Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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

  White House promises swift action on AT&T infospill | Microsoft downplays Windows Phone 7 at TechEd conference
 
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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


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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


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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


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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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