Free lunches do exist. It’s just that they’re pretty rare. So when you are offered one, you take it. Via [mercurynews.com]… Continue Reading
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SMC Jumps On MIMO Bandwagon
WLAN equipment vendor SMC Tuesday announced a line of 802.11g products that use multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) technology to increase wireless data speeds and increase range. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Ember Ships ZigBee Networking Software
Ember Corporation began shipping EmberZNet 2.0. The second-generation ZigBee protocol stack is designed to support application profiles for home controls and user-defined network applications, according to the company. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Cisco Enters Citywide Wireless Market
Cisco Systems will throw its hat into the municipal Wi-Fi ring on Tuesday when it announces wireless-network product enhancements that extend its technology into outside deployments. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Found
Wi-Fi finders can save those seeking wireless connectivity on the road a lot of time. In mere seconds, you can scan for the presence of an 802.11 network without having to boot up your laptop. The first generation of hotspot locators looked like little fobs that you could clip onto a key ring. When you… Continue Reading
Vodafone CEO: We’re Looking To Broadband And WiMax
With the sun barely set on its 3G launch, Vodafone is already turning its attention to the next generation of radio technologies, including mobile WiMax, and may even make a play as a wireless broadband provider. Via [networks.silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Bring On The WiMax Wireless Apps
“The two standards are not the same, and they address very different markets,” says Craig Mathias, principal at Farpoint Group, a consultancy specializing in wireless networking. “We see WiMax dominating for residential and business [wireless] access to the Internet, in fixed, metroscale nets.” Via [toptechnews.com]… Continue Reading
How To Make Wireless Networking Work
Ah, the joy of wireless networking! No more tripping over messy cables or taking turns on the internet. Whether it’s a PC in the bedroom or a notebook PC in your garden, wireless networking, or Wi-Fi, means you can use a computer where it suits you without a cable in sight. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Start-up Aims To Join Telephone And Wireless Calls
A secretive start-up backed by two powerful Silicon Valley venture capital firms will on Monday outline its plans for bridging the gulf between mobile telephones and fixed-line phone networks. Via [today.reuters.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Mosquito Killer Coming To A Porch Near You
A biotechnology company with a specialty in killing mosquitoes is turning to wireless technology and computers to make a killing for itself. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Macedonia Leads World With Wi-Fi
Formerly part of Yugoslavia and previously better known as a potential ethnic trouble spot, Macedonia is now rapidly becoming a wi-fi hotspot. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
WiMax Assist For Satellite Broadcasters
Everybody is excited about the promise of WiMax, for all kinds of different reasons. WiNetworks, a U.S.-based firm with R&D operations in Israel, has a somewhat unusual and highly targeted WiMax strategy. It wants to use the wide area wireless networking standard (AKA 802.16-2004) to help direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operators offer triple play services… Continue Reading
WhiteHat: Sydney’s CBD A Haven For Wardrivers
Security firm WhiteHat has found that out of 751 wireless networks discovered in Sydney’s central business district, 75 percent were unencrypted. Via [zdnet.com.au]… Continue Reading
Google Expands Coverage Offer To Mountain View
Internet search giant Google has offered to bring free wireless Internet, or WiFi, connections to Mountain View, the city of its corporate headquarters. Via [siliconvalley.com]… Continue Reading
What Exactly Is WiMAX’s Target Market, Anyway?
British Telecom continued to play the coquette regarding its stance on the WiMAX standard, telling a conference here that it was now investigating the upcoming “nomadic” or mobile version. Via [extremetech.com]… Continue Reading