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ID chips help morgues track Katrina victims
GULFPORT, Miss. — As body counts mounted and missing-person reports multiplied in the days after Hurricane Katrina, some morgue workers began using a new technology to keep track of unidentified remains.
September 28, 2005
RIM Press Release: Intel, Research In Motion Collaborate on Next-Generation BlackBerry Devices
San Francisco, CA – CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2005 –Intel
Corporation and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today
announced an extensive technology collaboration in which RIM will use Intel
communications technology in future BlackBerry® devices. RIM is adopting the
Intel XScale® architecture and will utilize the Intel PXA9xx cellular
processor, codenamed "Hermon", for its next-generation BlackBerry® devices
that will run on high-speed EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution)
networks. In addition, Intel and RIM will continue working together to drive
new wireless technologies and handset features, while also working to
support and expand the rich ecosystem of BlackBerry applications and
services.
September 27, 2005
Wireless to take off at Vegas airport
Between the wireless LAN switches and the radio frequency identification system, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is spending serious money to go wireless. And that's not even counting what it paid for used luggage
Ford to cut cord on 8,000 phones
Ford is expected to announce today that it is replacing the traditional wireline phones of 8,000 employees in its product development department with wireless phones from Sprint
Getting a User's Attention in Your Palm OS Applications
By Alex Gusev
Any system faces situations when it needs to inform the user that something significant has happened or a specific time is reached. Different communication drivers and alarms provide a good example of such cases. Learn what can you do in your Palm OS applications to get a user's attention in similar tasks.
Published 08/02/2005
QUALCOMM BREW uiOne Overview
By Ray Rischpater
See what Qualcomm's new user interface initiative means for you
Published 07/25/2005
Developing Pocket Outlook Add-Ins
By Alex Gusev
There are many various components that can be used with Pocket Outlook. Why not create your own? Learn how simple and powerful it is. Discover new ways your application can be used.
Published 07/19/2005
How to Add Pocket Outlook Features to Your Mobile Application
By Alex Gusev
With the help of POOM (Pocket Outlook Object Model), you can implement sophisticated and customized mobile applications with rich functionality.
Published 07/13/2005
Migrating Applications to the .NET Compact Framework c2.0 and Windows Mobile 5.0
By Don Sorcinelli
Get a "head start" on preparing your mobile application to function properly with Windows Mobile 5.0 and the Compact Framework 2.0. Discover the new features and functionalities available to Pocket PC and Smartphone applications and explore changes that could affect performance and usability.
Published 07/07/2005
How Palm OS Expands Your Applications: Expansion Manager
By Alex Gusev
Discover how the Palm OS Expansion Manager, along with Virtual File System Manager, empowers your application with relatively full control on data stored on various cards and peripheral devices.
Published 06/23/2005
Catching Your Breath after the QUALCOMM BREW Developer Conference
By Ray Rischpater
See what key information came from the 2005 BREW developer conference.
Published 06/13/2005
How Palm OS Expands Your Applications: Files and Folders
By Alex Gusev
Learn how to manage a large amount of data stored on the expansion cards of your Palm OS device. Applications developed to work with the Virtual File System Manager will grant additional power in terms of their capabilities. Why should you miss it?
Published 06/08/2005
How Palm OS Expands Your Applications: Volumes
By Alex Gusev
With new Palm OS devices, you can use a lot of different expansion cards to store data and applications and interface to various peripheral hardware. Learn how to take advantage of this amazing option to 'expand' your own programs.
Published 05/27/2005
Simplifying Access to BREW Databases
By Ray Rischpater
The QUALCOMM BREW Database interfaces permit the quick storage of records of similarly formatted data. Here's how to abstract the database interfaces in your application to make coding the rest of your application easier
Published 05/18/2005
RIM closes Motorola licensing deal
Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) and Motorola Inc. have signed a licensing agreement allowing RIM's popular BlackBerry services to be accessed by some of Motorola's mobile phones, RIM announced Wednesday
April 21
NetBeans 3.6 IDE released
NetBeansIDE 3.6, a major revision to the open source platform, is now available, adding improved windowing and debugging and backing for J2EE 1.4.
April 19
McDonald's offers low carbs and high bandwidth
No one can accuse McDonald's of not staying abreast of the latest trends. Just recently they began offering a revised small3 to keep up with the current low carb diet craze in the United States. Now the world's largest food retailer is offering Wi-Fi access along with their burgers.
April 13
IAnywhere updates Web application software
IAnywhere Solutions Inc. released an upgrade to M-Business Anywhere on Monday with features designed to make the mobile application software more attractive to corporate users.
April 12
Intel launches next-generation XScale processor
Intel Corp. updated its XScale processor family Monday with the launch of the PXA270 series, formerly known by its Bulverde code name, at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei.
April 12
Global standards are key, Intel CEO tells Chinese execs
Amidst controversy over Chinese efforts to impose a local standard for wireless networks, Craig Barrett, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Intel Corp., stressed the importance of international standards during a speech to Chinese government officials and business executives, the company said.
April 8
Update: Sybase to buy XcelleNet for mobile software
Sybase is set to expand its offerings for remote and mobile systems with the acquisition of XcelleNet for about $95 million, the company announced Friday.
