Microsoft Home: Domestic digital bliss?   16 May 2005 15:17 GMT
LONDON -- Tucked down a tree-lined lane in London's swanky Notting Hill lies what appears to be Microsoft's version of a domestic dream: a family home where no one has to talk to each other -- really.
Source: InfoWorld

In Brief: Actional enhances its SOA migration solutions   16 May 2005 14:35 GMT
Actional on Monday released Looking Glass and SOAPstation 5.5, the next version of its Web services management platform. Version 5.5 gives customers increased visibility into their service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure beyond SOAP and XML, which is of increasing importance to users wanting to manage hybrid systems comprised of varied technologies and protocols. The upgrade also features expanded security features for identity and access management both at the perimeter and inside a firewall.
Source: InfoWorld

Downloaded Mobile Games Are A Guy Thing, Study Says   16 May 2005 13:29 GMT
While women enjoy playing mobile games almost as much as men, they download fewer games because games are more appealing to males, a new study says.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Verizon Adds Push E-Mail, Treo 650 And Lowers Price   16 May 2005 13:23 GMT
Wireless operator adds e-mail service to compete against BlackBerry and, after a long wait, the Treo 650 with a new EV-DO phone coming this summer.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

NetMotion eases wireless remote-access headache   16 May 2005 12:00 GMT
In the course of a career that centers on explaining new technologies, few things have given us more brain bruises than explaining the differences between the Mobile IP and VPN standards.
Source: InfoWorld

Flash applications for cell phones   16 May 2005 12:00 GMT
The announcement last week that small ISV Oddcast, which develops a conversational agent software called avatars, will be developing applications for cell phones using the Macromedia Flash development environment may help initiate a new era of easy-to-use mobile applications.
Source: InfoWorld

Windows Mobile 5.0 needs a push   16 May 2005 12:00 GMT
Microsoft has raised the curtain on its Windows Mobile 5.0 platform, but despite early cheers from mobile-application developers, business users may not be quite as enthusiastic.
Source: InfoWorld

Pollsters Left Out in Mobile-Phone World (AP)   16 May 2005 11:17 GMT
AP - The rapid growth in cell-phone-only households is pressuring public opinion researchers to adapt their surveying methods, which are based heavily on telephone interviews of people with traditional landline phones.
Source: Yahoo

Telefonica profit up, tops forecasts (Reuters)   16 May 2005 07:02 GMT
Reuters - Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica posted a 36 percent rise in first-quarter net profit thanks to a booming Latin America mobile phone business and higher sales at its Spanish fixed-line division.
Source: Yahoo

Ericsson, Verizon Wireless Tops In Customer Respect: Report   16 May 2005 04:05 GMT
A new study finds that networking and telecom firms are responding better to customers but still lag when it comes to privacy issues.
Source: Mobile Pipeline