TECHWEB TODAY: MOBILE & WIRELESS Monday, November 8, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Monday Mobile & Wireless Feature: A Bundle Of Trouble? 2. Mobile & Wireless News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. CA Updates PestPatrol After August Acquisition 4. Microsoft To Settle Antitrust Cases With Novell, CCIA 5. Novell Targets Enterprise Users With Desktop Linux 9 6. FTC To Host Spam Summit This Week Other News This Week 7. WLAN Makes Its Voice Heard 8. Phishers Up Scam Ante With New Tactic 9. Report: 'Complexity Crisis' To Hold Back Software Growth 10. IBM's eServer Blue Gene For Sale ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Enabling Your Mobile Business with SAP Mobile Infrastructure. Mobilize your workforce quickly and easily by leveraging your existing IT infrastructure. Register and view this this exclusive SAP TechWebCast today: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlY0Af ----------------------------------------- -- 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: A Bundle Of Trouble? Hotspot access is at the heart of some attractive wireless bundles, but there could be a long-term "gotcha." http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlL0AS 2. MOBILE & WIRELESS NEWS OF THE WEEK Forty Phones Fuel Nokia's Strategy For 2005 In an attempt to stay in front of increasingly vigorous competition, mobile-phone maker Nokia said it will employ a variety of strategies next year in introducing 40 different handset models. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlM0AT Study Sees Strong Potential For UWB To Fail A lack of standards and high price are threatening to make a bust of ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless technology, according to an ABI Research study. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlN0AU Bluetooth Road Map Ups Speed, Lowers Power Attempting to dispel concerns about the technology's future, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group this week will unveil its road map out to 2006. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlO0AV Vendors Push RFID To Consumer Cell Phones A security-software and mobile-phone company are working to deliver product and other information to consumers' phones. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlP0AW Cisco CTO Beats Up On WiMAX Cisco's CTO says that the economic case for WiMAX wireless broadband hasn't yet been made. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlQ0AX Nokia Unveils Touch-Sensitive Mobile Phone Nokia introduces a touch-sensitive smartphone with capabilities that make it a strong alternative to handheld computers that are gradually losing favor among consumers. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlR0AY ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Enabling Your Mobile Business with SAP Mobile Infrastructure. Mobilize your workforce quickly and easily by leveraging your existing IT infrastructure. Register and view this this exclusive SAP TechWebCast today: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlY0Af ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. CA Updates PestPatrol After August Acquisition Computer Associates rolls out new editions of PestPatrol, the anti-spyware technology it picked up in August. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlS0AZ 4. Microsoft To Settle Antitrust Cases With Novell, CCIA Microsoft said it has made substantial progress in clearing away nagging antitrust litigation by settling some long-standing and important cases. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlT0Aa 5. Novell Targets Enterprise Users With Desktop Linux 9 Novell unveils its latest Linux desktop operating system, Linux Desktop 9, that it's aiming at enterprises that want an alternative to Windows. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlU0Ab 6. FTC To Host Spam Summit This Week Agencies to meet with experts to explore the development and deployment of technology that could reduce the greatest scourge of Internet messaging. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlV0Ac OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. WLAN Makes Its Voice Heard The convergence of VoIP and WLAN promises new services and lower telecom costs for enterprises and SMBs. But is it ready for prime time? http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvPM0Az 8. Phishers Up Scam Ante With New Tactic Researchers have spotted a tactic that lets the scammers replace legitimate content on banking sites with their own bogus material, without monkeying with the authentic URL of the institutions. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvlW0Ad 9. Report: 'Complexity Crisis' To Hold Back Software Growth The worldwide software industry may be continuing its recovery, but a 'complexity crisis' will keep it from reaching booming double-digit growth rates. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekXl0GpvDH0G4U0CvPS0A6 10. 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