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Sun Microsystems and Texas Instruments announced a partnership to create Java-based wireless applications for 2.5G and 3G networks. The companies believe their partnership will allow device makers to cut costs for converged voice and data devices. TI has licensed Suns Connected Limited Device Configuration HotSpot Implementation (CLDC HI). CLDC HI is a Java virtual machine […]

Users should not adopt Intels new 802.11a/b Centrino product, analyst firm Gartner said last week. Intel will have more versatile products when a/b/g technology is available, said Ken Dulaney, Gartner vice president. Further revisions of the 802.11a specification are likely as it moves through worldwide regulatory bodies. Read the full story at Techworld.com

Nokia Corp. in December will start shipping compression software that the company said will halve the transfer times of narrowband wireless networks when the product is installed only on the server. Download times are cut by two-thirds if Nokias client is also installed on Windows-based PCs. The compression works best with multimedia files. Read the […]

Airspan Networks Inc. released two new products based on the 802.16a wireless metropolitan area network (MAN) standard. The companys point-to-point AS3030 and point-to-multipoint AS4030 are proprietary implementations of 802.16a, according to Airspan CEO Eric Stonestrom. Stonestrom said there are no interoperable 802.16 products because chipset makers such as Intel and Fujitsu have not produced chips […]

The networking giant has come up with its own version of a wireless security standard. It works well for some. Others see limitations. You make the call. (Baseline) Market leader Cisco Systems says it has an answer for network managers trying to sort out Wi-Fi security. Known as the Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP), its […]

Microsoft is finally set to launch officially its Windows Rights Management Service (RMS) next Tuesday at the RSA Europe show. The Redmondiands had been hoping to launch earlier in October, so as to be ready by the time Office 2003 rolled out, but an alleged last-minute bug nixed that plan. RMS consists of three components: […]

Although RFID should explode over the next few years, Intel COO Paul Otellini doesnt see a place for Intel at that table. Speaking at Forresters annual conference, Otellini focused on the low-per unit cost requirements for the chips as making it unattractive. “We wont jump into that penny-a-chip (market),” Otellini said. “It will take a […]

Intel Corp. on Monday announced a chip that adds 802.11a functionality to its Centrino mobile technology. The Intel PRO/Wireless 2100A network connection supports both the 802.11a and 802.11b protocols. The chip supports WPA and WEP security protocols and third-party security solutions such as Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX), the company said. Read the full press release […]

Nortel Networks Ltd. is working with British Telecom and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to plan trials of a public WLAN architecture. Nortel said the architecture will expand network service areas while reducing operating costs. During evaluation at MITs Cambridge campus, students, staff and visitors will be able to connect to the Internet from any […]

Atheros Communications Inc. announced Tuesday a deal with Microsoft Corp. to add wireless 802.11g networking to the Xbox game console. Microsoft’s Xbox Wireless Adapter will include Atheros’s 802.11g wireless-system-on-a-chip (WiSOC) chipset. The chipset includes draft 802.11e Quality of Service enhancements for multimedia applications. Read the full press release at Atheros.com

Storage Technology Corp., aka StorageTek, Wednesday will unveil its StreamLine SL8500, its next-generation flagship tape library. The new model will replace the current high-end PowderHorn 9310, officials said in an interview with eWEEK. StreamLine will ship in the second quarter of 2004 and have eight robots working individually within a single chassis. Each chassis will […]

Virus A new virus called Sober arrives as an email in English or German with the payload coming as an attachment. It uses a wide variety of headers, promising that the attachment contains everything from pornography to an antivirus patch. Once activated the malware installs itself as drv.exe, similare.exe or systemchk.exe. It then mails itself […]