Author: Wayne Slavin

The development of two new wireless standards may make it easier for enterprises to roll out, maintain and use wireless LANs (WLANs). Via [vnunet.com]

Wireless multimedia processor startup Adimos Wireless Multimedia is teaming with Turkey's Beko Elektronik, a player in the European consumer market, to integrate wireless technology into LCD TVs and other displays. Via [eetimes.com]

When asked for his take on the nascent wireless broadband technology known as WiMax, Brett Galloway put it like this: "WiMax is at the peak of its hype cycle and also at the peak of its confusion," said Galloway, vice president and general manager of the wireless networking business unit at Cisco Systems Inc. in...

Most people are not taking advantage of the freedom offered by laptops with wi-fi built-in, a study has found. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

One evening last July, in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, Web-site consultant Rong Chen was on a subway train when a client called needing urgent repairs to its network. Far from his home office, the 27-year-old hopped off the train at the next stop and began searching for a place to get online with his...

The WiMAX Forum may announce its first certifications this Thursday, a spokesman for the Forum said Wednesday. Via [extremewimax.com]

Sprint Nextel said Wednesday that it has made a second investment in IPWireless, the developer of a wireless broadband technology that competes with WiMAX. Via [informationweek.com]

Products based on ZigBee - the low power, mesh radio technology - will come on tap this year and make a big impact in industrial controls, according to demos at the IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium this week. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Microsoft has admitted that there is a security flaw in the way Windows handles wireless connections, but the company has said it may not fix the problem until its next Service Pack is released. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

WiMax chip specialist Sequans Communications has teamed with LG Electronics (LGE) to develop low power SoCs targeted at mobile devices such as handsets and smartphones. Via [eetimes.com]

Backers of the wireless technology billed as more powerful than Wi-Fi are expected to release their first products this week. Via [redherring.com]

Wireless infrastructure specialist Meru Networks has developed security software that can jam radio signals from rogue access points and scramble genuine signals, and thus protect wireless networks at the RF signal level. Via [eet.com]

The wireless mesh network is currently seen as a practical solution for offering large-scale deployment of Wi-Fi access. With wireless mesh networks, a centralized controller performs the management of all the network access points, the benefit of which is to allow for better security and easier management. Via [cio-today.com]

In contrast to the explosive growth of mobile in India, the country is struggling to get broadband connectivity off the ground with its limited fixed-line infrastructure -- paving the way for WiMax as a potential savior. Via [lightreading.com]

Hackers have exposed details of a previously undocumented flaw in Microsoft's handling of Wi-Fi which affects users of Windows 2000 and XP. Via [vnunet.com]