Category: Products

Apple Computer unveiled on Monday a $129 device that acts as both a portable wireless base station and a way to stream music throughout the home. Via [news.com.com]

Interlink Networks rolled out Monday a software-based wireless security product that aims to bring high-end enterprise security to small businesses in a setup that's as easy to configure as security codes in a garage door opener. Via [eweek.com]

Virtual, moving fences controlled from a laptop could one day herd cattle to fresh fields for grazing, a roboticist told the MobiSys 2004 conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Via [newscientist.com]

WiMax, an evolving standard for point-to-multipoint wireless networking, is poised to do for the last mile of broadband what Wi-Fi has done for the last 100 feet of networking. Via [eweek.com]

Wireless service providers are finally launching high-speed third-generation networks after years of delay. 3G lets you use your laptop or cell phone to download and swap big files like games, photographs and even short video clips. Via [forbes.com]

Kevin Gilmore is a network administrator at MicroDisplay, a small company in San Pablo, California, that uses several Wi-Fi access points to give employees the freedom to roam around the office with their laptops while remaining connected to the Internet. Via [wired.com]

A security bypass flaw in a popular wireless broadband router shipped by Cisco's Linksys unit could give malicious hackers administrative access to vulnerable devices, researchers warned on Wednesday. Via [internetnews.com]

Although standardized products that are expected to drive down the price of WiMax wireless broadband gear may be as much as a year away, Alvarion Inc. on Wednesday used the Wireless Communications Association (WCA) conference in Washington, D.C., to roll out equipment that it said can be easily upgraded to support the emerging standard. Via...

For folks who have a tough time leaving their TV sets even to cook or use the bathroom, a few Japanese companies have come up with a way to let customers bring their tubes with them. Via [wired.com]

Avaya, Motorola and Proxim will introduce what they have dubbed the "enterprise phone", which can easily switch voice phone calls from a wireless Lan to a wide-area cellular network. Via [computerweekly.com]

Laptops and mobile devices that access the corporate network behind the perimeter firewall have IT staffs scrambling to combat malicious threats introduced in a way that evades perimeter security measures. As the network perimeter dissolves, IT administrators must find solutions that provide granular access controls and capable zero-day worm defenses that are appropriate and manageable...

Agere Systems has announced that it is working on a new low-power, high-bandwidth throttling 802.11g chip for handhelds, rated at 54 Mbps. Via [infosyncworld.com]

Voice-over-IP technology operating over wireless LANs has redefined voice communications, offering greater mobility and dramatic savings. Via [computerworld.com]

Wi-Fi switch suppliers are stuffing too many security features in their products, to meet over-blown fears, says switch company Trapeze Networks. Via [computerweekly.com]

Despite quickly becoming one of the leading sellers of wireless networking products, Microsoft has decided to discontinue its entire line of Wi-Fi gear, CNET News.com has learned. Via [news.com.com]