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[2003-03-24] Dell's wireless choice as simple as a, b, g
Latitude notebooks offered with choice of Intel or Dell wireless technology. Dell has responded to customer demands for more networking flexibility by offering a choice of wireless technologies in its latest laptops.
[2003-03-24] New police tactic--mobile phone spam
Authorities in China are turning to technology to nab vandals--they use a computer program that spams the wrongdoers' mobile phones until they turn themselves in.
[2003-03-21] CTIA Wireless show opens
The dangers of regulation in the wireless telecommunications industry and the issues surrounding the roll out of e911 were among the first items on the agenda at the CTIA Wireless 2003 show in New Orleans Monday.
[2003-03-21] The Cell-Phone Folks Face a Wi-Fi World
The new technology is bound to become another leg of wireless providers' strategy. Getting to that point is the hard part. At the annual Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Assn. meeting in New Orleans Mar. 17-19, the buzz was, as you would expect, all about wireless communications.
[2003-03-21] Wi-Fi is Hot at CTIA, Hope Remains for 3G
Hype and whiz-bang technology ideas haven't been much in evidence at the CTIA Wireless 2003 show in New Orleans this week. Instead the show has been dominated by real products, real engagements and partnerships designed to integrate existing technologies to make a more seamless whole.
[2003-03-21] The Joys of Wireless Local Loop
WiFi, or 801.22b as it was called until common sense prevailed, took the world by surprise, and Wireless Local Loop or WLL, looks set to do the same. It is hard for new technologies to establish themselves in the telecoms world, especially during a telecoms slump, but WiFi managed it and WLL is likely to do the same, for some of the same reasons. So what is it?
[2003-03-20] Microsoft courts developers for its cellphone system
Despite the wireless industry's tepid reception to Microsoft's operating systems for cellphones, the company forged ahead yesterday, releasing several tools to help developers make software compatible with its two mobile-phone operating systems, Smartphone and Pocket PC.
[2003-03-20] Tablet PCs, the Next Generation
I can remember sitting in PC Magazine's offices more than ten years ago, gingerly examining NCR's first pen PC.
[2003-03-20] Linux takes backseat in new Motorola phones
Motorola Inc. grabbed a lot of headlines in February when it announced the world's first mobile phone that runs Linux, however, developers won't be able to create Linux applications and run those on the phone because Linux is not secure enough, Motorola spokesman David Rudd said Wednesday.
[2003-03-20] Wireless E-Mail Gaining Ground Slowly
Executive stubbornness or sluggishness can motivate resourceful workers to take matters into their own hands, using easily available "redirector" programs to enable connections between their handheld device and the enterprise network.
[2003-03-20] European Commission promotes WLANs
The European Commission has called for member states to promote public wireless broadband services such as Wi-Fi.
[2003-03-20] Gates Says Mobility will be Fastest Growing MS Business
Microsoft has committed to extending mobile capabilities to nearly every aspect of its business, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told a full house at his keynote Wednesday at its Microsoft Mobility Developer Conference 2003.
[2003-03-19] Wireless numbers to be added to 411
Looking for a friend but don't have her phone number with you? For now, you can call directory assistance for her home number, but her wireless digits are off limits from 411. That's about to change, however. After years of hesitation, cellular providers are getting close to making wireless numbers available to 411 callers.
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