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IBM and Symbol Technologies Inc. are teaming up on the first wireless LAN controller blade for IBMs blade server center, according to officials at both companies. The new blade brings wireless LAN radios and management capabilities to IBMs BladeCenter chassis, officials said. Called the WS5120 Wireless Switch, it is essentially Symbols WS5100 wireless LAN switch […]

Cell phone software company Access has introduced a new version of its NetFront mobile browser for smart phones that run on Nokias S60 platform. New features for NetFront Version 3.3 include support for multiple browser windows, a pop-up blocker and support for RSS feeds. The updated browser is available now from Nokias Web site or […]

In their efforts to ban airlines from offering free Wi-Fi services in their lounges, officials representing Bostons Logan Airport continue to insist that its not about money, but rather about public safety and management. The Massachusetts Port Authority, which charges a minimum of $7.95 per day for public Wi-Fi access throughout Logan Airport, sent a […]

Major wireless carriers and hardware makers are teaming up to include in notebook computers embedded support for the highest-speed WANs, as an alternative to Wi-Fi connections. Lenovo Group Ltd. and Cingular Wireless LLC on Wednesday announced that upcoming ThinkPad notebooks will come preconfigured with an HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) modem. Cingular launched its HSDPA […]

Wi-Fi hardware and management software maker Trapeze Networks Inc. is readying a new outdoor access point that boasts data throughput rates faster than Fast Ethernet. Trapeze has received federal approval for an outdoor access point called the MP-620, according to documents posted on the Federal Communications Commissions Web site last week. Designed to be centrally […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is taking steps that could invalidate a lawsuit being brought by NTP Inc. against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. for alleged patent infringement. Industry experts say that it likely will take several months before such steps would be final. Late last month, the Washington-based USPTO rejected two of […]

Cell phone software company Access Co. Ltd. has introduced a new version of its NetFront mobile browser for Nokia Inc.s S60 smart-phone platform. New features for NetFront Version 3.3 include support for multiple browser windows, an advanced pop-up blocker, and support for RSS and Atomfeed data feeds. It supports HTML 4.01, xHTML 1.0, cHTML, WML […]

Research in Motion on Wednesday reported a 33 percent jump in profits for the fiscal third quarter of 2006, in the midst of an ongoing court battle that threatens to shut down the companys popular BlackBerry e-mail devices and services. Net income for the quarter was about $120.15 million, up from $90.4 million in the […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has indicated that it will formally and finally reject the patents at the heart of a lawsuit in which NTP Inc. is suing BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. for patent infringement. But while such a ruling would be good news for RIM and its customers, industry experts say […]

Remote Internet access service provider iPass last week announced plans to acquire its rival GoRemote Internet Communications for $76.5 million in cash. iPass officials said the deal will help the company serve telecommuters and home-office workers, who make up much of GoRemotes customer base. Currently, iPass primarily serves business travelers. “Enterprise customers increasingly have been […]