
The Swiss company Roundshot has released the 360

Tech history may remember Thomas Campana as the man who took on Research In Motion and its popular BlackBerry device, but to friends and co-workers he was a tireless and inventive engineer committed to perfecting the best that wireless technology has to offer. Campana died June 8 at the age of 57, a day after an appeal got under way in a high-profile patent infringement case launched by Campana’s company, NTP, against RIM and its renowned BlackBerry device for sending and retrieving e-mail wirelessly.

Verizon Wireless is very close to fixing a problem that has garbled some cellular calls made to 911. The bug, which affects Verizon phones with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology from Qualcomm, fills some 911 calls with static or causes every other word to be dropped.

The person responsible for turning in the accused creator of the Sasser worm is now under investigation for being a party to the crime. A magazine reported that the informant who provided the tip to Microsoft that led to the arrest of Sven Jaschan is a classmate of the German teen.

Psion Teklogix announced it is the first SAP Software Partner to complete the SAP Auto-ID Reader Hardware (AID-RH) certification for SAPR solutions for mobile business. Psion Teklogix can now work with SAP customers to deploy RFID-enabled mobile computing solutions that seamlessly integrate with SAP Mobile Infrastructure.

A federal grand jury has indicted Network Associates’ former chief financial officer on charges he helped inflate the company’s financial outlook by hundreds of millions of dollars.

The OTA Flash Forum, a special interest group addressing the technical and operational issues facing over-the-air (OTA) management of mobile devices, announced several new members including: ALLTEL, mFormation, Mobile Diagnostix, Sprint, US Cellular and WDSGlobal.

Interlink Networks announced that its new LucidLink Wireless Security solution was named the best “SMB (Small and Medium-Size Business) Authentication/Security” product at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference & Expo last week. LucidLink is an affordable solution that provides ironclad security heretofore only available for large enterprises with on-staff IS security professionals.

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Bitstream announced the release of ThunderHawk 2.0, the company’s mobile browsing technology. ThunderHawk 2.0 narrows the gap between mobile and desktop environments by including functionality that enhances the browsing experience on small screen devices.