___________________________________________________________            Computerworld Wireless Networking                July 22, 2009 ___________________________________________________________ ***************SPONSOR************************************** Best Practices in Protecting the Technology Systems Revolutionizing Healthcare With technology infiltrating every aspect of healthcare, traditional approaches to power protection no longer suffice. This paper introduces a new hospital power protection model that leverages technologies and best practices forged in the data center. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205889/0/ ************************************************************ In this issue:   1. Keep your stuff in sync: A guide to online data syncing services   2. Video surveillance drives wireless bandwidth boost   3. Weather stations will use mobile infrastructure   4. 3G satellite system receives its first call   5. Satellite vendor charged with conspiracy to hack Dish Network   6. Elgan: Does mobile tech breed narcissism?   7. Google Voice app comes to BlackBerry, Android   8. Zer01's mobile offer: Too good to be true? The content of this newsletter was selected by an automated system. If you have questions or comments, please contact edi...@computerworld.com. OTHER RESOURCES _______________ Why Security SaaS Makes Sense Today http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/199038/0/ CIO’s Guide to Fixed Mobile Convergence http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/198963/0/ Lennox Goes Mobile and Increases Service Performance by 50% http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/203355/0/ _______________ Keep your stuff in sync: A guide to online data syncing services Multiple devices mean multiple copies of e-mail, contacts, calendars and notes. When it's time to sync all that personal data, online options from Google, Yahoo, Mobile Me and others make it easy and cheap. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205890/0/ Video surveillance drives wireless bandwidth boost Ask Malcolm Gravette what is driving the need for more wireless bandwidth, and the systems application manager for ADT Security will tell you: It's megapixel video. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205891/0/ Weather stations will use mobile infrastructure For most of us, not knowing what the weather is going to do might at worst result in a soggy barbecue or a washed-out cricket or football match. For a farmer in the developing world it could result in the loss of an entire harvest which, at best, makes life that much harder or, at worst, brings on financial ruin or considerable human suffering. If enough farmers over a wide geographical area are affected, widespread famine becomes a very real possibility. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205892/0/ 3G satellite system receives its first call A phone call over a satellite launched earlier this month was the first for a system that may dramatically expand mobile voice and data coverage in the U.S. and Canada. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205893/0/ ***************SPONSOR************************************** Realizing Rapid ROI Through Mobility Companies are reaping the benefits from mobile CRM, field service and sales force automation processes with the latest Research In Motion (RIM) offerings. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205894/0/ ************************************************************ Satellite vendor charged with conspiracy to hack Dish Network The owner of a California-_base_d company that sells free-to-air (FTA) satellite receiver boxes has been arrested on charges that he attempted to hire computer hackers to try and break the encryption scheme used to protect Dish Network's satellite programming signals. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205895/0/ Elgan: Does mobile tech breed narcissism? Cell phones and social networks let us live in a world that's only about ourselves, devoid of criticism, Mike Elgan says. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205896/0/ Google Voice app comes to BlackBerry, Android Google Voice is now available via BlackBerry and Android smartphones, Google announced. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205897/0/ Zer01's mobile offer: Too good to be true? Imagine downloading a two-hour HD movie in three minutes to your cell phone, then plugging the phone into your TV to watch the film. Make unlimited phone calls, surf online as much as you like and send unlimited text messaging for $70 a month, no contract. That's the pitch, but is it too good to be true? http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205898/0/ ***************SPONSOR************************************** Top 5 WAN Optimization Myths Do you really want to spend cycles trying to improve your application packet delivery when the real issue may be that your data center sends all of the application information at once to every user? See below five of the common WAN mis-perceptions and how to better address the issues. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5565888/203578177/205066/0/ ************************************************************ SHARK BAIT OF THE DAY _____________________ Can't do it manually A customer purchased a business laptop with a fingerprint scanner and wanted to use the scanner to log on to pretty much everything. 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