Virtual, moving fences controlled from a laptop could one day herd cattle to fresh fields for grazing, a roboticist told the MobiSys 2004 conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Via [newscientist.com]… Continue Reading
McDonald’s To Use SBC Wi-Fi Services
SBC Communications Inc., the number two local phone company in the U.S., reported Monday that Wayport Inc. will deploy SBC’s FreedomLink Wi-Fi servicein up to 6,000 McDonald’s Corp. restaurants by the end of next summer. Via [forbes.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax Is Coming, And It’s Going To Be Big
WiMax, an evolving standard for point-to-multipoint wireless networking, is poised to do for the last mile of broadband what Wi-Fi has done for the last 100 feet of networking. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Buys
Wireless service providers are finally launching high-speed third-generation networks after years of delay. 3G lets you use your laptop or cell phone to download and swap big files like games, photographs and even short video clips. Via [forbes.com]… Continue Reading
Quicker Embrace Of GSM Would Help Stateside Wi-Fi
Phones based on the Global System for Mobile Communications, already popular in Europe, use the Subscriber Identity Module to resolve billing among many networks. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wardriver Pleads Guilty In Lowes WiFi Hacks
In a rare wireless hacking conviction, a Michigan man entered a guilty plea Friday in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina for his role in a scheme to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe’s chain of home improvement stores by taking advantage of an unsecured wi-fi network at a store in suburban Detroit. Via… Continue Reading
Windows XP Bedevils Wi-Fi Users
Kevin Gilmore is a network administrator at MicroDisplay, a small company in San Pablo, California, that uses several Wi-Fi access points to give employees the freedom to roam around the office with their laptops while remaining connected to the Internet. Via [wired.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Attacks And Penetration Testing (Part 1 Of 3)
The very idea of a wireless network introduces multiple venues for attack and penetration that are either much more difficult or completely impossible to execute with a standard, wired network. Wireless networks only know the boundaries of their own signal: streets, parks, nearby buildings, and cars all offer a virtual “port” into your wireless network.… Continue Reading
Wireless Surveying On The Pocket PC
Today, wireless networks are everywhere — at Starbucks, Burger King, airports, and so forth — and all provide wireless Internet access (for a fee). Finding commercial wireless operators is easy; very often, you’ll see signage hanging outside a coffee house or on the walls of a hotel lobby. If not, when you power up your… Continue Reading
Groups Debate Wireless Spectrum Plans
Those with a vested interest in the future of wireless broadband met here to discuss plans to improve spectrum use and to make way for the wider adoption of the technology. Via [zdnet.com.com]… Continue Reading
Security Bug In Linksys Wireless-G Router
A security bypass flaw in a popular wireless broadband router shipped by Cisco’s Linksys unit could give malicious hackers administrative access to vulnerable devices, researchers warned on Wednesday. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Broadband System Looks Toward WiMax
Although standardized products that are expected to drive down the price of WiMax wireless broadband gear may be as much as a year away, Alvarion Inc. on Wednesday used the Wireless Communications Association (WCA) conference in Washington, D.C., to roll out equipment that it said can be easily upgraded to support the emerging standard. Via… Continue Reading
Free Wi-Fi: From Burger Chains To Public Parks And Dentists
Free Wi-Fi service is proliferating, and it shows up sometimes in strange places. Via [computerworld.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Hotspots Simply Too Expensive
Wi-Fi hotspots will only meet the needs of small customer groups and for the majority of hotspots there will be little or no return of investment. So says the Scientific Institute for Communication Services or WIK, Germany’s leading research and advisory institute for communication services. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi’s Challenge: Making It Pay
Linda Branagan would seem to be the ideal customer for entrepreneurs and telecommunications companies looking to make money selling wireless Internet connections. Via [iht.com]… Continue Reading