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RSS unlicensedBSA offers £20k piracy bounty to rat on your boss
News Anti-software piracy group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is offering a £20,000 reward to anyone who informs on their employer using illegal or unlicensed software. The BSA already has an online hotline for people... [27 Apr 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.04.06
Round-Up Microsoft is delighted by this decision, Bill told Hu, over a burgundy glass full of Domaine Romane Conti 1990, as it believes the 'naked PC' encourages unscrupulous resellers and consumers to install unlicensed... [21 Apr 2006]
Microsoft agrees $1.2bn deal with Lenovo
News Microsoft is opposed to the sale of PCs without operating systems, as the software giant believes that this encourages resellers and consumers to install unlicensed operating systems. Now it is part of the WTO, China... [18 Apr 2006]
Bluetooth to be boosted by marriage to UWB
News Both parties have agreed to develop a high-speed, high-data rate Bluetooth product that rides on the unlicensed radio spectrum above 6GHz. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has said it will combine WiMedia... [31 Mar 2006]
Radioactive: Mobile VoIP - not so disruptive
Comment In February at the 3GSM Congress in Barcelona, Nokia launched a new handset, the 6136, which features integrated VoIP over wi-fi using Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology. UMA is seem by many as the cornerstone of... [20 Mar 2006]
Nokia reveals VoIP-cellular hybrid
News Nokia revealed today it has been conducting a number of trials with operators, including BT, to test the viability of mobile VoIP using UMA (unlicensed mobile access) technology. Mobile VoIP is the future, according to... [13 Feb 2006]
RFID - no licences necessary
News The regulator believes the decision to leave the RFID spectrum unlicensed will save UK businesses between £100m and £200m over 10 years. Communications watchdog Ofcom has announced today that the spectrum used by RFID... [09 Nov 2005]
China's long road to copyright
Comment The BSA runs radio and internet ads in China with a hotline number offering rewards of up to $3,600 for tips about companies using unlicensed software on the sly (the industry considers unlicensed... [19 Sep 2005]
HCI confusion leaves directors at risk
News Technically, during the period that staff are leasing the PCs under HCI, the equipment still belongs to the company - along with the responsibility for any unlicensed or inappropriate use of the PC, said Chris Minchin,... [26 Aug 2005]
Voice over wireless data networks - a good bet
News While many in the mobile and telecoms industry promote unlicensed mobile access (UMA), it may not be the best long-term solution as it does not fully support the SIP standard often used for VoIP, push-to-talk and... [23 Aug 2005]
Optimal Communication in Bluetooth Piconets
White Paper Bluetooth uses frequency hopping and operates in the unlicensed 2.4-GHz ISM band, which is also used by IEEE 802.11 radios as well as other devices such as microwave ovens. Thus, the frequencies in this band will be... [12 Aug 2005]
Modeling and Simulation of IEEE 802.11 Wireless-LAN and Bluetooth Piconet Range Interference
White Paper The proximity of wireless devices with one another often results in interference in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz ISM bandwidth. Interference has been recognized as a major problem to wireless network performance and improvement. [11 Aug 2005]
Planning a WiMAX Network With ICS Telecom nG
White Paper Amendments to the original release have extended the 802.16 air interface standard to cover non-line of sight (NLOS) applications in licensed and unlicensed bands in the sub 11 GHz frequency range. The term WiMAX... [11 Aug 2005]
Samsung and LG to go Wi-Fi for all-in-one handsets
News Both Samsung and LG are working with Kineto to include the firm's UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) technology in future converged Wi-Fi and cellular handsets. Two of the world's largest handset players have given... [13 Jul 2005]
Microsoft wins £750,000 from unlicensed software use
News Microsoft has reached settlements of £500,000 and £250,000 with two UK customers over unlicensed software. In addition, a survey conducted by Microsoft of 25 UK customers that have worked with Microsoft partners in the... [04 Jul 2005]
