Wireless turns inside out; T-Mobile's Sidekick out of the doghouse, back on sale

T-Mobile's Sidekick out of the doghouse, back on sale; Smartphones on Wi-Fi vulnerable to security attack Wireless Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by Sybase Achieve Data Warehousing Performance with a Column-Oriented Database The growing demand for deep-dive data mining, complex event processing and strategic business analytics puts increased demands on today's data bases and data warehouse. Learn how an alternative data base approach, which begins by storing data by columns instead of rows, has proven to meet today's exploding data warehouses. Read this Paper Now! Spotlight Story Wireless turns inside out Cellular networks were originally built to keep people connected when away from their wired indoor phones. For its part, Wi-Fi's genesis was to eliminate cabling to desktop PCs, then later to provide data mobility in and around the home and office. Now, the respective technologies' goals are flip-flopping. Cellular is doing its darnedest to affordably cover indoor locations, while Wi-Fi is making a hard push outside. What gives? Read full story Related News: T-Mobile's Sidekick out of the doghouse, back on sale T-Mobile, about a month after a service outage threatened to eliminate data on its customers' Sidekick smartphones, has started selling the devices again. Smartphones on Wi-Fi vulnerable to security attack A new report from a mobile security vendor details how the most popular smartphones, including the iPhone, are very vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, carried out via public Wi-Fi connections. Verizon ups the smarm, mocks AT&T This week, Verizon filed a sarcastic and defiant response to the lawsuit filed by AT&T earlier this month alleging that Verizon's "There's a Map for That" ads falsely assert that AT&T has major gaps in its wireless coverage. Slideshow: 25 Tech Gift Ideas Before you hit the pavement or head online to go shopping for the holidays, check out our favorite 25 products from this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift ideas. The Droid we're looking for Mark Gibbs has got his sweaty hands on a Verizon Motorola Droid and he's really impressed (bugs and early termination fees not withstanding). Ruckus launches new Wi-Fi products for businesses, housing complexes Ruckus Wireless announced new Wi-Fi technology products that can be used to provide wireless services to businesses, housing complexes and schools. CTIA takes on rival spectrum users in FCC letter The CTIA reiterated its demands for more radio spectrum for mobile broadband in a letter sent Friday to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, laying down the gauntlet to other industries in what may become a growing battle over access to prized frequencies. Droid Sales and the Android Explosion The Motorola Droid is doing more than just bashing the iPhone -- it's also smashing the ceiling when it comes to mainstream Android appeal. A full 250,000 people snatched up Droids during the phone's first week in stores, some newly released data suggests. That's four times the number of launch-week sales estimated for the myTouch 3G, which had previously been considered the fastest-selling Android device. $2 Britney Spears iPhone App & Other Ways to Waste Money Why can't Apple's App Store overlords exercise more discretion when it counts? A $2 Britney Spears app has just approved is available for the iPhone. I thought the app called "It's Britney!" may have been some clever lip-syncing or karaoke app, but it's not. According to Britney's Web site "There really is an app for everything." November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Ethernet everywhere! Inside planes, trains, cars and spaceships, Ethernet is a morph master. Here's a look at some of Ethernet's cooler implementations. 7 tools to ease Windows 7 rollout These utilities help you plan, ensure app compatibility and manage images. Five Steps to Determine When to Virtualize Your Servers Server virtualization isn't just for big companies. Entry-level virtualization tools are low cost, and there are many benefits to virtualization. It's not a question of "if" you should virtualize your servers - but "when." This white paper outlines five solution-agnostic steps to help you determine when to virtualize your servers. Learn more now. Rapid Replication for Virtual Servers What's the connection between virtualization and acceleration? It's deeper than you might think. See how these two hot technologies complement each other to consolidate servers, enhance DR and simplify the IT infrastructure. Learn more.   November 18, 2009 MOST-READ STORIES Cray blows by IBM to regain supercomputing crown Microsoft's new lab pushes social networking boundaries 2009's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies Cool Yule Tools Shifting mobile cost to employees? Think twice Hackers outwit Windows 7 activation Latest WebOS update for the Palm Pre lacks iTunes support HP's 3Com acquisition: An inside look Supercomputers with 100 million cores coming by 2018 Cisco ups offer for videoconferencing firm Tandberg to $3.4B Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center EMO Labs: Better Sound Through Innovation at DEMOfall 09 EMO Labs' Invisible Speaker innovation takes People's Choice Award top honors at DEMO conference. Watch EMO Labs product launch.   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. 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