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  • With Poly9 purchase, Apple on torrid buyout pace in 2010
    Apple's reported buyout of mapping software company Poly9 would be at least the fourth acquisition by the iPhone maker this year.
  • Can Sprint afford a WiMAX flop?
    For a carrier that is just starting to recover from massive losses to both its subscriber base and its profitability, the thought of failing to capture the early 4G market is none too pleasant.
  • Bluetooth at heart of gas station credit-card scam
    Thieves are stealing credit-card numbers through skimmers they secretly installed inside pumps at gas stations throughout the Southeast, using Bluetooth wireless to transmit stolen card numbers, says law enforcement investigating the incidents.
  • Droid X, iPhone drive data usage and pricing shifts
    The Droid X is coming next week on the Verizon Wireless network, and there's much talk about a Droid X vs. iPhone 4 smackdown. There are several places where you can find data sheets and articles comparing the two platforms spec for spec. But don't forget to consider are the differences between Verizon Wireless' and AT&T's pricing models and acceptable use policies.
  • Firetide adds 802.11n access points, controller to mesh product line
    Firetide is extending its wireless mesh infrastructure products with 802.11n indoor and outdoor access points and a wireless LAN controller. The company is betting that the blending 11n access points with a wireless mesh backbone, covering indoor and outdoor locations, will appeal to a range of industry segments, including service providers.
  • Kin's death may signal mobile morbidity at Microsoft
    The death of the Kin smartphone doesn't bode well for Microsoft's future in the mobile device business, analysts say.
  • Wi-Fi security in transition
    We're all pretty much aware that 802.11 Wi-Fi has gone through several security transitions in its basic encryption/authentication mechanism. Most enterprises upgrade to the latest versions as they buy the newest products, which support the highest form of 802.11 security, 802.11i. 802.11i is also called Wireless Protected Access (WPA) 2 and uses a form of AES encryption.
  • Russian spy ring needed some serious IT help
    Russian spies allegedly used steganography, open wireless networks and transfer of memory sticks to swap data, but faced problems such as leaving a password lying around on a piece of paper and trouble getting laptops fixed in less than six months.
  • Cisco offers device for home energy control
    Cisco Systems took another step into the consumer market today by announcing a Home Energy Controller device that homeowners could buy from local utilities to help with energy conservation.
  • Cisco, MobileAccess offer in-building cellular boost over copper cable
    Cisco Systems and MobileAccess today announced a system designed to improve in-building cellular signals that uses copper cable integrated into corporate LANs and works alongside Cisco Wi-Fi networks.
  • Wireless security myths 2010
    Wireless has become a part of our official and personal lives. Securing against wireless threats has been and will continue to be an important piece in the overall enterprise security puzzle. However, as if following Darwin's theory of evolution, wireless security myths too are born, evolve and then die to be replaced by new ones.
  • Tellabs shares sink on AT&T switch rumor
    A research note penned by Morgan Stanley analysts sent shares of telecom equipment provider Tellabs downward today after the analysts wrote that AT&T is planning a shift toward buying cheaper routers from Cisco. 
  • Wireless helps UC-Berkeley boost data center efficiencies by 20%
    Like many organizations, the University of California, Berkeley, has been eyeing the latest data center technologies to increase overall energy efficiencies. The university's most recent challenge was to expand server capacity without overloading its existing cooling system or having to add expensive air conditioning capacity.
  • Apple iPad targeted by Avaya device
    Avaya is prepping a device like an iPad for business, and will enlist help from Skype, Yahoo and Google to support business versions of their communications software.
  • Google relents, will hand over European Wi-Fi data
    In a reversal of course, Google now says that it will give European regulators data it secretly collected from open wireless networks over the past three years.
  • Atheros sampling 450Mbps 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset
    Chip maker Atheros Wednesday released samples of its powerful new 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset, which tops out with a maximum data rate of 450Mbps for access points and routers, and a signal that's more consistent and resilient.
  • What makes Sybase worth nearly $6 billion to SAP?
    Sybase CEO John Chen, in an interview shortly before SAP announced plans to buy Sybase for about $6 billion, gives clues about why his company might be worth so much. The mobile enterprise has a lot to do with it.
  • AT&T shifts to usage-based wireless data plans
    AT&T effectively has scrapped its unlimited wireless data offering for new subscribers. The new scheme offers a lower starting point for monthly costs, but usage is capped at 200MB or 2GB. Also new: letting laptops tether to smartphones as a wireless modem, but you'll pay $20 a month to do so.
  • LQ Mgmt. calls on Verizon Business for communications services
    LQ Management L.L.C., owner and operator of La Quinta Inns & Suites, has signed an $11 million agreement with Verizon Business for communications services that includes VoIP for LQ Management's operations and wireless access for guests at its nearly 800 corporate-owned and franchise hotels located in 46 states. The service will run over Verizon's global Private IP network, which offers six classes of service for prioritizing business applications.
  • Aruba Networks reports record quarterly revenues
    Wireless LAN vendor Aruba Networks reported another quarterly loss, slightly smaller than a year ago, but its third-quarter adjusted earnings were slightly better than analysts expected, and it set a record for revenues.
  • VeriWave captures users' view of Wi-Fi networks
    Enterprise Wi-Fi networks are often mysteries, because it's difficult for IT to get a user perspective on how applications such as voice and video are performing over 802.11. VeriWave's new WaveDeploy system shows the quality of the user's Wi-Fi experience.
  • UK won't investigate Google over Wi-Fi snooping
    The Information Commissioner has revealed he will not investigate Google over the recent revelation that its Street View cars have been mistakenly collecting data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks for three years.
  • When the licensee comes a-calling…
    Today, company executives at Walls Industries live on their cell phones. But five years ago, they couldn't get a signal indoors at the concrete-and-steel Dallas-area site where the work and specialty apparel maker is headquartered. So the IT group installed an in-building wireless repeater system that satisfied users just fine -- but eventually sent AT&T on the warpath.
  • Will 4G Fix Wireless Voice Quality?
    "Can you hear me now?" As much marketing hype as 3G wireless networks have received, the fact remains that customers of all the major wireless providers are frequently frustrated with their service's poor voice quality and dropped calls. With 4G looming on the horizon, can we look forward to better voice quality?
  • Major Wi-Fi changes ahead
    Almost any mobile device you buy today either has a Wi-Fi radio chip in it, or can be fitted with one. But the still annoying and baffling part of Wi-Fi is that while it lets you move around, you still have to move around from one place to another, each having a Wi-Fi hotspot or network.

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