Microsoft introduced 802.11g-based wireless networking gear. New in Microsoft’s wireless LAN line are an 802.11g access point with four-port Ethernet switch, the Microsoft Wireless Base Station MN-700, and wireless cards for portable computers and desktops, the Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-720 and Wireless PCI Adapter MN-730, respectively. InfoWorld reports that Microsoft also introduced an adapter for the Xbox game console, the Xbox Wireless Adapter MN-740. This 802.11g adapter allows gamers to make their Xbox part of a wireless network.

WowGao is set and ready to go for its upcoming Ultimate Leading Edge International IT Conferences and Expos, which is to be held in Toronto, Canada at the Toronto Congress Centre from October 14 to 16. The events employ a unique format of 7 conferences and exhibitions under 1 roof.

Sprint announced the availability of PCS Wi-Fi Access in hundreds hot spots across the country, including airports, convention centers, hotels and other public venues. PCS Wi-Fi Access is now available at all Wayport airport and hotel hot spots and select Airpath Wireless locations as a result of roaming agreements. Sprint also announced the availability of PCS Wi-Fi Access at Mohegan Sun. Subscribers will also be able to use PCS Wi-Fi Access at over 250 Cometa Hotspots in the Seattle market later this year as a part of an agreement with Cometa Networks.

Security experts spotted working source code on underground hacker sites that exploits the most recent vulnerabilities in the Windows RPC DCOM interface, hundreds of machines have already been compromised with Trojan horses bearing the code, and a worm able to infect thousands of systems is not far behind. According to this article in Internet Week, the exploit code found on multiple hacker sites would allow an attacker to obtain authenticated access to RPC DCOM vulnerable computers, which then opens the system to all kinds of mischief, including identify or password theft, deleting files, and initiating a denial-of-service attack.

PC Pro reports that Orange is adding the Treo 600 to its roster of=20 smartphones. As part of Orange’s Signature range, the Treo 600 is offered=20 with Signature services including Orange Backup and Orange Update, which=20 keeps the phone up to date with the latest software, as well as allowing=20 you to download new applications. It will be available in the UK from next =20 month for a penny short of =A3300, subject to contract.

InfoWorld reports that on October 1, Nokia will launch Nokia Enterprise Solutions. For Nokia, the term enterprise mobility means integrating IBM’s WebSphere, Oracle application servers and databases, and RIM’s email servers with next-generation smartphones.

This article from Tech Republic says that one of the best ways to secure data, whether in storage or in transit, is by using PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) by PGP Corporation. All PGP versions secure email and stored data; the enterprise and desktop editions even encrypt ICQ messages. The enterprise version adds administration tools and a keyserver, which works with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, and Novel GroupWise servers. The desktop version, useful for SOHO operations, provides the same level of encryption but without the administrator and server applications. The mobile computing version for Palm provides email and disk protection. Windows CE devices get only mail protection.

Weather updates and information are on high demand this week due to the advancing threat of Hurricane Isabel. The AccuWeather.com Wireless BREW application offers zoomable and animated radar imagery directly to a wireless cell phone. Consumers can watch Hurricane Isabel on the radar screen sweep across their wireless handset while zooming in and out on the radar – to view specific metropolitan areas, and state or regional views. Wireless carriers such as Verizon and ALLTEL currently offer the AccuWeather.com BREW-enabled wireless application.

Microsoft and Motorola introduced the first Motorola-branded phone to use Microsoft’s software, the MPx200, which will go on sale first in the U.K. with French wireless carrier Orange. The phone will come to the U.S. later this year, carried by AT&T Wireless.

Buffalo Technology announced the latest addition to its DDR family of memory modules, the DDR533. The DDR533 modules support data sizes of 256MB (DD533-256/HB) and 512MB (DD533-512/HB). This next-generation of memory products features 533 MHz, 64Mbit x 64 DDR (Double Data Rate) synchronous modules, with transfer rates up to 8.4GB/s (in dual DDR mode).