Setting up a home wireless network was once expensive and scary. Now it’s affordable and — if you’re lucky — almost effortless. Via [siliconvalley.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Commentary
The Quest For Better Wireless Security
Wireless communication has dramatically changed the way people work and interact. Unfortunately, the wireless era also continues to be plagued by insufficient security, and both corporations and users are being put at risk. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
As Security Concerns Ease, Businesses Warm To Wi-Fi
Security fears have kept many large companies on the wireless-networking sidelines for the past two years, but new intrusion defenses are beginning to put the worst concerns to rest, opening the door to renewed corporate Wi-Fi spending. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Europe Grows WiFi Faster Than North America
New report promises explosion of wireless – on both sides of the pond. Via [infosyncworld.com]… Continue Reading
Leader: Wi-Fi: Right Time, Wrong Place?
Are you going to make that cup of mocha-chocca latte last all day sir? Via [silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Next Waves For Wi-Fi
Wireless LAN chips will show up in mobile phones and start embracing smart antenna technology in 2004, according to a panel of wireless chip experts at the Communications Design Conference in the US. Via [itnews.com.au]… Continue Reading
Taking Wireless Show On The Road
Have a functional home wireless network? Maybe it’s time to take your show on the road. Via [newsday.com]… Continue Reading
Evaluating The Wireless Networking Options
Presently, Wi-Fi comes in three flavors: 802.11A, 802.11B, and 802.11G. To help you decide which version will work best with your network, here is a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of each of these standards. Via [techrepublic.com.com]… Continue Reading
Get Free Wi-Fi, While It’s Hot
Over the years, I’ve seen a handful of news items and at least one documentary on water divining. Usually the practice proliferates during droughts. It involves a tool such as a forked or Y-shaped stick and someone—a dowser—who can use the tool to find water underground. The tail end of the Y bends down when… Continue Reading
As WiFi Surges, Asia-Pacific To Outpace North America
There will be 28,000 WiFi hotspots around the world by the end of this year, and more than 160,000 of them in four years, Allied Business Intelligence said Thursday, and it predicted that in five years the Asia-Pacific region will have more wireless hotspots than North America. Via [pacific.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Reporter Exploits Weak Wi-Fi Network; Accesses Student Info
When the Palo Alto Unified School District decided to go high-tech and install wireless computer connections throughout it offices and on some campuses, it obviously hadn’t gambled on security becoming an issue. Via [sfgate.com]… Continue Reading
Wherefore And Wi-Fi
The hottest star in the tech investment galaxy is Wi-Fi. But as with many things that burn too brightly, the industry Wi-Fi hype might burn out before everyone notices its light. Via [seattleweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Bluetooth To Outship Wi-Fi Five To One – Report
Bluetooth will become the dominant wireless technology, building market share by stealth as the Wi-Fi hotspot bubble bursts, market watcher Forrester Research has forecast. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Will The Wi-Fi Boom Go Bust?
The Wireless LAN, or Wi-Fi, hot spot industry could go the way of the dot-coms, unless there is grassroots market acceptance of this technology, according to a report this week by Tempe, Arizona-based electronic research firm, Forward Concepts. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Hot Spot Reception Still Lukewarm
Commercial providers still trying to find profit formula for wireless Internet access. Via [globeandmail.com]… Continue Reading