========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com WIRELESS & MOBILE UPDATE -------- ========================================================= Enterprise & End-User Wireless & Mobile News, Technology and Products
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Home Systems Up to 15% off select new Dell Home systems. Offer ends 12/1. Click for details. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149838-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= November 29, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Carol Ellison: Symbian Skulls: A Virus by Any Other Name? 1. The Bandwidth Mesh 2. News: Wi-Fi Security Gets Simple 3. News: HP iPaq Trio Tackles Security 4. News: WiMax Upgrade: Guaranteed! 5. News: Mobile Messages Go Multi-Lingual Wireless at eWEEK.com: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149841-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Carol Ellison ========================================================= Symbian Skulls: A Virus by Any Other Name? Last week's news that images of skulls were showing up on some Nokia phones where mobile screen icons would normally appear was disturbing. Mobile phone viruses aren't yet a widespread threat but they're showing up with enough frequency to signal a future where mobile phones will be the platform of choice for crackers, hackers and everyone else who gets their kicks on creating misfortune for others. With luck, this latest excursion on the Symbian Operating System may just prove to be what Symbian said--a badly-written app. But even if the intent was not there, it sadly demonstrates a new mobile frontier. Opinion: Symbian Skulls: A Virus by Any Other Name? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149844-0-0-0-1 News: Symbian Says Skulls May Not Be Malware http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149847-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Wireless & Mobile Update ========================================================= 1. The Bandwidth Mesh Companies like Motorola and Nortel Networks are poised to deliver new, more advanced mesh network products to market. That's not a moment too soon for columnist Guy Kewney, who thinks mesh may just be the answer to gridlock on the Wi-Fi bands in his neighborhood. News: Wireless Mesh Networks Take Hold http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149850-0-0-0-1 Opinion: Mesh May Save the Wireless Bands http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149853-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Wi-Fi Security Gets Simple New management software that eases the process of configuring security on WLANs is solving security issues in the Wi-Fi space. Take a look at these upcoming apps. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149856-0-0-0-1 Wi-Fi Security http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149859-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: HP iPaq Trio Tackles Security Recognizing that no one device satisfies all needs, Hewlett- Packard is readying three new iPaq handheld devices that offer enterprises varying degrees of security, wireless capabilities, memory, battery life and cost. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1732575,00.asp Mobile Security http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149862-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: WiMax Upgrade: Guaranteed! Wi-LAN's latest fixed wireless base station will include a guaranteed upgrade to WiMax as the technology becomes available. Read more about Libra MX here. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1355-10-80-148054-149865-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Mobile Messages Go Multi-Lingual An America Online subsidiary adds language support to its text input software for mobile phones and PDAs. 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