| U.S. businesses concerned about ICANN changes Some Internet-based businesses in the U.S. would support the splitting of the domain-name governance system instead of allowing an agreement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the U.S. government to end later this year, the leader of a U.S. trade association said Wednesday. Podcast: Cisco aims to ease 11n deployment with Aironet 1140 AP Ken Presti talks to Chris Kozup, manager for mobility marketing at Cisco, about the limitations of deploying 11n and how the Aironet 1140 eases the process. They also discuss what types of applications benefit from 11n. Cisco overcomes 11n AP power, form-factor issues Cisco has tackled the power-consumption and form-factor criticisms of its hefty Aironet 1250 Series Access Point in a new pre-standard 802.11n AP platform, officially announced this week. The new Draft N Aironet 1140 Series Access Point, shipping since last month, functions within the standard 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) budget while offering a lighter, more aesthetic design for indoor installation. The unit is also slated to gain a proprietary beam-forming capability in April called ClientLink, which Cisco says improves performance of legacy 802.11a/g client devices operating in an 802.11n infrastructure environment. Open networks remain a distant nirvana for mobile users The push for open wireless networks that can accommodate all manner of mobile devices and applications grabbed a lot of headlines last year. But true mobile openness remains a distant, and perhaps unachievable, nirvana. Privacy groups file mobile marketing complaint with FTC Two privacy groups on Tuesday asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to regulate how mobile marketers can use consumers' personal information, saying many people don't know when their information is being collected from cell phones and how it's being used. IPv6 on your cell phone Blogger Scott Hogg writes: You may have IPv6 capabilities on your mobile phone and not even realize it. Stop data leaks Yes, you can keep sensitive data from leaving your organization. Our revamped Product Guide tells you what you need to know, including 5 questions to ask data-leak protection vendors before buying. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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