Tag: Commentary

Wireless hot spots and services offering mobile access to the Web, e-mail and corporate networks are spreading across Canada faster than mosquitoes in spring -- and for information technology workers, they can be just as pesky. Via [theglobeandmail.com]

David Hagan has spent the past four years deeply enmeshed in the business of Wi-Fi hot spots. The reason? Hagan, CEO of aggregator Boingo, sees a future where the hot spots will become part of a broader wireless convergence. Via [forbes.com]

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]

Vanilla 802.11b routers and connection devices including cards, PC-Cards, and USB fobs, are on the verge of extinction at the local Big Box store. There's some Linksys b-type gear on the shelves, but both Netgear and Viewsonic are rebating their g devices down to prices that match and beat Linksys's rebates. Via [theinquirer.net]

Philadelphia has started soliciting bids for its proposed $10M muni Wi-Fi project; telecoms and cable companies oppose it. Will this be the beginning of the end for muni Wi-Fi? Via [eweek.com]

Wireless fidelity, or WiFi, and cellphones have been the darlings of the wireless stage, but in the coming years they could be sharing the spotlight with a technology called WiMax. Via [globetechnology.com]

Local government officials discussed the pluses and pitfalls of wireless technology yesterday at the FOSE trade show in Washington. Via [gcn.com]

Recently, parties lacking experience and facts have suggested that municipalities should not promote or fund broadband wireless networks. Their arguments ignore a growing number of successful municipal deployments and rely on incorrect assertions. Via [news.zdnet.com]

Setup of the HomePlug Ethernet Adapter Kit from Actiontec was pretty simple and well within the grasp of a consumer. Speed is more than acceptable; it's rated at 14Mbps and I observed at least 10 during my residential tests. That's about the same as the older 802.11B standard and plenty for Internet use. Via [newsfactor.com]...

Wish you had a digital home of the future, complete with wireless networking and home controls? Playa Vista, Calif., may be the place to be. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Bluetooth will be killed off by wireless Lan technology, according to research released today by Analysys. Via [vnunet.com]

When residents of the Winslade Estate in Lewisham, South London, go online, rather than using a dial-up or ADSL connection, they use a Wi-Fi network provided by the local council. The £250,000 network was set up in 2003 using funding from the government's New Deal for Communities programme. Today, more than 500 residents enjoy free,...

What's the next big thing in wireless? What else? It's still convergence, according to attendees at this week's CTIA 2005 conference here. Via [internetnews.com]

Philips sees the wireless communications market exploding with a proliferation of new applications and possibilities. Via [electronicsweekly.com]

Visitors to this year's CeBIT trade fair have been greeted by an array of technological marvels, and wireless firms seem be generating the greatest buzz. The annual week-long event in Hanover, Germany, which this year is expected to draw some 500,000 attendees, has been dominated by cutting-edge wireless technologies and gadgets, with a 7-megpixel digital...