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October, 2007 - Toronto Wireless User Group Newsletter [www.torwug.org]

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1) Articles:
—Using wireless to make bridges safer
—Google needs telco partner for 700MHz bid, say analysts
—Google and Sun may butt heads over Android

2) Technology Shorts:
—Expect a rocky road for mobile data security, experts say
—RFID gets new life from small-scale apps

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March 29, 2007 photos

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Articles:


-	Using wireless to make bridges safer $1 million program funded by Federal Highway Administration Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) have received $1 million from the Federal Highway Administration to build a network of Internet-based wireless sensors and databases that would alert authorities in real time about the health of bridges and other infrastructure. Full Story
-	Google needs telco partner for 700MHz bid, say analysts By Peter Sayer, 11/16/07 The spectrum, between 698MHz and 806MHz, and collectively called the 700MHz band, is currently used for analog TV broadcasts. It is due to be freed up for other uses, such as operating mobile telecommunications networks, by 2009. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to auction off the right to use that spectrum on Jan. 24, and bidders must declare their intention to participate by Dec. 3 Full Story
-	Google and Sun may butt heads over Android By Nancy Gohring, 11/16/07 Instead of using the standards-based Java Micro Edition (JME) as an engine to run Java applications, Google wrote its own virtual machine for Android, calling it Dalvik. There are technical advantages and disadvantages to using Dalvik, developers say, but technology may not have been the driver for Google. Full Story
-	Technology shorts: Expect a rocky road for mobile data security, experts say Mobile Internet devices will experience same problems as early PCs By Brad Reed, 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. Full Story
-	RFID gets new life from small-scale apps Asset tracking, inventory management, high-value applications are growing By John Cox, 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.. Full Story
-	Business Cases including new additions are here; 1. How to get a ROI in wireless: http://wireless.sys-con.com/read/41393.htm 2. http://www.torwug.org/CaseStudies/main.asp


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