year, Groxis, a start-up based in Sausalito, California, released Grokker, an innovative graphical tool that it also sells to consumers for $99. Will "infoviz", as geeks call the technology, become a killer application, rather as spreadsheets did? [Tomalak's Realm]
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Useit.Com: PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption. Users get lost inside PDF files, which are typically big, linear text blobs that are optimized for print and unpleasant to read and navigate online. PDF is good for printing, but that's it. Don't use it for online presentation. [Tomalak's Realm]
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News.Com: Yahoo to buy Overture for $1.63 billion. In a conference call Monday morning, Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Terry Semel said that the combined companies represent the largest player in the Internet advertising sector and that the deal gives Yahoo greater ability to market to small and medium-size advertisers. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Led by Intel, True Believers in Wi-Fi Say It Will Endure. Is the Wi-Fi boom about to bust? Even though that has lately become the fashionable view, the answer is probably no. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]
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Walk-By Hacking. With a hand-held computer and a $40 wireless card, anyone can pull up user names, passwords and lots of other confidential information. By Erik Sherman. [New York Times: Technology]
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Happy to Share Wi-Fi, for a Fee. Drive through any affluent neighborhood with a laptop that can receive wireless Internet connections, or Wi-Fi, and you will not go far before finding a signal that will enable you to go online. By Saul Hansell. [New York Times: Technology]
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Wi-Fi's Appeal. Why are folks passionate about Wi-Fi? I've been pondering for years why people are so passionate about Wi-Fi. Does anyone, except Bob Metcalfe, have emotional feelings for Ethernet? Ethernet is a pal, a friend, a strapping buddy who has put on more muscles over the year, and treats you with affectionate. But Wi-Fi is your lover, your confident, your partner. One speculation: everyone feels like they found Wi-Fi, not like Wi-Fi found them. Your radio waves met across the room and it was true love, and true zealotry. So many people who have "discovered" Wi-Fi, including myself, have such strong feelings for it, that we pimp it and encourage its promiscuity. Have many partners! Have an open relationship! Be indiscriminate and fast! More, more, more, we cry, urging the love of our flashing LED lights on. The more you share Wi-Fi, the more Wi-Fi loves you. Truly, our love for Wi-Fi comes in part from our hatred for our ex's, who we have to see every day: the telcos and the cable companies. The wirelines. Oh, do we hate the wirelines. They treated us poorly, but we stuck with them, because we'd made such an investment in the relationship. We finally broke up with them, and we found that we couldn't move out and we still had to pay rent. How we hate them. Wi-Fi (and soon WiMax) is that special someone who came to us in our hour of need, who filled us with data in a way that we never thought we could be filled -- the wirelines told us there was no way that we could ever have that kind of relationship with anyone but them, and they weren't ready to commit. Yes, we love Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi loves us. The question is, how big will the family become? And when we can we truly kiss that skank wireline's shiny metal ass goodbye?... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
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"We live on a timeline and pass through space but our life bits need not."
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This week Robin Bloor and his team of analysts look at a motion operated mobile interface, the benefits of online collaboration and the reinvented Sybase...
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Care workers will be able to tap the power of text messaging to provide better services thanks to a deal struck between ATL Data Management Services and Anite Telecoms.
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The humble text is overtaking other forms of business communication, says study.
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