Consilient Technologies has launched Consilient Wireless University, its wireless training and services division. Consilient Wireless University delivers BlackBerry training courses for system administrators who implement wireless solutions for their organizations, in addition to device end users. Courses are open to organizations using MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, Novell GroupWise, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Sun Messaging or any IMAP4 server.

Cingular Wireless and palmOne announced the availability of the Treo 650 smartphone, the first device of its kind to take advantage of the carrier’s EDGE (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) network — the fastest national wireless data network in the country. The Treo 650 also is a quad-band worldphone, so Cingular customers can make and receive voice calls in 170 countries and access data in nearly 75 countries.

Research In Motion (RIM) announced the availability of its S/MIME Support Package v4.0 for BlackBerry and FIPS 140-2 security certification for BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0. With advanced security capabilities and a comprehensive wireless solution for managing email, phone, text messaging, organizer, Internet and intranet applications, BlackBerry is widely used by government personnel to enhance operations, productivity and responsiveness.

Dell rolled out several new notebooks, mobile workstations and services for business users on Tuesday. Dell’s new Latitude notebooks and Precision mobile workstations are built on Intel’s Sonoma architecture, which is the latest version of Intel’s Centrino chip set, featuring a 533MHz front-side bus as well as a PCI Express bus architecture. Also new is Dell’s ComputraceComplete Recovery Guarantee service. Under the new offering, Dell will load Absolute Software Inc.’s ComputraceComplete software onto new machines. This software is aimed to help IT departments recover lost notebooks.

NoteFix reports that 1 of 5 reported notebook computer problems is related to software configuration. Configuration parameters are defined by users based on a number of preferences. These preferences include the laptop’s Internet connection method, printer options, schedule for software updates, as well as the definition of hardware ports to external hard drives, modems, and other devices. These settings are often set once and forgotten, only to later become corrupted files that manifest themselves as hardware problems.

PalmSource announced the availability of Java Technology for Palm OS Garnet, a WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment (WEME) Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) certified runtime environment, for the Treo 650 smartphone and Tungsten T5 handheld from palmOne. IBM’s WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment (WEME) Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) certified runtime environment provides the technology needed to enable standards-based mobile Java applications to run on Palm-powered smart mobile devices.

The OTA Flash Forum, a special interest group addressing the technical and operational issues facing over-the-air (OTA) management of mobile devices, announced its top initiatives for 2005, and the addition of several new members. In addition, their “End-to-End Security for Firmware Updates” whitepaper presents security techniques to protect the network elements involved in firmware updates, including DM servers, applications and devices.

MobiMate announced the donation of corporate revenue from the January 2005 sales of its software titles, as well as additional donated funds from individual MobiMate employees who contributed large portions of their salaries to help victims of the Tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia. MobiMate’s donations stretched across multiple channels and included 100% of revenues from the January 2005 sales of the popular DateMate software application in collaboration with PocketGear.com, as well as a $1.00 donation for every license sold through Handango.com of WorldMate, the number one (1) best selling mobile travel and business software application across the Palm OS, Windows Mobile (Pocket PC), Java, Symbian UIQ, Blackberry device and Nokia Series 80 Communicator platforms.

A man charged with stalking his ex-girlfriend by attaching a global positioning system to her car was sentenced to 16 months in state prison, prosecutors said. Ara Gabrielyan, 33, of Glendale, was sentenced Friday after pleading no contest to one count of stalking and two counts of making criminal threats, said Deputy District Attorney Debra Archuleta. Authorities contended that Gabrielyan attached a cell phone to the woman’s car on Aug. 16 with a motion switch that turned on when the car moved, transmitting a signal each minute to a satellite. Information was then sent to a Web site that allowed Gabrielyan to monitor the woman’s location.

Imagine if a battery you bought today could be used twenty years from now. As this ScienCentral News video reports, a new discovery in nanotechnology could give batteries a very long shelf-life. mPhase Technologies and Bell Labs have teamed up to develop a type of “nano-battery” that can store and generate electric current, and that you may be able to use twenty years after the day you buy it.