Just when you felt sure the fastest wireless networks move data at 54 megabits per second, Netgear introduces a wireless firewall router and PC Card that it says will transfer data at 108 mbps–speedier than 100-mbps ethernet. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
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Wireless Made My Eyes Glaze Over
Wireless security, or the lack thereof, is one of the hot button issues facing most corporations nowadays. The only security item higher on the agenda is MS security, or the lack thereof. Why can’t any security discussions be about how effective a product is? Wouldn’t that be an interesting twist? Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Hotspot Wireless Homing In On $4.5M Investment
Executives from wireless products maker Spirea AB and chip producer Intel Corp. are working with venture capitalists to complete a $4.5 million investment in a Dublin company they formed this year. Via [columbus.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Linksys Previews Wireless Gear
Linksys Group is readying the launch of an 802.11g wireless print server, an 802.11g USB adapter, and its first Bluetooth product. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Kensington WiFi Finder Helps Locate Hotspots
Home handypeople may be familiar with the “StudSensor,” a device that uses ultrasonic signals to find wooden studs behind the sheetrock in the walls of your house. Now computer peripheral maker Kensington has introduced an alternative for users looking for Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) connections when they’re on the road: The WiFi Finder, a handheld wireless… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Pushes Beyond The Laptop
Manufacturers are adding Wi-Fi wireless connections to media adapters that let home electronics equipment play music or show photos stored on personal computers. Via [asia.cnet.com]… Continue Reading
Souped-up Wi-Fi Handset Includes Web Browsing And Email
A Japanese manufacturer has released a Wi-Fi mobile phone that carries voice via VoIP but also gives access to Web browsing and email. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Component Distributors Turning To Wireless Technology To Improve Operations
Lured by the potential of wireless technology, electronic components distributors are finding efficiencies by implementing the very products they sell. Via [my-esm.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
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
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
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
First Dual-band 802.11a/g Device Hits Market
Broadcom has unveiled what it claims is the industry’s first dual-band wireless local area network (Lan) device capable of operating on both the 802.11a and 802.11g standards. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Bringing SIM Authentication To 802.11-enabled Mobile PCs
Mobility Network Systems reports that its unifying client connection management software now works with the AirCard 750 GSM/GPRS wireless network card from Sierra Wireless Inc. Once the downloadable software has been installed on a user’s PC, it automatically sniffs out available Wi-Fi network “hotspots.” Or in the absence of a hotspot, it can connect to… Continue Reading