April 2
Sharp ships Linux-based PDA for enterprises
A Linux-based handheld supporting enterprise applications and databases started shipping Thursday from Sharp, the company said.
April 1
RIM, Good Technology in settlement deal
Good Technology and Research in Motion (RIM) have reached an agreement to settle a series of lawsuits between the companies.
March 26
Who's in charge, anyway?
Call it one of those “duh” moments when you slap your forehead and say, “Oh, now I get it.” That’s what happened when Shell Pipeline’s mobility headaches made me realize that it’s high time we started adapting software to the way we work.
March 26
Visual Studio 2005 to feature mobile devices focus
SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft with Visual Studio 2005 is pledging to provide mobile application developers with facilities equal to what desktop developers have had, said company officials at the VSLive conference here on Thursday.
March 25
Hughes to launch nationwide hot spots
Hughes Network Systems on Tuesday unveiled plans to launch a nationwide WiFi network. The company intends to leverage its current satellite communications system, DirecWay Broadband, which serves corporate customers such as Chevron, Ford, Pizza Hut, and Wendy's, to offer Wi-Fi Internet access to consumers.
March 24
Mobile executives speak out at CTIA on buyouts, taxes
ATLANTA - Heads of six large U.S. mobile operators disagreed about industry consolidation, but slammed regulation and taxation by the states in a keynote panel Wednesday morning at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Atlanta.
March 24
LG Electronics, Motorola executives tout new phones
ATLANTA - The head of LG Electronics Inc.'s U.S. mobile phone business gave a glimpse of some upcoming multimedia phones from the South Korean manufacturer in a keynote address Tuesday at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Atlanta.
March 23
Remote patch management gets critical
Patch management for mobile devices will see two upgrades later this year, one from Microsoft and one from best-of-breed remote management vendor Mobile Automation.
March 23
UPDATE - CTIA - Verizon Wireless talks high-speed data rollout
ATLANTA - Verizon Wireless plans to make its BroadbandAccess mobile data service available to one-third of its U.S. wireless customers this year, the company announced Monday at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Atlanta.
March 22
Sun, RIM partner to deliver enterprise apps
Atlanta -- Sun Microsystems and the creators of the BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM), will work together to extend enterprise applications and data to the one million users of the handheld device.
March 22
Samsung pushes OneNAND memory
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will increase its stake in the mobile memory market with multichip packaging technology as well as a new chip design known as OneNAND, the company is expected to announce Monday at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) Wireless trade show in Atlanta.
March 22
Ericsson moves against Nokia control of Symbian
Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer LM Ericsson has become the first of several shareholders in Symbian Ltd. to announce plans to stop rival Nokia Corp. from gaining control of the mobile phone operating system developer.
March 22
SanDisk introduces new flash memory cards
SanDisk Corp. on Thursday advanced its line of flash memory cards at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, announcing two new cards designed to fulfill the storage needs of multimedia mobile phone users.
March 18
Windows XP update to block pop-ups by default
Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, in addition to providing a host of security enhancements, will block pop-ups in Internet Explorer (IE) by default, Microsoft said Wednesday.
March 17
TWli, Microsoft offer hosted video streaming services
TWI Interactive Inc. (TWIi) is working with Microsoft Corp. and Vidiator Technology Inc. to offer mobile phone operators a hosted method of delivering video streaming services to customers.
March 11
Canadian Companies Forge Wi-Fi Roaming Agreement
Canucks aim for first-of-its-kind standardized access and billing for Wi-Fi users.
March 9
REPORT ON WIRELESS
Canadians show substantial interest in paying for Wi-Fi, Decima study finds
March 9
Lagging State of 3G Mobile Services Debated
Lagging State of 3G Mobile Services Debated
March 9
3GSM: Symbian upgrades smart phone OS
Symbian Ltd. released a new version of the Symbian OS to partners and licensees Monday at 3GSM World Congress in Cannes. The new operating system (OS) allows smart phone designers to build devices that can use a single processor for both applications and communications, the company said.
February 24
Sony Ericsson to add BlackBerry, push-to-talk
In a move to add new features to its mobile phones, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB has signed separate deals with Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) and Sonim Technologies Inc., the companies said Monday at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.
February 24
Openwave puts MSN messaging client in mobile phones
CANNES, FRANCE -- MSN Messenger and Hotmail users will soon have access to a slicker mobile version of those services, as new mobile phones incorporating clients for the two messaging services appear on the market, but other messaging services are not yet supported.
February 24
A winner, some losers, and a little excitement
There’s plenty of news making noise this month, and here are a few short takes that you are sure to hear more about in the months ahead.
February 20
Multimedia a major theme of 3GSM World Congress
With several mobile phone manufacturers recently launching "designer" models, it's little wonder that the organizers of the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, have included a fashion show in this year's event. The show, intended to demonstrate how wearable technology can be fun and fashionable as well as functional, promises to be a far cry from the suit-and-tie image that the event has had in previous years, and will feature products from about 30 companies.
February 20
HP aims communications offerings at at operators, businesses
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) lifted the lid on a range of new communications products and services on Wednesday, including a system that unifies voice and data communications for business users, and an upgraded platform for mobile telecommunications operators.
February 18
Good Technology upgrades software, signs partners
Good Technology Inc. released the latest version of its wireless software with enhanced features for both IT managers and mobile users during an event in San Francisco Tuesday.
February 3
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