Wayne Rash

Motorola has agreed to acquire Good Technology, the companies jointly announced Nov. 10. The terms of the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, were not announced. The acquisition puts Motorola in direct competition with Research In Motion, makers of the BlackBerry device. Motorola has been selling the Q, which offers BlackBerry-like capabilities and can […]

WASHINGTON—By all indications, the Nov. 8 midterm elections went off with few hitches that could be blamed on electronic voting, despite the dire predictions of some activists who oppose e-voting. According to many observers, the number of problems was smaller, and the impact on the election less significant than nearly anyone predicted. “The headline is: […]

Palm is disputing that it has violated any of the patents of NTP. NTP, a patent holding company in Virginia, filed suit on Nov. 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia claiming that Palm had violated seven of its patents relating to the transmission of electronic mail by wireless communications. […]

Cingular Wireless will begin selling a new broadband PDA on Nov. 16, a company executive told eWEEK. The new HSDPA/UMTS enabled Cingular 8525 includes a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a wide screen, and it also supports quad-band EDGE, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The device will sell for $399.00 with a two-year agreement. It supports tri-band HSDPA, so […]

On Nov. 7, a third of all U.S. voters will encounter electronic voting machines for the first time. As is the case in nearly any human enterprise that goes through a massive change, there will be problems. There will be people who cant vote when they wish because poll workers werent properly trained, or because […]

Imagine an upgrade that calls for untrained people with inadequate leadership to roll out a critical new technology under crushing deadlines. Then they must perform the upgrade under intense public scrutiny and cut the already-short timeline for completion in half while fostering ever-growing expectations for the projects impact. The truth is, you dont even need […]

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced Oct. 31 that Americans like their Wi-Fi more than they like Starbucks. The organization, reporting on a study it carried out with Kelton Research, uncovered a number of interesting facts about U.S. Wi-Fi users. For example, 89 percent of the 549 American Wi-Fi users surveyed said they would do without Starbucks […]

FAIRFAX, Va.—AirWave Wireless, of San Mateo, Calif., announced Nov. 2 that the company has joined forces with Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia to develop a new version of its wireless management suite that includes a new executive portal. The Fairfax County school system has one of the largest Wi-Fi networks in the United States, […]

Heavy cell phone use may have a significant impact on the fertility of men, according to a study released in late October by the prestigious Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The study, conducted by Dr. Ashok Agarwal and in PDF abstract here, reported on the results of 364 men who used cell phones for varying […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the little-known agency that controls how national elections are held in the United States, is enlisting the help of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in making sure electronic voting machines meet federal standards. According to EAC Voting Systems Certification Director Brian Hancock, all voting machines to be used […]

NEC Unified Solutions, a division of NEC, is announcing a converged communications system that the company said will give businesses a seamless wireless communications and mobility solution for their enterprise needs. The Irving, Texas, company said that Univerge Assured Mobility is aimed at businesses of all sizes, from small and midsize enterprises to large organizations. […]

London-based Barablu has developed a free calling system that works with some Nokia phones that use the Symbian operating system. The product works with Nokia Series 60 phones on either Wi-Fi or GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks, and supports voice calling in addition to instant messaging and video. The company says the new […]