Wireless networking and Mobile Phones

Creative Uses For Mobile Phones Emerging(Investor’s Business Daily)
Investor’s Business Daily - Baseball fans might never again miss a pitch while waiting in line for a hot dog. That’s the vision of Skybox SMS, a startup in Chicago. The two-year-old company created a service to let sports fans order and pay for food at stadium concession stands by sending text messages from cell phones.

Japan goes mobile against drunk driving(AFP)

AFP - Japanese drivers wondering whether they had too much to drink can now seek advice from their mobile telephones.

Check-mate for Indian chess player after phone ploy(Reuters)

Reuters - An Indian chess player has beenbanned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using hismobile phone’s wireless device to win games, chess officialssaid on Wednesday.

How Microsoft Botched Marketing The Ultra-Mobile PC — And Why You Might Want To Buy One Anyway(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft’s mobile product code-named Origami generated a lot of buzz when it was just a rumor, but consumers lost interest when it hit the streets as an Ultra-Mobile PC. Here’s why a UMPC in your holiday stocking is better than a lump of coal.

Review: Archos media player delivers(AP)
AP - If Apple’s iPod is the nicely tuned Porsche of portable media players and Microsoft’s Zune is the Jetta, then a new Wi-Fi-enabled unit from Archos is the Hummer, a brutish performer with all the tools to navigate the rugged terrain of technology needs on the go.

Qualcomm lowers profit forecast(Reuters)

Reuters - Qualcomm Inc. , adesigner of microchips for mobile telephones, lowered itsfirst-quarter profit forecast on Thursday, citing higher legalcosts and a deferred payment from a customer.