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Federal regulators on Wednesday set aside a swath of spectrum for a new wireless technology that would let motorists use small display screens to get traffic updates, buy fast food or find a nearby hotel.
Via [usatoday.com]
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Federal regulators on Wednesday set aside a swath of spectrum for a new wireless technology that would let motorists use small display screens to get traffic updates, buy fast food or find a nearby hotel.
Via [usatoday.com]
MCI will more than triple its footprint of Wi-Fi access points through a partnership with Boingo Wireless, MCI announced Tuesday.
Via [news.com.com]
The number of public locations where people with wireless laptops can connect to the Internet is growing dramatically, but actual usage remains stalled, a market research firm said Monday.
Via [techweb.com]
Leading wireless access operator T-Mobile USA and corporate network service provider iPass have reached an agreement that allows iPass subscribers to access T-Mobile hot spots.
Via [news.com.com]
Intel is making a resolution to convince consumers that Centrino notebooks will be the thing to have in 2004.
Via [news.com.com]
WiFi wireless networks are an unqualified success both in performance and in acceptance by a skeptical public — they let you share an Internet connection among all the PCs in your home for less than $100 a PC.
Via [washingtonpost.com]
Imagine if you could deftly control your PC’s digital audio and direct it to your living room stereo using an iPod-like device.
Via [abcnews.go.com]
Browsing the Web from this Southern California city may soon become an outdoor sport.
Via [cnn.com]
A new wireless LAN access point is designed so that users in remote offices can be managed by a wireless switch in a central site.
Via [pcworld.com]
Intel Corp. said Wednesday it would reorganize its communications chip business, less than a week after announcing a surprise $600 million charge due to sluggish prospects for its wireless business.
Via [money.cnn.com]
Mobile telecoms giant Vodafone has said it is launching third generation (3G) mobile wireless services in Germany and Italy.
Via [news.bbc.co.uk]
A new low-power wireless technology unveiled this week could expand the use of Wi-Fi in devices currently using the Bluetooth standard, National Semiconductor officials said.
Via [eweek.com]
Research in Motion Ltd. is building BlackBerry messaging devices that run over wireless LANs, company officials confirmed last week.
Via [eweek.com]
Growing numbers of Wi-Fi enabled laptops, GPRS and 3G mobile handsets will make 2004 a breakthrough year for wireless data use, according to Ovum.
Via [vnunet.com]
If there’s one place where Wi-Fi makes sense, it may be at Seattle’s cutting-edge Experience Music Project museum.
Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]