T-Mobile has expanded its initial foothold in the UK’s major airports, extending the reach of its Wi-Fi hotspots to cover the whole of Heathrow, Gatwick and Glasgow airports, along with the international departure lounges at Stansted, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Daily Archives: December 17, 2004
ZigBee Alliance Finalizes Spec
Culminating two years of development and interoperability testing by the more than 100 member companies, the ZigBee Alliance said today its members have ratified the first ZigBee specification. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
First IEEE Compliant WiMax Chips Arrive
The emerging WiMax wireless wide area networking technology has received a boost with the arrival of the first integrated circuit to comply with the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Tunable Surfaces Prevent Wi-Fi Leaks
Last year a man in Canada was arrested for downloading child pornography onto his laptop, but he used someone else’s wireless access point to access the illegal material. That same year federal officials accused a man from Michigan of conspiring to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe’s chain of home improvement stores by taking… Continue Reading