An illuminating posting on Slashdot today reveals that Texas is moving to prevent the dissemination of net porn via public Wi-Fi networks. The act “relating to prohibiting wireless Internet access to obscene materials on public property” declares: “A state agency that provides wireless Internet access on state property may not allow access to obscene materials… Continue Reading
Wireless Goes Faster, Farther
If WiMax technology lives up to the hype, faster data speeds over much greater distances than offered by Wi-Fi hot-spots will be the norm. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Ships Wireless Broadband Chips
Wireless broadband has just taken a big leap forward. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Verizon CEO Sounds Off On Wi-Fi
The head of the country’s largest phone company ridiculed San Francisco’s interest in building a municipal Wi-Fi network that is designed to offer cheap or free Internet service throughout the city. Via [sfgate.com]… Continue Reading
Taking ZigBee Where The Money Is
We can do this the hard way, or we can do this the easy way. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile Steams In With WiMAX, Wi-Fi Train
European rail operators love Wi-Fi. They’re keen on anything that encourages more businesspeople to take the train, and wireless networking is an attractive way to provide paying travellers with ad hoc connections to the internet and company networks. A journey’s duration becomes productive work time, whether it’s part of a daily commute or a longer… Continue Reading
Brits Baffled By Wi-Fi
Forty percent of folk in Britain haven’t a clue what WiFi means or where to stick it, a survey suggests. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Web Surfing Polar Bears Go Wireless
Tech savvy polar bears can now take advantage of wireless networking after two Intel employees on an expedition deployed what is thought to be the world’s most northerly Wi-Fi hotspot. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
US Researchers Turbocharge Wi-Fi Roaming
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
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
Identity Thieves Spying On Your WiFi?
If you don’t protect your wireless computer network from hackers, you could discover neighbors or strangers snooping around your personal computer files—like I did. Via [fortune.com]… Continue Reading