Vendor Creates 'Vehicular Hotspots' For Cars   08 Aug 2005 13:00 GMT
Zeewaves Systems has developed a mobile Wi-Fi architecture combining vehicular hotspots with such functions as GPS, automatic vehicle location and ZigBee sensor gateways.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Nokia Shares Surge After Cisco Report (AP)   08 Aug 2005 12:50 GMT
AP - Nokia Corp. shares rose Monday after a report that Cisco Systems Inc. was interested in an acquisition in the wireless market and the Finnish mobile phone maker might be a target.
Source: Yahoo

The case of the stolen Wi-Fi: What you need to know   08 Aug 2005 12:24 GMT
Benjamin Smith III and Gregory Straszkiewicz both were arrested for allegedly stealing something no one could see, hear or feel. That thing was valuable enough for victims to press charges in both cases. But the arrests were over something many consumers throw out their windows every day: a Wi-Fi signal.
Source: InfoWorld

News briefs (InfoWorld)   08 Aug 2005 12:01 GMT
InfoWorld - Microsoft to enhance Exchange Microsoft plans to add speech-enabling technology to a future version of its Exchange Server as part of its unified messaging strategy, a move that could potentially compete with its third-party ISV partners. The addition of speech technology to the software giant’s messaging and collaboration server would enable a host of next-generation unified messaging scenarios, such as business users listening to their e-mail being read to them by an automated system over a mobile phone.
Source: Yahoo

A buyer's guide to open source   08 Aug 2005 12:00 GMT
Build or buy? It's a question that vexes every enterprise IT manager. On the one hand, developing applications from scratch can be a difficult endeavor, one fraught with the possibility of failure. On the other hand, high price tags and the aggravation of installation, maintenance, and support contracts can make purchasing a commercial package equally painful.
Source: InfoWorld

Open source CRM   08 Aug 2005 12:00 GMT
The open source community can't provide a drop-in replacement for expensive, high-end CRM applications from the likes of Salesforce.com or Siebel just yet. Still, you might be surprised at the level of sophistication some of the available projects already offer, particularly for midsize organizations.
Source: InfoWorld

Open source point of sale   08 Aug 2005 12:00 GMT
Another term for a POS (point of sale) application is "cash register." Although a cash register may seem to have a finite set of functional requirements, from an enterprise standpoint this category involves a surprising number of variables, including hardware compatibility, customized data gathering for verticals, and back-end data mining.
Source: InfoWorld

Open source RFID   08 Aug 2005 12:00 GMT
If there's one area of the IT industry that's gotten as much buzz as open source itself during the past year, it's RFID. So far, however, it's been a big-ticket item, with its strongest backing coming from megaretailers such as Wal-Mart. Companies have had to rely on expensive commercial packages to get the ball rolling in their own businesses, but that could be set to change. Founded by two Canadian entrepreneurs, the RadioActive Foundation aims to develop a suite of open source RFID applications that support EPC (Electronic Product Code) and other standards from the EPCGlobal Network.
Source: InfoWorld

Alien to ship next-generation RFID readers   08 Aug 2005 12:00 GMT
Alien Technology announced last week a multiprotocol Gen 2 RFID reader, the ALR-9800, which improves read performance and speed over earlier models. Using an Intel XScale processor, the reader will be Java- and .Net-enabled for embedding “first pass business logic” in the reader, according to John Price, director of software engineering systems at Alien. The ALR-9800 reader runs using either a Linux or Microsoft Windows CE OS.
Source: InfoWorld

Farewell, CTO Connection   08 Aug 2005 12:00 GMT
If you haven’t checked out this week’s columns yet, let me be the one to break the bad news: Chad Dickerson is hanging up his InfoWorld CTO spurs and heading off to Yahoo, where he’ll be toiling away in the brave new world of search.
Source: InfoWorld