Daily Archives: January 25, 2005

Intel Rolls Out Chip Upgrades For Wi-Fi

Intel Corp. on Wednesday introduced a new package of chips for wireless laptop computers, a move meant to increase the company’s dominant position in notebook computers and expand its foothold in the consumer market. Via [latimes.com]Continue Reading

Businesses Find Profit In Extending WiFi’s Reach

At the Panera Bread restaurant and bakery on Providence Highway in Dedham, Linda Daniel sat at a small table next to the fireplace one recent morning, nursing her coffee and tapping on a laptop computer. Via [boston.com]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi Boom Makes Life Easier for Computer Hackers

Wireless networks giving computer users Internet access from anywhere in the home could expose them to eavesdropping and programmers should make their security software easier to use, researchers say. Via [reuters.com]Continue Reading

SBC Continues Wi-Fi Push

SBC Communications is moving full speed ahead with its plan to have more than 20,000 Wi-Fi hot spots available to its FreedomLink customers by the end of 2006. The latest: The company is rolling out wireless access in 85 state parks in California. Via [wirelessweek.com]Continue Reading