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Laptops and mobile devices that access the corporate network behind the perimeter firewall have IT staffs scrambling to combat malicious threats introduced in a way that evades perimeter security measures. As the network perimeter dissolves, IT administrators must find solutions that provide granular access controls and capable zero-day worm defenses that are appropriate and manageable for wired and wireless clients.
Via [eweek.com]

Readers recount their most unusual Wi-Fi moments.
Via [msnbc.msn.com]

Several top wireless technology developers are teaming up to offer services and products that support a host of advanced applications such as Wi-Fi-to-cellular roaming.
Via [channelzone.ziffdavis.com]

The Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) has introduced a colour-coded logo for WLAN products – the better, it claims, to help punters distinguish between different Wi-Fi technologies.
Via [theregister.co.uk]

Agere Systems has announced that it is working on a new low-power, high-bandwidth throttling 802.11g chip for handhelds, rated at 54 Mbps.
Via [infosyncworld.com]

The leading Wi-Fi provider recently won a contract to unwire up to 8,000 McDonald’s restaurants, and now has a new model that does away with venue revenue-sharing and could ignite big changes in the paid access space.
Via [thefeature.com]

The product is designed to help address many of the management and security issues; the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Universal Heath Services are among the beta testers.
Via [informationweek.com]

Cometa Networks’ announcement that it is suspending operations has its former clients—and the providers who court their business—scrambling to pick up the service.
Via [eweek.com]

Information technology managers last week said a denial-of-service vulnerability that affects some Wi-Fi wireless LANs could force companies to develop new skills and rethink the way their networks are set up.
Via [computerworld.com]

The Federal Communications Commission is stepping up efforts to establish wireless as a viable broadband option to cable and DSL in order to make high-speed Internet access available to all Americans by 2007.
Via [zdnet.com.com]

Cometa Networks may be closing its doors, but the health of the Wi-Fi industry is robust, according to industry players. Case in point: Airpath Wireless’ Wi-Fi management platform is being used by roughly 500 wireless ISPs.
Via [wirelessweek.com]

Games IT chiefs opt for wide area and IP-based networks as security fears KO Wi-Fi.
Via [vnunet.com]

A survey found that 72% of business travellers asked said onboard wi-fi web access would make them more likely to choose trains over cars or planes.
Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

When Intel releases its Grantsdale family of chipsets, motherboard makers can buy wireless capabilities to add onto the board. Intel will, apparently, switch off this wi-fi support by default, a wise move indeed in our opinion.
Via [theinquirer.net]

Seattle Wi-Fi users may find slightly fewer hotspots because Cometa is closing its doors, but the shutdown shouldn’t hurt the overall growth of the hotspot market.
Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]