Amid several unsurprising chip announcements, Intel also announced a VoIP and WiFi partnership with Cisco Systems yesterday. For the VoIP side, they’ll combine strengths to tackle quality-of-service problems. Regarding WiFi, they plan to develop access-point optimization methods for mobile users, such as sniffing based on security level and signal strength. Intel also announced a partnership with Panasonic to make laptop batteries work for eight hours by 2008.

For more about the deal:
– read this CRN article

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