For executive travelers the hotel room is more than just a place to sleep at night; these days it is also a work zone where the businessperson can get connected to the office. Via [cnn.com]… Continue Reading
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Free, Wireless Web Comes To Golden Hill
Drew MacCullough lived a fairly unplugged life in a vintage Golden Hill apartment building known as the Pink Palace. No TV. No home phone. No Internet. Then technology changed his life. Wireless Internet. And it was free. Via [signonsandiego.com]… Continue Reading
Don’t Price Wi-Fi To Death, Operators Warned
Mobile phone networks have been warned not to harm their future revenues with data tariffs designed to give the ailing WLAN hotpot business a death blow. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Mobiles Track Down Wi-Fi Hotspots
The best thing about wireless net access, or wi-fi, is that once you find a hotspot, it is so easy to use. The downside is that finding your nearest hotspot when you are out and about can be tricky. Especially if you are in a city you do not know well. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
College Backs Off Wi-Fi Ban
High-tech tensions at the University of Texas at Dallas are easing, as administrators are curtailing the regulation of private hot spots in campus housing, but problems with interference may continue. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Is More
Want to free yourself from the clutter of computer cables, surf the web from the sofa, and download music in the garden? It’s easy – all you need is a wireless home network. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
SA’s Public Internet Access Lags Behind Peer Countries
Too little effort is being made to encourage the proliferation of internet cafes in SA, even though they are an efficient way of taking communication services to remote or impoverished areas. Via [allafrica.com]… Continue Reading
SanDisk 256MB + Wi-Fi SD I/O Wireless LAN Card
If you own a PDA with an Secure Digital (SD) slot and you’re looking to add Wi-Fi to it, you’re probably aware of a few SD-based Wi-Fi adapters now available. Dedicating your SD slot for this purpose, however, relegates you to the mere 64MB of RAM internal to most PDAs. Most people that use a… Continue Reading
Scavenger Hunts Elevated To A New Level
They’ve been called urban races and modern scavenger hunts, but for players of these trendy new outdoor games, one’s prowess with wireless technology is just as important as a good pair of shoes. Via [globetechnology.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Threatens 3G Profits
In their haste to kick-start 3G revenues some mobile operators are embarking on risky strategies as they try to compete with public wireless local area network (Lan) services, analysts claim. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Bundling Wi-Fi With Cellular Services Will Win Customers
Wi-Fi connectivity in the cellular handset will be key to seamless handoffs between wide and local area networks. Today, we see only a few handsets that support Wi-Fi. Barriers exist, but when they are overcome, both mobile operators and consumers will reap the rewards.… Continue Reading
Atmel Backs WiMAX
As part of its focus on the burgeoning broadband wireless market, Atmel Corp. today said it has joined the WiMAX Forum as a principal member, in order to help promote the interoperability and certification of broadband wireless products based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Airespace Wins IBM Partnership For WiFi Service
Airespace, a Silicon Valley telecom services start-up, won a partnership with International Business Machines Corp. that will help Airespace grab a piece of the growing market for WiFi services, the two companies told Reuters on Wednesday. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi May Be Portable, But Wires Are Reliable
Broadcom and Intel may be pushing Wi-Fi to connect the digital home and Freescale may be pushing ultra wideband — but another company is planning to capture the market by relying on old infrastructure – existing power lines. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Masterplan Delayed By Reshuffle
The unveiling of a government strategy to install wireless hot spots in public areas across Britain has been put on ice until at least October. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading