Monthly Archive for June, 2003

Component Distributors Turning To Wireless Technology To Improve Operations

Lured by the potential of wireless technology, electronic components distributors are finding efficiencies by implementing the very products they sell.
Via [my-esm.com]

World Telecom Conference Agrees On New Global WLAN Spectrum

As the International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunications Conference 2003 (WRC-03) finishes up its next-to-last week of a month-long session, delegates have reached an agreement that will add 455 MHz of new spectrum in the 5-GHz band for wireless LANs on a global basis with few restrictions.
Via [computerworld.com]

Reporter Exploits Weak Wi-Fi Network; Accesses Student Info

When the Palo Alto Unified School District decided to go high-tech and install wireless computer connections throughout it offices and on some campuses, it obviously hadn’t gambled on security becoming an issue.
Via [sfgate.com]

Experts: Planning Key To Successful Enterprise Wi-Fi

For executives at DigitalNet, a Dulles, Va., systems integrator, there were two reasons to install wireless local area network: to improve the productivity of its workers and to gain experience to perform similar projects for its clients.
Via [boston.internet.com]

Dell Builds Its Wireless Portfolio

Dell Computer is going wild with wireless.
Via [news.com.com]

Intel To Move Centrino To 802.11a/b Next Month

Intel will upgrade the WLAN component of its Centrino mobile platform to support dual-band connections next month.
Via [theregister.co.uk]

Wi-Fi For Dummies

You want a home wireless network, but you’re afraid it won’t work. Here’s how to do it right.
Via [slate.msn.com]

Wherefore And Wi-Fi

The hottest star in the tech investment galaxy is Wi-Fi. But as with many things that burn too brightly, the industry Wi-Fi hype might burn out before everyone notices its light.
Via [seattleweekly.com]

Bluetooth To Outship Wi-Fi Five To One – Report

Bluetooth will become the dominant wireless technology, building market share by stealth as the Wi-Fi hotspot bubble bursts, market watcher Forrester Research has forecast.
Via [theregister.co.uk]

Wireless LAN Equipment Shipments Up

Worldwide shipments of wireless local-area network equipment increased by 120 percent in 2002 from a year ago, but revenue was up just 29 percent because of falling prices, a market research firm said Monday.
Via [internetweek.com]

802.11g Approved, 802.11n Is Next In Line

The 54Mbps 802.11g wireless networking standard has been approved and proposals for a much faster standard – 802.11n – have been put on the table.
Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Toshiba Set To Combine Wi-Fi And VoIP

Toshiba Corp. is expected to soon launch a Wi-Fi voice-over-IP product portfolio aimed at bringing converged voice/data applications to laptops and PDAs in large organizations.
Via [techworld.com]

Find Those Rogues

Unauthorized hardware poses a serious threat to your network. Here’s how to track it down.
Via [pcmag.com]

Will The Wi-Fi Boom Go Bust?

The Wireless LAN, or Wi-Fi, hot spot industry could go the way of the dot-coms, unless there is grassroots market acceptance of this technology, according to a report this week by Tempe, Arizona-based electronic research firm, Forward Concepts.
Via [pcworld.com]

Free To Roam

This summer, you will be able to lounge in a park downtown and surf the Web for free, courtesy of the City of Milwaukee.
Via [jsonline.com]