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        ACM SIGMOBILE E-Mail Newsletter
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SIG Announcements:

To vote in the upcoming SIGMOBILE Election you must be a member.  If your
membership is expiring, please renew it. If you are not a member, and
you care about SIGMOBILE, become a member. URL:
        http://www.sigmobile.org/about/membership.html

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Latest News and Articles:

IEEE Vote On Next-Gen Wi-Fi Is Inconclusive (InformationWeek)
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159902441

Researchers: Metcalfe's Law Overshoots the Mark (CNet)
http://news.com.com/Researchers+Metcalfes+Law+overshoots+the+mark/
2100-1033_3-5616549.html

Web Pioneer: Design Hampers Mobile Internet (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/03/17/we.future.reut/index.html

A Mobile Page Turner (CNN)
Cell phone technology meets literature in Japan
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/03/21/cell.phone.novels.ap/index.html

AT&T to Begin Pre-WiMax Trial (CNet)
http://news.com.com/AT38T+to+begin+pre-WiMax+trial/2100-7351_3-5611850.html

Europe, U.S. Separated by Telephone Cultures (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7884988

Mobile Devices Get Their Own Internet Search Tools (InformationWeek)
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159900503

Wireless VoIP Threatens Cell Carriers (InformationWeek)
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159904323

VoIP And Security Beat Out RFID In Battle For Business Dollars
(InformationWeek)
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159903549

Poor Man's Cellular Spins Wireless Gold (InformationWeek)
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159903408

RFID Deployment Costs Only Just Beginning (InformationWeek)
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159900617

Chicago Looking Into City-Wide Wi-Fi (InformationWeek)
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159400878


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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/

MDM 2005
The Sixth Annual International Conference on Mobile Data Management
May 9-13, 2005
Ayia Napa, Cyprus
http://www2.cs.ucy.ac.cy/mdm05/

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

NOSSDAV 2005
The Fifteenth Annual International Workshop on Network and Operating
Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video
June 12-14, 2005
Skamania, Washington, USA
http://www.nossdav.org/2005/

QShine 2005
The Second International Conference on Quality of Service in
Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks
August 22-24, 2005
Orlando, Florida, USA
http://www.qshine.org/

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

MobileHCI 2005
The Seventh International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with
Mobile Devices and Services
September 19-22, 2005
Salzburg, Austria
http://mobilehci.icts.sbg.ac.at/

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


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Latest Developer Headlines:

RIM's BlackBerry Cleared For U.S. Markets (DevX)
http://www.devxnews.com/article.php/3490646

Microsoft Partners With Cell Phone Foe Symbian (CNet)
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+partners+with+cell+phone+foe+Symbian/
2100-1039_3-5629622.html

IBM Driving More Middleware Into Cars (InternetNews)
http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3491946