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  • Apple seeks new sheriff to lock up iPhones
    Just as a new hack, blacksn0w, promises to unlock iPhones with the latest Apple software from AT&T's wireless network, Apple is looking for a sheriff to lock the smartphones back up again, permanently.
  • How not to get 'royally screwed' on wireless costs
    Wireless plans are a great place to start for companies looking to cut communications costs, with one firm reporting at VoiceCon that it saved $33,000 per month by renegotiating unfavorable contracts.
  • AT&T sues Verizon over TV ads
    The nation's two largest wireless carriers already battle fiercely on smartphone devices and customers, but AT&T took matters to federal court, claiming Verizon Wireless' latest TV ads are misleading, and falsely indicate that AT&T has gaps in wireless coverage.
  • Possible relief for cellular capacity crunch
    Mobile WAN operators are battling in-building coverage and network capacity problems that have generated a spate of unfavorable press. Start-up SpiderCloud Wireless, though, has emerged from stealth mode this week with an alternative in-building wireless platform it says can alleviate these problems for mobile operators' enterprise customers.
  • iPhone helps forge new relationship between IT and users at Kraft Foods
    Kraft Foods uses iPhones in part as a peace offering between users and IT by letting some workers use the devices even though they are not optimal for many corporate uses, VoiceCon attendees were told Monday.
  • New look Juniper opens up, readies for next decade
    Juniper Networks' wide-ranging announcements last week, billed as the most significant since its founding in 1996, included a sweeping array of software, silicon, systems and partnerships designed to take the company and its customers into the next decade of networking.
  • Wireless sensors: A potential 'hot' data center trend
    Let's be honest: In many companies, green initiatives have as much to do with saving money as saving the planet. But you don't want to reduce energy so much that it compromises the functioning of your data center equipment. Shutdowns and poor operation can be just as costly to the business.
  • LTE is on track to rock your world
    LTE is shaping up to be a major network technology, and Infonetics Research this week released a report demonstrating just how big it will be.
  • RIM develops a better BlackBerry browser
    RIM is expanding its effort to redefine the Web browsing experience for BlackBerry users. In a recent job posting on LinkedIn, RIM asked for an expert C++ programmer who is firmly grounded in the open source Webkit browser engine.
  • First public white spaces broadband network is alive in Virginia
    The first public white spaces network officially launched on Wednesday in Claudville, Virginia. It is uses sensing technology from Spectrum Bridge with software and Web cams supplied by Microsoft and PCs supplied by Dell. The project was funded the TDF Foundation.
  • Gaping security hole turned 64,000 Time Warner cable modems into hacker prey
    A blogger helping to tune a friend's wi-fi network uncovered a gaping security hole in Wi-Fi cable modem routers installed in 64,000 Time Warner subscribers' homes, leaving them open to attack.
  • 802.11n price wars already underway
    The ink is barely dry on the final IEEE 802.11n standard, and already vendors are slashing their equipment prices to encourage wide-scale enterprise deployments.
  • Brocade taps Motorola for Wi-Fi
    Brocade Tuesday said it is refreshing its Wi-Fi product line via a five-year strategic partnership with Motorola.
  • 802.11n price wars already underway
    The ink is barely dry on the final IEEE 802.11n standard, and already vendors are slashing their equipment prices to encourage wide-scale enterprise deployments.
  • Sidekick users livid over Microsoft server failure
    Sidekick users have blasted Microsoft in thousands of messages on T-Mobile USA's support forum over the server failure that lost their smartphones' data.
  • Mobile WAN operators raise 'openness' bar
    It was a productive week for mobile WANs, with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint all making announcements that broke new ground for the licensed operators.
  • Mobile WAN operators raise 'openness' bar
    It was a productive week for mobile WANs, with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint all making announcements that broke new ground for the licensed operators.
  • More companies hop on the WiGig bandwagon
    More companies recently joined the WiGig Alliance for advancing high-speed wireless technologies, lifting the group’s total membership above 20.
  • Apple could sell more iPhones by ending exclusive AT&T deal, analyst says
    Whether Apple Inc. decides to continue its exclusive deal to sell the iPhone through AT&T after next year rests within the hearts and minds of the executives within both companies, and neither side is talking publicly.
  • AT&T announces first Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones
    AT&T today announced two new smartphones based on Microsoft Inc.'s new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, HTC's Tilt 2 and Pure.
  • T-Mobile ties Wi-Fi BlackBerries to PBXes
    T-Mobile USA is expanding beyond its consumer roots on Monday with T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling with MobileOffice, a service that lets businesses extend capabilities of their desk phones to BlackBerry smartphones.
  • Mall owner, film studio fast-track mobile apps
    Figuring out how to efficiently deliver back-end corporate data to handheld devices in a way that's meaningful has long been a thorn in IT's side. But the task has gotten easier -- at least for Developers Diversified Realty, a commercial real estate company in Beachwood, Ohio, and Lionsgate Entertainment, an independent motion picture studio in Santa Monica, Calif.
  • Wireless and mobile companies worth watching
    We took a look at wireless and mobile companies whose product innovation and ambition reflect the mobile industry ferment, which is being expressed in all kinds of products from IT management services to unique Apple iPhone applications. These companies are trying to enable better mobile e-commerce and empower business class mobile users.
  • AT&T unveils dual-mode Genus smartphone
    AT&T and TerreStar Networks today announced the TerreStar Genus, a smartphone that can use a satellite network when AT&T's cellular wireless network is unavailable.
  • Are femtocells poaching on wired nets?
    Although AT&T's recently announced MicroCell femtocell service is still in the trial stage, uproar over its pricing has already erupted. After all, if a mobile operator's network service coverage is poor in your home or office, why should it be up to you -- and not the service provider -- to foot the bill for making it better?

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