Security

802.11s extends wireless outdoors

* IEEE working to develop standard for wireless LAN mesh networks

Don’t know much biology? Security researcher says it’s time to learn

University of New Mexico prof says diversity could be key to beating back computer attacks.

IE patch breaks Siebel client

Microsoft's IE patch can cause Siebel 7 client software to become unusable; Microsoft to release a 'compatibility patch' to address the issue.

New Orleans CIO vows to keep city Wi-Fi at high speeds

Teaming up to advance ID management

BlueRoam extends VPN service to handheld devices

* BlueRoam now supports BlackBerries, Treos and Windows Mobile devices

New security handbook impressive

* The three-volume Handbook of Information Security

Symantec exec: ‘There is no Veritas and Symantec, there’s only Symantec’

Symantec Senior Vice President of Enterprise Security and Data Management Jeremy Burton on merging Symantec with Veritas and where the company is headed with messaging management.

Searching for a new phone at CTIA

* Latest Cool Tools videos: Searching for a new phone at CTIA, Parts 1 & 2 * Latest Cool Tools Column: Watch out for wearable USB drives * The past 7 days on the Cool Tools Blog * Featured reader resource

Mobile domain hopes to dominate mobile Internet

MTLD Top Level Domain next week to issue .mobi Internet domain names aimed at mobile devices.