Cover Story Know where The coming explosion in GPS applications. —by Terrence P Lynch, Contributing Editor

Features
Pinpointing
Location services put mobile users in the crosshairs.
—by Margot Suydam, Technology Editor

Current attempt
Powerline networking has short-circuited before. Will this time be any different?
—by Erik Sherman, Contributing Editor

Vulnerable transactions
Wireless devices will be hard pressed to support secure ecommerce.
—by Nicholas Cravotta, Contributing Editor

Editor’s Letter
Great expectations
—by Maury Wright, Editor-in-Chief

Guest Opinions
Going soft
—by Stephan Thaler, Scenix

TANSTAAFL
—by Bill Weinberg, MontaVista Software

Look out
—by Mark Sigal, Rapid Logic

Bridging the gaps
—by Shaul Gal-Oz, Aisys

Gear
New Products for work and play

Inside the digital den
Nerve center
Souped-up PC serves media streams.
—by Maury Wright

Random Packets
They said it

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