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iPass Inc. on Monday announced a multi-year deal with Intel Corp. to collaborate on products for business travelers. For starters, the two companies plan to ensure interoperability between iPass iPassConnect network access client and Intels upcoming Banias processor for notebook computers, due out early next year. Intel also is developing network adapters that will enable […]

Network Associates Inc.s Sniffer division is adding support for high-speed wireless LAN networks. Starting this week, the companys Sniffer Wireless protocol analyzer will be able to trouble-shoot both 802.11b and 802.11a networks. Previously, the Sniffer Wireless line of wireless security management products supported only 802.11b networks, which offer data transfer rates of up to 11M […]

Ever-optimistic backers of Bluetooth are pinning their hopes on advances they claim will help make the nascent wireless protocol cheaper and easier to combine with other, more popular wireless platforms. Five years into its development, the much-hyped Bluetooth still struggles for acceptance. But the latest improvements, due at the Bluetooth Developers Conference in San Jose, […]

Handspring Inc. on Monday announced a deal in which customers can buy a Treo 180 or 180g communicator for $99 if they also sign up for wireless service through T-Mobile. Handspring and T-Mobile will offer $150 rebates to customers who buy a Treo 180 or 180g along with a set amount of GPRS (general packet […]

Technology industry giants AT&T Corp., Intel Corp. and IBM, along with two investment companies, today confirmed that they are creating a new company that will build a network of wireless LAN “hot spots” across the United States. Previously known under the code name “Project Rainbow,” the new company will be called Cometa Networks and will […]

Network Associates Inc.s Sniffer division is adding support for high-speed wireless LAN networks. Starting this week, the companys Sniffer Wireless protocol analyzer will be able to troubleshoot for both 802.11b and 802.11a networks. Previously the Sniffer line of wireless security management products supported only 802.11b networks, which offer data transfer rates of up to 11M […]

If the annual gathering of technologists and technology that is Comdex/Fall is any indicator of things to come, wireless computing will continue its drive into the enterprise, where smaller, more manageable hardware resides. Hardware manufacturers, wireless providers and software developers, including Dell Computer Corp., Nokia Corp. and Microsoft Corp., to name a scant few, were […]

Licensees for Microsoft Corp.s Tablet PC operating system are at eighteen and counting, but notably missing are two of the giants in the industry—IBM and Dell Computer Corp. While they are loyal Microsoft customers for desktop and notebook systems, both companies said they have no immediate plans for the Tablet, in spite of its status […]

IBM is continuing its push to let customers interact with corporate applications through speech. The Armonk, N.Y., company this week will announce WVAA (WebSphere Voice Application Access) software, which takes existing applications available through a corporate portal and makes them voice-accessible. Customers can dial in using voice commands to access corporate applications and have information […]

Users looking for big things from little machines are getting special attention from vendors that are packing new technologies, ranging from digital audio players to cameras, into handhelds and phones. The plethora of wireless and handheld technologies was a significant focus for visitors last week at the scaled-back Comdex show here. The shows MobileFocus kickoff […]