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========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Home Systems Free Flat Panel Monitor Upgrade with select new Dell Home Dimension desktops. Offer ends 10/13. Click for details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134134-1 ========================================================= October 7, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Palm's Flashy New Tungsten T5 2. News: PalmOne, Microsoft Partner on Smart Phones 3. Opinion: Analyzing the Mobile OS Market 4. Review: Bluesocket Simplifies, Strengthens Security 5. Analysis: Is RFID the Key to Supply-Chain Security? 6. Baseline: RFID Tools Wireless at eWEEK.com: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134137-1 ========================================================= Wireless & Mobile Update ========================================================= 1. Palm's Flashy New Tungsten T5 PalmOne showed off a new Tungsten handheld at New York's TechXNY expo with some pretty great specs. Read about it and then check out the review. News: Palm's Tungsten Gains More Memory http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134140-1 Review: Flashy New Tungsten T5 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134143-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: PalmOne, Microsoft Partner on Smart Phones Longtime foes palmOne and Microsoft have joined forces to bring Microsoft's Exchange e-mail system to palmOne's Treo smart phones. Get the details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134146-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: Analyzing the Mobile OS Market This columnist just doesn't buy the idea that Microsoft, with the most bloated platform in the mobile business, is going to be able to sneak in under the big, powerful phones that Symbian creates. eWEEK.com's Guy Kewney responds to analysts. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134149-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Review: Bluesocket Simplifies, Strengthens Security The latest version of software for Bluesocket's wireless gateway appliances provides simplified strong authentication, tighter integration with Cisco's WLAN gear, and an occasionally effective intrusion detection and prevention tool that needs better monitoring capabilities. Read the rest of this review. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134152-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Analysis: Is RFID the Key to Supply-Chain Security? Has RFID been overly hyped? Most speakers agreed that the answer is "yes" during a panel discussion in New York City that looked at the roles government and private industry can play in protecting the global supply chain from terrorism and theft. Read what they had to say here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134155-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Baseline: RFID Tools Planner: Calculating Costs of Radio-Frequency Identification Radio-frequency identification tags can save suppliers money --add it up and see. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134158-1 Calculator: RFID Set-Up Costs Baseline created this worksheet using data from the Auto-ID Center, IBM, Manugistics and Nucleus Research. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134161-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134164-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134167-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134170-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=48&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1193-10-15-148054-134173-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? 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