Tag: Products

It's true, we're all addicted to speed—even if we don't need it. Why else would the speedometer in a Toyota Camry top out at 140 MPH? At CES, we expect that several vendors will jump on the bandwagon and embrace the new wireless networking technology called MIMO. (Multiple Input Multiple Output). Via [pcmag.com]

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based wireless networking equipment provider Proxim Corp. today lowered its financial guidance for Q4. Via [reed-electronics.com]

Broadband wireless access network provider Airspan Networks Inc. reported Wednesday that it intends to purchase ArelNet Ltd. in a $8.7 million cash and stock deal to reinforce its position in the Internet telephone and wireless markets. Via [forbes.com]

Tiny Force Field Wireless is selling paint laced with aluminum and copper that it claims will keep wireless-network traffic within company walls. Via [informationweek.com]

Canary Wireless LLC, a Chicago start-up, has launched the first hand-held device that not only detects Wi-Fi hot spots and measures how strong their signals are, but can tell whether they are open for subscribers or available for a free ride to check e-mail. Via [suntimes.com]

NETGEAR Inc. has unveiled a wireless device that bridges the gap between PC digital content and home-entertainment systems utilizing 802.11 technologies and a wealth of hardware connections and file formats. Via [techweb.com]

Car makers BMW, Audi, Daimler Chrysler, Volkswagen, Renault and Fiat have won a German government grant to help develop the basis for a standard method for car-to-car wireless data. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Last year a man in Canada was arrested for downloading child pornography onto his laptop, but he used someone else's wireless access point to access the illegal material. That same year federal officials accused a man from Michigan of conspiring to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores by taking...

With wireless LANs firmly established in the headquarters of many large enterprises, WLAN management specialists are now addressing the needs of their customers' branch offices with new tools that allow for remote administration. Via [eweek.com]

More and more venues are becoming hotspots. Using the wireless 802.11x protocol better known as Wi-Fi, these hotspots can be found in airports, libraries, coffeehouses, restaurants, shopping malls and just about any other public location you can imagine. But unless there's a sign posted somewhere, you may not be able to easily find one. Via...

There's never a dull moment. Just when wireless switches start to sell in significant numbers, the makers start a fight. The leading player claims the start-ups have "jumped on the bandwagon" with inferior technology, while the start-ups say that's just the old guard getting huffy. Via [techworld.com]

Dell on Thursday announced a Wi-Fi enabled adapter for its printers. Via [news.com.com]

LG Electronics rolled out a wireless digital liquid crystal display (LCD) TV in Korea for a first among global TV vendors. Via [times.hankooki.com]

Could the lowly 802.11b become a 99Mbps speed-demon? How about 802.11a breaking the 1Gbps barrier? Difficult to imagine? Israel-based Extricom says its possible—if Wi-Fi would just stop interfering. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Officials at Computer Associates announced the availability of an application aimed at simplifying and strengthening Wi-Fi networks. Wireless Site Management 4.0 (WSM), first introduced in May, is designed to augment the company's Unicenter Network and Systems Management Network Performance Option -- a reporting and network health application -- and eTrust security management platform. Via [internetnews.com]...