Breakup strikes possible blow to open access

NetworkWorld.com | Wireless & Mobile Research Center | Update Your Profile Breakup strikes possible blow to open access By Joanie Wexler I would seem to be living under a rock if I didn't mention Sprint Nextel and Clearwire's recent decision to scrap a partnership that would have created a nationwide mobile WiMAX network. Read full story Joanie Wexler is an independent networking technology writer/editor in California's Silicon Valley who has spent most of her career analyzing trends and news in the computer networking industry. She welcomes your comments on the articles published in this newsletter, as well as your ideas for future article topics. Reach her at joanie@jwexler.com. SPONSORED BY BLUE COAT Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to delivery to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. RELATED NEWS: What retail wireless security?, 11/16/07: TJX may be in a class all by itself in terms of the number of records compromised in a data breach. But the retailer apparently has plenty of company when it comes to wireless security issues of the sort that led to the compromise it disclosed earlier this year. RFID gets new life from small-scale apps, 11/15/07: The big picture for enterprise RFID is getting a lot smaller. With large-scale, multi-company RFID deployments still in their infancy, a growing number of enterprises are discovering that automatic wireless identification systems can pay off in small-scale tactical applications within the four walls, or with just one or two partners. Expect a rocky road for mobile data security, experts say, 11/15/07: You’re in for a nasty surprise if you think mobile broadband devices will be free of the security problems that long have plagued PCs, said a panel of security experts at this week’s Mobile Internet World conference. Podcast: Six minutes with ... Jonathan Medved, CEO of Vringo: After launching at DEMO 2007, Vringo hit the ground running to ride the momentum from its launch. The attention and positive feedback were all the more interesting since the market for the company's product - video ringtones - still lies in its infancy. In this episode, Vringo CEO Jonathan Medved shares his thoughts on the rocket ship his company has been riding, and what it takes to stay focused (6:06) LAN switch security: What the hackers know that you don't, 11/15/07: Author experts explain how to thwart ARP spoofing, ARP poisoning, P2P traffic, wireless LAN threats and more during a live Network World Chat. 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