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Cisco Systems Inc. officially entered the wireless mesh networking space last week, lagging behind its smaller competitors but adding significant validation to a nascent market. As expected, the networking company launched the Aironet 1500 Series access point. Designed for outdoor deployments, the 1500 Series can automatically set up and operate within a mesh network. It […]

Cisco Systems Inc. officially entered the wireless mesh networking space on Tuesday, lagging behind its competitors technologically but adding significant validation to a nascent market. As expected, the networking giant launched the Aironet 1500 Series access point. Designed for outdoor deployments on rooftops or poles, the 1500 Series can automatically set itself up to operate […]

Qualcomm last week sued Nokia for alleged patent infringement in the United States, a week after Nokia joined several other companies in accusing Qualcomm of unfair business practices in Europe. Qualcomm charged that Nokia cell phones infringe on 11 Qualcomm patents related to GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks. In the suit, Qualcomm demanded […]

Search engine giant Google Inc. on Thursday sent a letter to the mayor of its home city of Mountain View, Calif., proposing to bring free Wi-Fi service to the city. “Google is in a unique position to offer free access to the Internet, since we have the ability to subsidize and earn revenue indirectly when […]

Sybase Inc. subsidiary iAnywhere on Tuesday announced version 8.0 of the Advantage Database Server, which Sybase acquired through its purchase of mobile and database management software maker Extended Systems Inc. last month. New features in the software include the addition of SQL scripting; the ability to replicate data changes across multiple servers using asynchronous push […]

Good Technology Inc. on Monday introduced a new set of software and services designed to bolster the security of Goodlink, a mobile computing platform that competes against Research in Motion Ltd.s BlackBerry platform. Good Mobile Defense includes several tools that help IT administrators control handheld devices in the field, especially if they are lost or […]

Banking on the success of push-to-talk mobile phone services, Sprint Nextel on Monday announced a walkie-talkie service for sharing photographs. Nextel Direct Send Picture lets customers send a picture to a person on the other end of a Nextel Walkie-Talkie call, without interrupting the call itself. The picture simultaneously appears on both the users and […]

Certain wireless LAN access points from Cisco Systems Inc. are vulnerable to attack due to an authentication glitch, the company reported Tuesday. The problem applies to Cisco access points operating in Lightweight Access Point Protocol (LWAPP) mode, which are controlled by a separate WLAN switch. According to a security advisory on Ciscos Web site, the […]

With its announcement of a $40 million initiative to rebuild schools along the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast, Cisco Systems Inc. tipped its hand on mesh networking plans. Cisco CEO John Chambers last week said the company and some of its officers will fund the multiphase project to help rebuild schools damaged during Hurricane Katrina. With $2 […]

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. on Thursday signed a deal to license data compression technology from Forgent Networks that covers the popular JPEG imaging file format. The deal gives RIM license to use the technology in U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672, which has come to be known as “the 672 patent.” The patent relates to […]

Motorola Inc. and Intel Corp. this week announced plans to collaborate on efforts to promote the nascent wireless broadband technology known as WiMax. In addition to pushing for the ratification of the IEEE 802.16e standard for mobile WiMax, the two companies plan to work together on interoperability testing of upcoming WiMax hardware, officials said. Motorola […]

The worlds leading mobile phone makers are turning their focus toward the enterprise, with new handsets and middleware that support corporate applications. “Weve never focused on the enterprise market with such a dedicated team before,” said John DeFeo, corporate vice president of government and enterprise mobility solutions at Motorola Inc., in Schaumburg, Ill. “Were bringing […]