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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 […]

Aruba Networks this week will introduce a network architecture called The Mobile Edge, which is designed to extend corporate WLANs beyond the office campus. “It allows you to run your wireless LAN over the Internet,” said Keerti Melkote, co-founder and vice president of product management and marketing at Aruba, in Sunnyvale, Calif. “What we are […]

As expected, Palm and research In Motion last week announced plans to let Palms Treo 650 smart phones connect to push-based e-mail and calendar synchronization software on a BlackBerry server. Through RIMs BlackBerry Connect licensing program, connectivity with a BlackBerry server will be an option on Palms VersaMail e-mail client, officials said. The Treo 650, […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Microsoft plans to keep customers happy and competitors at bay “the good old fashioned way—with innovation,” according to company CEO Steve Ballmer. “Its top priority for us to be an innovative company,” Ballmer said in a keynote address at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here. “If we dont innovate, we dont have new versions. Nobody needs […]

As expected, Palm Inc. and Research in Motion Inc. last week announced plans to let Palms Treo 650 smartphones connect to push-based e-mail and calendar synchronization software on a BlackBerry server. Through RIMs BlackBerry Connect licensing program, connectivity with a BlackBerry server will be an option on Palms VersaMail e-mail client, officials said. The Treo […]