The Associated Press reports that a test of a new first-responder wireless system, designed by Northrup Grumman, was conducted yesterday at the World Trade Center site. "Some 100 firefighters...

TECH.BLORGE.com's John Pospisil picks up on a Daily Telegraph story reporting that Professor Lawrie Challis of the UK's Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHR) says...

InfoWorld's Martyn Williams reports today that the U.S. Army's Communications Electronics Research & Development Engineering Center (CERDEC) plans to "spend several months evaluating...

The Register's Lewis Page reports today (with tongue firmly in cheek) on a looming threat to world peace. "Academics funded by a sinister triumvirate of global corporations intend to see...

The Inquirer's Nick Farrell today picks up on a Network World article warning of the proliferation of 'evil twin' networks near Wi-Fi hotspots. "The next time you splurge on a double...

TMCnet's Erik Linask looks at this week's announcement of a new suite of wireless LAN solutions from Extreme Networks, based on its Summit Wireless Mobility (WM) product line. "Perhaps...

InformationWeek's K.C. Jones reports that the California Senate has passed two bills that "place a three-year moratorium on the use of RFID technology in driver's licenses and school ID...

InformationWeek's W. David Gardner today looks at Verizon Wireless' announcement of the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, designed to transition seamlessly between GSM and CDMA technologies...

Digital Trends' Nino Marchetti writes today that a new report from ABI Research predicts that the number of hotspots worldwide will grow by nearly 25% by the end of the year, to 179,500....

M&C's Steve Ragan reports that Monday saw the arrival of a Wi-Fi network covering the entire City of London, thanks to a network built and operated by The Cloud using technology from BelAir...

The Daily Telegraph's Gary Cleland reports today that England's Professional Association of Teachers (PAT), which has 35,000 members, is calling for more research into Wi-Fi, saying it could...

The AP's Jessica Mintz reports today that Time Warner Cable will soon allow its users to become Foneros. "In a big win for a little Wi-Fi startup called Fon, Time Warner Cable Inc. will let...

According to InformationWeek's K.C. Jones, Ipsos Insight's annual Face of the Web study says we're currently seeing the peak of wired broadband connectivity. "The study, released...

India's Financial Express reports today that the Government of West Bengal has announced plans to invest approximately Rs 15 crore in the Danish wireless tech company Wireless Innovation Platform...

Wi-Fi Networking News' Glenn Fleishman today picks up on an article in the Dallas Morning News which mentions that Southwest Airlines is considering offering in-flight Wi-Fi. "Given that...

NetworkWorld's Alpha Doggs reports that researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have released their newly developed WiPeer software, which can be used to link computers via...

Pocket-lint's Ryan Haynes reports that a man and woman have been "arrested and cautioned" for using other people's Wi-Fi in Worcestershire, England. "The caution for...

Your taxes are filed, you've paid what you owe, you're feeling poorer than you did before the 17th -- but at least your data is secure, right? Wrong. According to the AP, a recent assessment...

CBC News today reports on efforts at the University of Leeds and at Washington University in St. Louis to use wireless sensors to improve building designs -- both to stiffen them against the stress...