Intel today demonstrated a location-detection system for Wi-Fi networks that it claims will provide far more accurate readings than traditional triangulation techniques. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Products
Why Qualcomm Has Its Wallet Out
The Elata and Flarion acquisitions reflect the outfit’s need to keep abreast of tech’s latest trends. Expect more of the same. Via [businessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Bountiful Quadruples Wi-Fi Router Range
According to company officials, the new wireless router expands the wireless range of traditional routers by two to four times by operating at the highest power level currently allowed by the FCC for wireless routers. Via [cio-today.com]… Continue Reading
HTC ‘Tornado’ Wi-Fi Smart Phone Storms In
Details of HTC’s next smart phone design has emerged, courtesy of Finnish site qtek.fi, which tracks HTC customer Qtek. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
UPS Invests In Company That Combines Wi-Fi And RFID
G2 Microsystems makes radio-frequency identification chips for managing and tracking mobile devices using Wi-Fi networks. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Getting Carded
If you haven’t purchased one of the latest and greatest multi-wireless-option handhelds, you might find your current device a little lacking. Fortunately, there are options for bringing your handheld up to wireless speed without getting a whole new device. Via [entrepreneur.com]… Continue Reading
Chinese Eye $100 Wireless Laptop
Broadband wireless has traditionally flourished in developing economies, as a relatively low cost way to bring broadband access to countries with limited infrastructure. But this does not mean that it is a technology for spreading access to poor users. In general, operators in new economies target enterprises, expatriates and other high income oases, leaving rural… Continue Reading
ZyXEL Launches New Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder
Here is some good news for mobile hotspot surfers. ZyXEL Communications, a leading provider of secure broadband networking, has announced the launch of a new product named the ZyXEL AG-225H Wi-Fi finder, which promises quick and easy on-the-road networking. Billed as first of its kind, AG-225H is capable of locating all 802.11a and 802.11b/g access… Continue Reading
Boulder Gets Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
Things have suddenly gotten very busy at Lumin Innovative Products in Boulder, Colorado. On July 15th, 18 months after the company formed around co-founder Ben Adams’s concept for solar-powered Wi-Fi networks, Lumin deployed its first access points at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. Since that successful launch, the four-person staff has been deluged with… Continue Reading
Vendor Creates ‘Vehicular Hotspots’ For Cars
Zeewaves Systems Inc., a startup here working with Nvidia Corp. on planar-antenna Wi-Fi designs, has developed a mobile Wi-Fi architecture that can combine vehicular hotspots with such functions as global-positioning system, automatic vehicle location and ZigBee sensor gateways. Zeewaves is offering ConnectStar, a commercial version of the system, and has defined an extended architecture for… Continue Reading
Mesh Wi-Fi Company Gets $10 Million New VC Money
PacketHop Inc., a company that helps create wireless networks on the fly, has received $10 million in its third round of venture capital funding from investors. Via [sanjose.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Motorola, Nortel invest In Wi-Fi Start-up
Motorola and Nortel Networks have each taken a stake in Wi-Fi start-up Trapeze Networks, the company said on Tuesday. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Phone Options Expand
Zultys Technologies and Meru Networks Inc. have each unveiled plans for products that support voice services over a wireless LAN. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Linksys Brews Up Hotspot To Go
When you’re on the road, the hunt for an Internet café can be wearing, and occasionally fruitless. So the next time you pack up and go, consider taking your own hotspot with you. Via [internetweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi In The Sky
Wi-Fi on airplanes just got a lot more entertaining. Boeing this week launched a streaming television delivered straight to your laptop as part of its Connexion by Boeing high-speed Internet service. The video service will debut on Singapore Airlines, and lets passengers watch CNBC, BBC, Eurosport News, and either MSNBC (if you’re flying in the… Continue Reading