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• » Palm's Treo Presses On (iPhone Who?)
  Released Monday, Palm's new Wi-Fi-enabled Windows Mobile smartphone is poised to possibly win back some of Palm's shrinking market share.

  

  
  
  
• » Fujitsu Refreshes Notebook Lines for Montevina
  Six new notebooks and convertible tablets are launched with an eye toward the new Montevina platform.

  

  
  
  
• » July Newsbits
  Rogue network administrator jailed in SF case; Intel faces new antitrust charges and also reports a jump in profits; RIM has international expansion plans; Apple sells one million 3G iPhones in first weekend; Palm releases new Treo 800w; and more.

  

  
  
  
• » iPhone Knocking on the Enterprise
  Apple is pushing hard to get the iPhone into the enterprise and gain more market share with business users.

  

  
  
  
• » Stephouse Proves Slow and Steady Wins the Race
  MetroFi’s grand plans to provide the entire city of Portland, OR with free Wi-Fi went down in flames last month. Meanwhile a local ISP that provides some free Wi-Fi is thriving.

  

  
  
  
• » Aruba/Motorola Patent Dispute Slogs On
  This week, the US Patent and Trademark Office granted Aruba Networks’ request to reexamine the last of four patents cited in a lawsuit filed by two Motorola subsidiaries, Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley.

  

  
  
  
• » Big WLAN on Campus
  Highly-ranked NJ Jr/Sr High School deploys Meru network; Xirrus deploys its Wi-Fi Array solution at a tech-centric school district in Georgia; Tennessee's Oak Ridge School District deploys WLAN for new high school and middle schools; Large Illinois school district goes for Aruba 802.11n; Brevard County schools in Florida are models for "schools of the future"; Houston’s Spring Branch Independent School District opts for 802.11n; and more.

  

  
  
  
• » Olympic Time Trials Use Wi-Fi Mesh
  This week as Olympic hopefuls take to the track at the University of Oregon, they will not only be hoping for speedy time trials, but for speedy Wi-Fi connections, as well.

  

  
  
  
• » Los Angeles Deploys Wireless Video Surveillance Network
  The network uses a number of different technologies both to solve and to prevent crimes.

  

  
  
  
• » New VoWi-Fi Certification Program Ensures Interoperability and Performance
  The Wi-Fi Alliance has released a list of the first products to receive Wi-Fi CERTIFIED for Voice-Personal certification. Unlike Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products and chipsets, which are only tested for interoperability, the Voice-Personal seal of approval indicates a certain performance level, as well.