Qualcomm Adds Wi-Fi Access to Handsets
Last Modified: September 23 , 2005, 1:21 PM PDT
By Matt Hines
E-Week.com

Mobile handset maker Qualcomm said Friday that its upcoming phones will support connectivity to wireless LANs using technology provided by Philips Semiconductors. San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. said its Mobile Station Modem chip sets, which are tabbed for use inside many of its future products, will support the Philips Semiconductors (a division of Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV) WLAN technology module.

GTS becomes a Microsoft Small Business Specialist
Last modified: September 21, 2005, 11:01 AM PDT
By Tanya Markoff
Guardian Technology Solutions

Guardian Technology Solutions is proud to announce that we have attained Microsoft's newest certification, the Certified Small Business Specialist. This certification, unveiled this past July, requires recipients to demonstrate expertise in designing, deploying and managing a network solution for small and medium-sized businesses. Additionally, three or more client references must be submitted citing small to mid-range clients for whom the applicant has installed a complete solution. The Small Business Specialist Community, available as a competency-like designation as part of the Microsoft® Partner Program, was developed in response to input from customers and partners that expressed a need to build easier connections that enable small-business customers to quickly and easily identify technology partners best suited to support them. Guardian Technology Solutions, Inc, is proud to be one of the first companies ever to receive this designation.

Stop reading this headline and get back to work
Last modified: July 11, 2005, 1:52 PM PDT
By Ed Frauenheim
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Traipsing around the Internet is the most popular form of loafing on the job. The insurance industry is particularly rife with goofing off, and Missouri is the top state for time-wasters.Those are among the conclusions of a study on wasted time at work released Monday by compensation specialist Salary.com and Web portal America Online. Through a Web survey involving more than 10,000 employees, the report found that personal Internet surfing ranked as the top method of cooling one's heels at work. It was cited by 44.7 percent of respondents as their primary time-wasting activity, followed by socializing with co-workers (23.4 percent) and conducting personal business (6.8 percent).