WASHINGTON-A relatively minor mobile-phone case in Illinois state court-involving allegations of privacy invasion and health risk coverup in connection with an epidemiology study-has mushroomed into one of the largest class-action lawsuits in U.S. history.Judge Ellis Reid of the Circuit Court of Cook County in...
The prospect of playing video games on wireless devices is becoming a factor in the entertainment content being developed for the wireless Internet movement.Ignition Corp., founded by several former McCaw Cellular and Microsoft Corp. executives, has backed the idea through its involvement in UIEvolution,...
After months of relative silence, Ignition Corp. has begun making noise again, providing its mentoring and funding proficiencies to two more companies.The most recent is Avogadro, launched this week with the vision of combining business-to-business, mobility and Internet technologies into a new communications service....
So much for legacies, those wonderful collections of accomplishments leaders hope will be packaged, embellished and calcified in history books for all eternity. Poof, into the thin air. Gone.President Clinton, buoyed by peace and prosperity, began thinking about legacy not long after his re-election...
VIENNA, Va.-Focusing on customer-based applications is ruining the potential of the wireless industry as demonstrated last week by the dip of Motorola Inc.'s stock price, said W. Kevin Hazzard, director of wireless services for Whitlock EBS.Wireless Web products were oversold in Europe, leading to...
STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. has deployed its financial services application on Microsoft Corp.'s new Mobile Information 2001 Server platform.
LONDON-Sema Group and the United Kingdom's Association of Train Operating Companies have agreed on a new contract to replace and maintain ATOC's paper reference books with Windows powered Pocket PCs.Sema said it expects the Pocket PC devices will eventually contain all timetables and fares...
A new report says the Digital Divide is widening as Internet usage grows. The Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union said policy should be focused on people through education and making resources available to acquire computer technology. Studies indicate that lower income, older...
Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week is introducing a similar solution for the Handspring VisorPhone.The company also is unveiling version 2.0 of its service, which is...
SAN DIEGO-Nextel Communications Inc., Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. have agreed to co-market and sell an enterprise solution enabling business customers to access business information on their Nextel Internet-capable phones.The alliance will allow Nextel customers to use Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle Server to securely...
NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices.Only technology buffs are willing to carry around a bag full of wireless communicators that cannot interact...
SAN FRANCISCO-Microsoft Corp. introduced an addition to its Microsoft.NET server family.Mobile Information Server is a scalable mobile applications server designed to provide enterprise customers and mobile network operators with a platform for delivering real-time mobile data services to any wireless device. The server is...
The House Judiciary Committee passed legislation to strengthen the legal standard law enforcement must meet before obtaining mobile-phone tracking information. The bill also places certain restrictions on law enforcement access to electronic communications, including those stored on computers and servers. Stronger reporting requirements on...
WASHINGTON-If Al Gore becomes the next president of the United States, as polls increasingly are suggesting, Big Telecom could gain unprecedented access to the White House and have extraordinary influence on high-tech policy for the next four years.It's not that Big Telecom is any...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. received full certification from the Bluetooth standards body for its two Bluetooth PC products, a PCMCIA card and a USB accessory, designed to provide a wireless link for the exchange of information, including data and voice.Motorola said the software delivered with...
TOKYO-Intel Corp.'s stock took a beating early Friday after the world's largest silicon chip manufacturer reported third-quarter sales would fall short of analysts' expectations.The company's stock lost about 22 percent of its value, dropping more than $14 per share as soon as the market...
TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc.'s Computer Group, which provides embedded equipment for telecommunications original equipment manufacturers, announced its 2001 telecommunications strategy, including plans to position the company into every telecom system running wireless, enterprise, networking and transmission applications in the world.The group said it expects sales...
ANAHEIM, Calif.-Infowave Software Inc. and Inflightonline plan to offer airline passengers secure access to corporate Microsoft Exchange information while in flight.The agreement calls for Inflightonline to distribute a customized and branded version of Infowave's Symmetry product to its clients. The Symmetry product automatically forwards...
An emerging collection of technical standards promises to change forever the way marketers do their jobs by automating how businesses interact.The question is: Will this automation cut marketers out of the mix?One of the most recent and important proposed standards is called universal description, discovery...
Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market as early as mid-1999.Those early predictions seemed believable at the time. Who would not...
Amrel SystemsAmrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium III processor at speeds up to 650 MHz. Amrel said the faster processor provides better...
Computing industry giant Compaq Computer Corp. has jumped on the wireless bandwagon in a big way with last week's announcement that it has agreed to offer its popular ProLiant server pre-installed with WAP server software, via a deal with Nokia Corp.Expected to roll out...
NEW YORK-To help companies extend performance monitoring and feedback beyond their internal technical departments, Managed Objects, McLean, Va., has released beta types of its formula Version 2 software.Since Managed Objects' establishment in 1997, WebLink Wireless Inc. has partnered with it, helping "develop the tools...
L.M. Ericsson and Microsoft Corp. took the next solid step in their alliance by launching a new company, called Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture AB, designed to develop and market mobile e-mail solutions to wireless operators worldwide.Ulf Avrin of Ericsson was named president of the...
