Stephen Lawson

SanDisk Corp. on Tuesday took a step it hopes will transform the mobile media business, unveiling a storage technology called TrustedFlash that integrates digital rights management (DRM) into a flash memory card.

A Silicon Valley startup aims to solve the problems of sending video over Wi-Fi, looking to IPTV (Internet Protocol television) service providers as a highly motivated distribution channel.

Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. have joined to improve the Wi-Fi experience, initially by delivering better technology for VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and for enabling users to automatically connect to the best nearby network, company executives said.

The WiMax Forum should finish validating its system for certification testing next week, a senior official said Monday, the latest milestone on the road to a technology that at times has suffered from overly optimistic expectations.

Qualcomm Inc. further expanded its area of expertise by acquiring Elata Ltd., a maker of mobile content delivery software. The purchase, for about US$57 million in cash, will help Qualcomm offer mobile operators a software infrastructure for organizing and controlling content such as ringtones, wallpaper graphics and applications, as well as applications on the Java and Brew platforms.

Juniper Networks Inc. on Monday beefed up its security offerings with faster and more capable hardware modules for its high-end firewall and VPN (virtual private network) platforms.

A variety of worms that exploit a Windows vulnerability disclosed last week are hitting many systems worldwide, reportedly including some at cable network Cable News Network LP LLLP (CNN), and could reach critical mass in the next several hours, according to antivirus vendor Trend Micro Inc.

Qualcomm Inc.'s planned acquisition of mobile broadband vendor Flarion Techologies Inc. sets up a powerful competitor to the emerging mobile WiMax technology and its deep-pocketed proponents, such as Intel Corp.