Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on June 30, 2006
At MS Mobiles, John Lose explains how you can bring down a Wi-Fi network using just a Centrino Wi-Fi-equipped laptop and a Windows Mobile PDA or mobile phone. If a user tries to connect a Centrino...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on June 30, 2006
Arrgh, matey! SecurityProNews picks up on a report from Colorado's 9News.com entitled 'Authorities Warn of Wireless Cyber Pirates,' which says the Douglas County Sheriff's Department...
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VNUnet's James Brown reports that the the University of Bath is working on ways to use nanotechnology to create wireless chips, with the aim of increasing processor speeds by a factor of 500....
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on June 29, 2006
Wi-Fi Networking News' Glenn Fleishman picks up on news from eWeek which reports that James Balsillie, co-CEO of Research in Motion, says dual-mode Wi-Fi/cellular BlackBerry devices will be...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on June 28, 2006
Donga.com looks at a recent study by the Samsung Traffic Safety Research Institute which compared the effects of driving with a DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) mobile phone in your hand to...
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The Korea Times reports that both KT and SK Telecom are planning to launch WiBro service this Friday, June 30th in parts of Seoul. "We seek to debut WiBro services in five areas in Seoul and its...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on June 27, 2006
Tech Digest looks at D-Link's new Securicam DCS-2120 wireless Internet camera, which provides access to live video and audio over a 3G mobile phone or PDA. "Complete with CPU and web server,...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on June 27, 2006
IT World Canada's Nestor E. Arellano looks at Vonage's new F1000, a mobile Wi-Fi phone developed in cooperation with UTStarcom. The F1000 allows users to make and receive calls over any Wi-Fi...
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Tech Digest today looks at Bluetrek's new Serenity wireless security solution, which keeps track of small (and precious) mobile gadgets, or just small objects like a passport or a wallet....
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Om Malik looks at the South Korean strategy to expand WiBro's user base by going after emerging markets. "A few months after making a WiBro play in Brazil, South Korean companies are now...
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Filed in archive RFID
by jeff goldman on June 24, 2006
The RFID Journal's Claire Swedberg reports that the Las Vegas hotel and casino Treasure Island uses RFID for precise tracking of liquor poured at its bars. The system being used is the Beverage...
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Over at Wi-Fi Planet, a quick overview of the past week's announcements and demonstrations at the Certified Wireless USB Developers Conference in San Jose, California, which heralded the arrival...
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CNET News' Jo Best looks at the future of Nokia's 770 Internet Tablet, noting that non-cellular connectivity is key to the solution. "We don't want to be part of the cellular value...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on June 22, 2006
Virginia Governor Tim Kaine this week urged state residents to sign up for the state's new Wireless AMBER Alert program, which sends text messages to users' cell phones regarding child...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on June 21, 2006
CNET News' Daniel Terdiman reports today that Nat Bailey Stadium, the ballpark for the minor league Vancouver Canadians, offers "great wireless Internet." "That's wonderful...
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Mobilised reports today that a WiMAX demonstration at the World Sailing Championships in Austria, transmitting live video footage from a racing yacht, achieved a transmission distance of 40...
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At the iMedia Connection, Roger Park looks today at the planned merger of networks between Nokia and Siemens and its implications for fixed/mobile convergence. "The Nokia and Siemens partnership...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on June 20, 2006
The Sydney Morning Herald's Louisa Hearn looks at the ways in which wireless is "poised to follow broadband into our homes where it will encourage us to interact more intimately with...
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Reuters today picks up on a Wall Street Journal report that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has put the advanced wireless technology 802.20 (favored by Qualcomm as a...
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