-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ACM SIGMOBILE E-Mail Newsletter, Dec/2004 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:39:29 +1100 From: Robert James Steele rsteele@IT.UTS.EDU.AU Reply-To: MOBISYS: ACM/USENIX Mobile Systems Conference Attendees List MOBISYS@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG To: MOBISYS@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG References: Pine.GSO.4.58.0410290941250.16510@linus Pine.GSO.4.58.0411290954510.23517@linus

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SIGMOBILE wishes you a very happy and joyous season.

------ Latest News and Articles:

Ubiquitous Computing Research Spreads (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3448171

The Challenges of Integrating Cellular and Wi-Fi Networks (TechNewsWorld) http://www.technewsworld.com/story/38674.html

Next-Generation RFID Standard Is Approved (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55800518

The Future of Innovation in the US (AlwaysOn Network) http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=7301_0_4_0_C

Analyst: Wal-Mart's RFID Suppliers Are Resisting (InformationWeek) http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55801427

Report: Mobile phone users double since 2000 (CNN) http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/12/09/telecoms.phones.reut/index. html

PluggedIn: Mobile Operators Seek Higher Sound Quality (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=699 7280&section=news

Wi-Fi for everyone? (CNet) http://news.com.com/Wi-Fi+for+everyone/2010-7351_3-5476718.html?tag=ac.hed

GPS Could Be Disrupted In National Crisis (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55800666

International Airlines Embrace In-Flight Internet (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55301760

Microsoft Puts RFID In Its Own Supply Chain (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55300002

Mobile Device Management Products To Skyrocket, Study Says (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=54201491

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Upcoming Conferences and Events endorsed by SIGMOBILE:

** SIGMOBILE members get the same low registration fee as ** members of the organization which is sponsoring the event.

WTS 2005 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium April 28-30, 2005 Pomona, California http://hwang.cisdept.csupomona.edu/wtsi2005/

MobiHoc 2005 The Sixth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing May 25-28, 2005 Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2005

MobiSys 2005 The Third International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services June 6-8, 2005 Seattle, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2005

MobiCom 2005 The Eleventh Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking Cologne, Germany 28 August-2 September 2005 http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/

SenSys 2005 The Third ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems San Diego, California, USA 2-4 November 2005 http://sensys.csail.mit.edu/

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Latest Developer Headlines:

Mobile-enable Your Existing Web Apps with ASP.NET 2.0 (DevX) http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/22552

Give Your Mobile Workforce Offline Muscle with the MIDP Record Management System (DevX) http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/23275

PalmSource Makes Run at Open Source (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3445471

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Dr Robert Steele ACM SIGMOBILE Information Director robertsteele@acm.org