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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Wireless Report: Sprint insists its WiMax network is on track

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WIRELESS REPORT

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Thursday, Jan 10, 2008
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Table Of Contents:


* Sprint insists its WiMax network is on track
* Open source entering the mobile computing space
* Sony demos faster-than-USB wireless transfer system
* Intel to add WiMax to upcoming ultramobile platform
* iPhone hurt mobile gaming, expert says
* New Netgear products aim to simplify home networking
* Wi-Fi startup to pick up where Google left off in SF
* Wi-Fi virus outbreak is possible, researchers say


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SPRINT INSISTS ITS WIMAX NETWORK IS ON TRACK

Sprint Nextel and its hardware partners sought to convince a small
audience at the Consumer Electronics Show that their WiMax plans are on
track, despite the recent departure of Sprint's CEO and the dissolution
of its partnership with Clearwire.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/08/Sprint-insists-WiMax-network-on-track_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2008-01-10

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OPEN SOURCE ENTERING THE MOBILE COMPUTING SPACE

Open-source strategies are gathering steam in the mobile computing realm
with companies like Wake3 and Funambol leveraging open source to bring
iPhone-style browsing and e-mail to devices.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/08/opensource-mobile_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2008-01-10

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SONY DEMOS FASTER-THAN-USB WIRELESS TRANSFER SYSTEM

Sony is developing a wireless data transfer system for gadgets that is
capable of sending pictures, video, and data over a range of a few
centimeters.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/08/Sony-demos-faster-than-USB-wireless-transfer-system_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2008-01-10

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INTEL TO ADD WIMAX TO UPCOMING ULTRAMOBILE PLATFORM

Intel may deliver WiMax technology more quickly to mobile users by
including it as an option for ultramobile devices based on the company's
Menlow platform, according to an Intel executive.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/07/Intel-to-add-WiMax-to-upcoming-ultramobile-platform_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2008-01-10

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IPHONE HURT MOBILE GAMING, EXPERT SAYS

While it would seem that the growth of smartphones, with their bigger
screens and faster processors, would be good news for mobile gaming,
handsets like the iPhone are in fact hurting the mobile game industry in
the short term, one expert said Sunday.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/07/CES-iPhone-hurt-mobile-gaming_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2008-01-10

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NEW NETGEAR PRODUCTS AIM TO SIMPLIFY HOME NETWORKING

Netgear is launching three new wireless networking products that aim to
address the problem, perennially discussed at the annual Consumer
Electronics Show, of complicated home networking setup.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/07/Netgear-products-aim-to-simplify-home-networking_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2008-01-10

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WI-FI STARTUP TO PICK UP WHERE GOOGLE LEFT OFF IN SF

Wireless networking startup Meraki plans to deliver free wireless
Internet access, supported by advertising, across San Francisco by the
end of the year, it announced Friday.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/04/Wi-Fi-startup-to-pick-up-where-Google-left-off-in-SF_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2008-01-10

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WI-FI VIRUS OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE, RESEARCHERS SAY

If criminals were to target unsecured wireless routers, they could
create an attack that could piggyback across thousands of Wi-Fi networks
in urban areas like Chicago or New York City, according to researchers
at Indiana University.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/04/Wi-Fi-virus-outbreak-possible-researchers-say_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2008-01-10

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http://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/newsletter/13/80251209/

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