Wondering whether voice over Wi-Fi is out of gas; An AT&T infospill satire

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	Is voice over Wi-Fi out of gas? For years, the Wi-Fi Alliance has been poised to kick off its Voice-Enterprise certification program at any moment. Heck, I myself reported in 2008, when the alliance began its "Voice-Personal" certification testing of voice equipment for use in single access-point deployments, that "Voice-Enterprise certifications…are to follow in the middle of next year." Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Bluesocket IBM and Bluesocket webinar: Virtual WLAN Hear how Bluesocket's technology reduces network complexity allowing you to build a smarter wireless network with improved wireless performance, data security and scalability. Learn how this fully virtualized vWLAN® software can reside on the IBM x3250, your server of choice, a Bluesocket appliance or on a VMware instance. Forney Independent school district will join and discuss their vWLAN® deployment. In this Issue White House promises swift action on AT&T infospill Microsoft downplays Windows Phone 7 at TechEd conference Xbox Project Natal is now called Kinect and looks amazing IBM to set new mobility strategy with launch of software development lab Apple, AT&T kick off iPhone 4 pre-orders Free Wi-Fi, digital content coming to Starbucks July 1 AT&T 'dishonest' about iPad attack threat, say hackers Google Wi-Fi Data Capture Unethical, But Not Illegal Mobile broadband speeds jump in 2009 Motorola's Jha's boasts of 2 GHz processor coming to Android There's no right to unlimited bandwidth Enough blame to go around in iPad security breach Ordering an iPhone: What you need to know WHITE PAPER: Sprint The Foundation for UC When choosing a vendor for Unified Communications, it's critical that their approach is truly customer-centric. This paper outlines the top 6 attributes to look for in a vendor and will help you with considerations for multiple network access alternatives, application performance management, session persistence, cost predictability and more. Learn More White House promises swift action on AT&T infospill [Just in case there's any doubt, this is a satire] Read More Microsoft downplays Windows Phone 7 at TechEd conference Microsoft's radically redesigned mobile OS, Windows Phone 7, played only a supporting role at the vendor's yearly TechEd conference. Executives only talked about some changes to the online applications catalog and a few reasons why enterprises will want to adopt the new platform. Read More Xbox Project Natal is now called Kinect and looks amazing Microsoft last night announced the commercial name for Project Natal: Kinect. It demonstrated the gesture-based interface during the opening night of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. Kinect allows users to control an Xbox video game without a controller. Jump around and your onscreen avatar jumps with you. Read More IBM to set new mobility strategy with launch of software development lab IBM will unveil its enterprise mobile software strategy to industry analysts on Wednesday as part of a grand opening of a new software development laboratory in Littleton, Mass. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T AT&T Designing Tomorrow's Ethernet-Based Metropolitan Area Networks Click to continue Apple, AT&T kick off iPhone 4 pre-orders As promised, Apple early today began taking pre-orders for its new iPhone 4, although only the black model was immediately available. Read More Free Wi-Fi, digital content coming to Starbucks July 1 Free unlimited Wi-Fi is coming to nearly 7,000 company-operated Starbucks stores in the U.S. beginning July 1, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said today. Read More AT&T 'dishonest' about iPad attack threat, say hackers The hackers who harvested more than 100,000 Apple iPad 3G owner e-mail addresses blasted AT&T as "dishonest" today, and said the group has an exploit it or others could have used against all iPad owners. Read More Google Wi-Fi Data Capture Unethical, But Not Illegal Google is under global scrutiny for its "accidental" gathering of wi-fi data while driving about photographing the world with its Street View camera cars. In the court of public opinion Google's actions cross ethical boundaries, but whether or not the activities were illegal depends on the laws in place for the given jurisdiction. Businesses in the United States should understand that the interception of publicly available data traversing the airwaves is probably not illegal. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Ironport Systems Learn the 3 Best Practices for Securing E-mail Any IT manager will tell you it's critical to protect data. With information flowing freely today via mobile devices, collaboration technologies and unified communications, it isn't easy. Learn data leak prevention (DLP) triage and the steps to protect proprietary data in e-mail, while also complying with government and industry regulations. Read now! Mobile broadband speeds jump in 2009 Mobile broadband networks saw a huge jump in performance in 2009, driven by greater download speeds and reliability, according to analyst firm IDC. Read More Motorola's Jha's boasts of 2 GHz processor coming to Android One of the biggest promoters of the Android OS, Motorola executive Sanjay Jha, said his company will roll out an Android smartphone with a 2 GHz processor by years end. Read More There's no right to unlimited bandwidth We're supposed to use less energy, less oil, conserve. It's the right thing to do. Except when it comes to mobile bandwidth. AT&T finally found the courage to say something about wireless data that's completely obvious in every other part of life. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Pay your way. Read More Enough blame to go around in iPad security breach The leader of a security research firm and AT&T traded angry words Monday in the wake of last week's data breach that exposed the e-mail addresses of 114,000 iPad 3G users. The carrier called the behavior of Goatse Security "malicious," while the security firm countered that AT&T was "being dishonest about the potential for harm." But both sides have plenty to answer for in how they've handled this security situation. Read More Ordering an iPhone: What you need to know Apple began taking pre-orders Tuesday for its soon-to-arrive iPhone 4, the next version of the company's smartphone lineup which it introduced during last week's Worldwide Developers Conference. And as can often be the case in the wonderful world of cellular services, the whys and hows of securing your phone order can be a little confusing. Read More
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