InfoWorld staff

Online retailers and technology companies, including Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., and Amazon.com Inc., have created the Coalition on Online Identity Fraud to fight online identity theft.

Sybase Inc. plans to invest US$25 million during the next year to make using Wi-Fi more practical for accessing enterprise applications.

This month Invisix, a San Jose, Calif.-based wireless systems integrator jointly owned by Cisco Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc., will announce a deal with Xora Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., to use Xora's wireless and voice solutions for extracting data from mission-critical applications and providing voice and data access to wireless devices.

Version 1.0 of the SyncML specification, which aims to provide an industry standard for synchronizing data between different devices, was released into the public domain last week.

America Online Inc. has a deal with Sprint PCS Group to provide its Instant Messenger service for Internet-ready mobile phones. Similar to the regular Internet version of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), the wireless service will allow customers to deliver short text messages to personal contacts, according to the joint release.