For executives at DigitalNet, a Dulles, Va., systems integrator, there were two reasons to install wireless local area network: to improve the productivity of its workers and to gain experience to perform similar projects for its clients. Via [boston.internet.com]… Continue Reading
Dell Builds Its Wireless Portfolio
Dell Computer is going wild with wireless. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Intel To Move Centrino To 802.11a/b Next Month
Intel will upgrade the WLAN component of its Centrino mobile platform to support dual-band connections next month. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi For Dummies
You want a home wireless network, but you’re afraid it won’t work. Here’s how to do it right. Via [slate.msn.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
Wireless LAN Equipment Shipments Up
Worldwide shipments of wireless local-area network equipment increased by 120 percent in 2002 from a year ago, but revenue was up just 29 percent because of falling prices, a market research firm said Monday. Via [internetweek.com]… Continue Reading
802.11g Approved, 802.11n Is Next In Line
The 54Mbps 802.11g wireless networking standard has been approved and proposals for a much faster standard – 802.11n – have been put on the table. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Toshiba Set To Combine Wi-Fi And VoIP
Toshiba Corp. is expected to soon launch a Wi-Fi voice-over-IP product portfolio aimed at bringing converged voice/data applications to laptops and PDAs in large organizations. Via [techworld.com]… Continue Reading
Find Those Rogues
Unauthorized hardware poses a serious threat to your network. Here’s how to track it down. Via [pcmag.com]… 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
Free To Roam
This summer, you will be able to lounge in a park downtown and surf the Web for free, courtesy of the City of Milwaukee. Via [jsonline.com]… Continue Reading
802.11 At The Polls
Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS) of Frisco, Texas, near Dallas, does not fear the hanging chad. The company has long been making voting systems, and over the last two years went wireless. It introduced its WIN system — short for Wireless Information Network — around which AVS has built its voter polling products. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Lufthansa To Give Wing To Broadband
Broadband access will be the latest in-flight service for travelers on Lufthansa, coming after an agreement struck by the German airline and a Boeing subsidiary devoted to mobile communications. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
A New Wave Of Wireless
It’s Saturday afternoon, and Art Slater sits at his perch in the bay window of the Cyberstop Cafe. The thin card he slides into the side of his laptop detects a wireless signal, an icon pops up on the bottom of the screen, and Slater clicks on it to connect to the signal coming from… 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