For a Swiss Army knife of wireless network diagnostics, “NetStumbler†is saddled with a somewhat unfortunate name. Although it implies a sort of blind luck, NetStumbler is actually most useful for pinpointing details of a wireless network, helping you configure, secure, optimize and discover. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Ricochet Making A Comeback, Targets A Wireless Niche
Ricochet, the early wireless Internet provider once the darling of Silicon Valley geeks, is making a bid to return to the Bay Area. Via [sanjose.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Cisco CIO Slams Wireless Industry
Cisco ClO Brad Boston found there was no single place to buy all the software he needed to power a mobile workforce, and his team had to cobble together components to secure and manage the devices and enable remote access to corporate data. “When I talk to my peers, they all have the same problem,”… Continue Reading
Philadelphia To Offer Wi-Fi For Under $20 Per Month
Cable and DSL broadband providers in Philadelphia are breathing easier Thursday after the city announced its final Wi-Fi contract with EarthLink that seeks to keep retail prices under $20 a month for individual customers. Verizon Communications, which had resisted the citywide wireless broadband deployment, currently offers DSL at $14.95 a month, for instance. Via [techweb.com]… Continue Reading
Chip Companies Argue Over Next-Gen Wi-Fi
The simmering spat between Airgo Networks and Broadcom erupted into the open at the Globalpress Summit Conference in Monterey yesterday. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Goes WiMAX In Saudi Arabia
Intel’s operations in Saudi Arabia have achieved a regional first by adopting WiMAX technology to support their communication needs through Integrated Telecom Co. Via [ameinfo.com]… Continue Reading
Texas Instruments Announces WiMax Portfolio
This week, Texas Instruments made a series of announcements regarding its portfolio of WiMax chips. In addition to collaborations with ArrayComm and Mercury Computer Systems on the development of WiMax products, the company introduced a new line of digital and analog solutions for WiMax applications. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Burning Man Vets Bring Wi-Fi To Katrina Region
As veterans of Burning Man, the annual art festival held in a remote Nevada desert, Tom Price and a group of about 20 others who have been volunteering with post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction in Mississippi are used to persevering in forbidding environments. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Phila. To Detail Its Contract For Universal Wi-Fi Service
The city-sponsored nonprofit that will run Mayor Street’s efforts to bring wireless Internet access to all 135 square miles of Philadelphia is set today to finally announce details of its contract with the Atlanta firm that will build the network. Via [philly.com]… Continue Reading
IBM’s WPAN Chipset Aims To Replace High-Def Cables, Bluetooth
The breakthrough bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS) chip announced today by IBM at the International Solid State Circuits Conference may be exactly what the IEEE had in mind when it convened task force 802.15.3c in March of last year. But the chip that would make it possible for high-definition CE devices to stream content between each other… Continue Reading
Wibiki Strives For Wi-Fi Ubiquity
Earlier this year, New York City-based Speedus Corp. began the public beta testing of its free Wi-Fi access service, Wibiki. Launched as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Speedus, Wibiki (pronounced “why-BIH-keeâ€) aims to make it easier, safer, and more affordable to share Wi-Fi access. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Symantec Ranks Houston High In Wi-Fi Security Survey
Wireless networking has become the dominant way in which home users network their computers. WiFi is fast, fairly easy to set up and relatively inexpensive. Via [chron.com]… Continue Reading
Patent Spat Breaks Out In Wi-Fi Security
Two young wi-fi intrusion prevention system vendors have come to blows over their patents, setting the stage for a messy intellectual property dispute. Via [cbronline.com]… Continue Reading
Symbol, Terabeam Settle Patent Suit
Symbol Technologies Inc. has entered into a licensing agreement with Terabeam, Inc., the parent company of Proxim Wireless Corp., settling long-standing patent litigation between the two companies. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Watershed
Uptake of wireless is growing across a number of industry sectors as the technology matures. Cath Everett reports on the motivations for adoption and the benefits that wireless can bring. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading