Via Just-auto.com
A new car security system that identifies UK car owners through their mobile phones will revolutionise the fight against car thieves, its maker claims.
Auto-txt immediately identifies a car as stolen if the car is started with the keys but the mobile phone is not present. Police can track the vehicle and prevent it from [...]
Via Freerepublic.com
Cryptographers have discovered a way to hack Bluetooth-enabled devices even when security features are switched on. The discovery may make it even easier for hackers to eavesdrop on conversations and charge their own calls to someone else’s cellphone.
Bluetooth is a protocol that allows different devices including phones, laptops, headsets and printers to communicate wirelessly [...]
Via Mobilepipeline.com
The number of devices shipped with built-in Bluetooth capabilities has doubled since May, according to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).
The trade group said that about 9.5 million Bluetooth-enabled devices such as cell phones were shipped each week in September. That figure was 4.75 million units per week in May, the group said.
Acceptance of [...]
Via Mobilemag.com
RadioShack and Skype announced that they have entered an agreement that allows RadioShack to distribute Skype-ready products in about 3,500 RadioShack retail outlets across the US.
For those three people who have not yet heard of Skype, it is a leading Internet communications firm which has successfully brought free Internet calling to more than 66 [...]
Via Mwee.com
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is set to update its roadmap out to the third quarter of 2007, emphasizing interoperability with UWB media-access control (MAC) layers, improved security features, advanced topologies and better quality of service.
The first core release, codenamed Lisbon, is essentially complete and covers the Enhanced Data Rate 2.0 version. This will [...]
Via Mobiledia.com
Motorola and Skype today announced the first Skype-certified Bluetooth headset solution in America, the Motorola Wireless Internet Calling Kit. Available at 3,500 RadioShack stores nationwide, the Motorola Wireless Internet Calling Kit enables Skype users to experience the freedom of wireless while making free, unlimited voice calls over the Internet.
Comprised of a Motorola H500 Bluetooth [...]
Via Wirelessdesignonline.com
IVT Corporation announced at the world Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) conference in London that its Bluetooth Class 1 Cordless Telephony Profile (CTP) enabled GSM phone is now in mass production. Known as the IVT O100, the new phone acts as a normal cellular phone when outdoors and as a cordless fixed line phone when indoors.
Dr [...]
Via Design-reuse.com
MindTree Consulting, a leading provider of Bluetooth Intellectual Properties (IPs) and solutions, today announced that it has qualified its Bluetooth technology EtherMindTM protocol stack for the Bluetooth 2.0 specification. The qualification was conferred by the Bluetooth Qualification Body, the specific body with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group with the mandate for qualifying Bluetooth technology [...]
Via EETimes.com
LONDON — CSR plc, the Bluetooth silicon company formerly known as Cambridge Silicon Radio, has announced that John Hodgson, chief executive officer, is due to retire from the company on Feb. 28, 2006, and be replaced by John Scarisbrick, currently a non-executive director of the company.
Scarisbrick has been appointed CEO Designate with effect from [...]
Via CommsDesign.com
CSR plc, a company that launched as a startup to address the market for Bluetooth silicon, released record results for its Q3 earnings in 2005.
CSR (Cambridge, England) was able to more than double revenue to $162.5 million and increase its operating profit by 150 percent, to $44.7 million compared with the same quarter in [...]
