"Linux Server Security" book Released by O'Reilly



Beyond the Patch Rat Race: Tools and Best Practices for Bastion Hosts O'Reilly Releases "Linux Server Security"

Farnham, UK-/8 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-Most people agree that a sufficiently skilled and determined attacker can compromise almost any system, even if you've carefully considered and planned against likely attack vectors. "It therefore follows," observes Michael D. "Mick" Bauer, author of "Linux Server Security" (O'Reilly), "that if you don't plan for even the most plausible and likely threats to a given system's security, that system will be particularly vulnerable." Considering, however, that most servers experience casual probe attempts dozens of times each day and serious break-in attempts occur with regular frequency, planning for "likely" threats will seldom be enough.

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O'Reilly releases "QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook"



"QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook": The Java Developer's Guide to Mastering QTJ

Farnham, UK-/8 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-Java has been a huge success in many fields--distributed enterprise applications, mobile phones, web applications--but, according to Chris Adamson, author of QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly), one field in which Java has clearly flopped is media. From the first sound API, javax.sound, through the various releases of Java Media Framework (JMF), developers have been regularly disappointed in attempts to support media programming in Java. Enter Apple's QuickTime, or more specifically, QuickTime for Java. QTJ is a powerful multimedia toolkit adding audio, video, or interaction playback and creation to applications.

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Mobile Content Developers and Providers Should Benefit From Consumer Interest



"Place-shifted" Content Market Spurred by Shared Photos and Games

Stored personal and commercial content will drive consumer demand to access multimedia services from multiple locations in, outside of the home

Dallas, Texas -/4 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Digital photography and multiplayer gaming are the key applications motivating consumer interest in "place-shifting" solutions, according to Parks Associates. The market research firm has found these applications, which generate high interest among consumers, hold the greatest potential for success in developing portable content and services for the mass market.


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2004 Saw Merger Level of Technology Companies Surpassing Dot Come Peak




-/1 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- The level of technology acquisitions is at an all time high, according to regent to the latest findings from Regent Associates’ ‘European Technology Acquisition Review’ report. European acquisitions of technology companies have finally struck back following a three year downturn, surging last year to 2,405 deals, a massive 69% increase on 2003 and still beating the “dotcom bubble year” of 2000.

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O'Reilly Releases "AspectJ Cookbook" Book on Aspect-oriented programming



"AspectJ Cookbook": Even Lazy Developers Can Write and Design Better Software

Farnham,UK-/28 Jan, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- "I'm a lazy software engineer in the best possible way," AspectJ expert Russ Miles admits shamelessly. "I hate doing something more than once. Ironically, this leads me to be a good designer because a good design is modular and flexible in the right places in order to support re-use and avoid writing software more than once.

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$12 Billion of Potential Lost Profits Due to Wi-Fi Prices and Free Hotspots



Wi-Fi Expansion Threatens Verizon, Cingular & Sprint/Nextel


Boston, MA -/27 Jan, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Increased deployment and aggressive pricing of Wi-Fi capabilities from operators such as SBC, AT&T, and MCI, as well as the increased provisioning of free Wi-Fi hotspots will place as much as $12 Billion of projected profits at US wireless operators at risk, according to new analysis from Strategy Analytics.


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inCode Forecasts Competition Increase in The Communications Industry



Increased competition among carriers, manufacturers and enterprises will drive new developments in voice, data and video communications


London -/26 Jan, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-inCode, a global wireless technology and business consulting firm, is forecasting an increasingly competitive landscape in the communications industry as battles among its largest players fuel new developments and services. The fight for supremacy is a trend underlying inCode’s Top 10 predictions about the European and global wireless market in 2005.


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More Using Wi-Fi Wireless Networking than A Wired Network at Home

Dallas, Texas-/25 Jan, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-The number of households using Wi-Fi wireless technology for home networking has surpassed the number using Ethernet, according to Global Digital Living, a recent survey by Parks Associates. This study, which surveyed consumers in Europe and North America on technology adoption and use, found 52% of U.S. households with a home network use Wi-Fi and 50% use Ethernet.

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5.5 Million UK School Children Will Own A Mobile Phone


-/12 Jan, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-New data from research consultancy "mobileYouth", whose clients include Vodafone, Nokia, Orange and Disney, cites the number of under 16s in the UK owning a mobile phone will grow to 5.5 million (an increase of nearly half a million from the previous year)

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Cellular Music On-Demand Service Revenues To Reach $2 Billion In 2009



STRATEGY ANALYTICS: iTUNES WILL TRUMP CARRIER MUSIC SERVICES

London, England -/22 Dec, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-The new Strategy Analytics Wireless Internet Applications report, "Mobile Music on Demand Goes Centre Stage at Vodafone 3G--But Service Concept Questionable," recognizes that mobile operators will struggle to generate volume sales of music through their new Music on Demand (MMoD) services, and alternative strategies are needed for success. Strategy Analytics predicts that these services will be generating $2 billion per year, compared with $57 billion for SMS, by 2009.

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