The time it takes roam between Wi-Fi wireless networks can be dramatically shortened thanks to software developed by two computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Wayne Slavin
Pushing Metro Wi-Fi Past The Basics
Sure, we know you can plug it in. But what can you make it do? Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
WiMAX Masts Pose No Health Risk, Intel Says
Intel’s mobility guru Sean Maloney said that masts beaming WiMAX signals across the metropolis do not pose any risk to health. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Neonode To Launch Smartphone With Wi-Fi
Swedish company Neonode is introducing Internet via wireless LAN (WLAN), into their mobiles. The company has been working with Philips Semiconductors to develop a mobile with low power consumption and WLAN support. The launch of the new Neonode mobile is planned for the second half of 2005. Via [geekzone.co.nz]… Continue Reading
Vatican Mobilises Anti-Surveillance Op
If press reports are to be believed, then next Monday’s gathering of cardinals in the Sistine Chapel will represent the biggest counter-surveillance operation since the Posh/Becks royal wedding. Indeed, so busy will the Vatican be blocking laser microphone assault, checking vases of flowers for nanobugs and setting the Swiss Guard on suspicious men using 3G… Continue Reading
Samsung Elected To WiMAX Forum
Samsung Electronics was elected to the Board of Directors of the WiMAX Forum, the highest body of the broadband wireless nonprofit organization. Via [news.designtechnica.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Wildly Optimistic About WiMAX
Sean Maloney, general manager of Intel’s mobility group is here in old London Town. He said that Intel realised some years ago that fibre wasn’t the answer to delivering broadband He said that while there were lots of technical challenges with Wimax, Intel had gotten over them one by one. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Introducing The ‘Matrix’ Laptop-Triggered Landmine
The US Army will by June deploy in Iraq its “Matrix” system of remotely-detonated landmines, despite widespread concerns about the technology. The Mosul-based Styker Brigade will, according to Yahoo! news, be able to control individual devices from a laptop via a WLAN set-up. The Army reckons Matrix will eliminate accidental deaths caused by dumb landmines.… Continue Reading
Cisco Targets Mesh Networking
Cisco Systems Inc., building on the strength of its recent acquisition of Airespace Inc., is planning a move into the emerging wireless mesh networking market. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Interoperable ZigBee Platforms Roll
The ZigBee Alliance has announced the first four platforms to successfully complete interoperability testing for the short-range wireless technology. The platforms will be used to test ZigBee offerings that emerge in the coming months and, therefore, pave the way for ZigBee deployment in applications such as industrial control, HVAC and home automation. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
Taiwan Market: WiMAX Development Too Slow
Taiwan’s WiMAX (worldwide interoperability for microwave access) development is trailing South Korea, China and Singapore, as the government is dragging its feet on allocating a frequency range and telecoms remain focused on 3G mobile communication technologies, according to Taiwan’s telecom equipment makers. Via [digitimes.com]… Continue Reading
Built-in Wi-Fi No Longer Printer Novelty
Printers often get left behind when Wi-Fi comes to a home; the cables needed to link them to a PC may wind up anchoring at least one computer to a desk. Printing from any other machine then involves fussing with printer sharing (always an adventure in Windows) or transferring individual files to the one machine… Continue Reading
Check Point To Switch On Wireless Security
Check Point Software Technologies is expected to announce on Monday that it will begin selling wireless security appliances, as it looks beyond the tethered firewall and VPN market. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
Philadelphia: Muni Wi-Fi’s Worst-Case Scenario
Philadelphia has started soliciting bids for its proposed $10M muni Wi-Fi project; telecoms and cable companies oppose it. Will this be the beginning of the end for muni Wi-Fi? Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
802.11b On Edge Of Extinction
Vanilla 802.11b routers and connection devices including cards, PC-Cards, and USB fobs, are on the verge of extinction at the local Big Box store. There’s some Linksys b-type gear on the shelves, but both Netgear and Viewsonic are rebating their g devices down to prices that match and beat Linksys’s rebates. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading