July 26, 2006
A trial began this week in Independence, Mo., in which prosecutors say a man forced a cell phone down a woman's throat but the defense say says the woman swallowed the device on purpose to hide data on whom she had been calling.
July 21, 2006
Cisco has a helpful online document on radio frequency power values for wireless LAN radios and antennas.
The market researchers at iSuppli dismantled Moto's hot Q phone to assess what's inside.
July 18, 2006
A recent paper at IEEE Distributed Systems outlines a way to adapt Web services to mobile environments by using mobile agents.
Wireless packs strapped to 50 of the 4-pound cane toads show the amphibian pests are spreading faster through Australia by traveling along roads and highways.
July 17, 2006
Dell today unveiled an internal wireless LAN adapter, based on Broadcom's draft 802.11n radio chipset.
Motorola recently unveiled the latest version of its Prizm net management application for the Canopy line of fixed, broadband wireless products.
July 12, 2006
Our revamped and expanded Buyers Guides now include a brand new Guide devoted to security products, with a section for wireless LANs. Just click on the link and scroll down to "wireless LAN security."
We have a story on the steadily rising demand for wireless skills in enterprise IT.
July 06, 2006
In a recent security test, 20 thumb-sized USB drives were scattered around a company's offices. Each drive had a disguised program written to collect software written to collect user names, passwords, and systems data. Guess how many were picked up and plugged into a corporate computer?
Intel has invested $600 million in Craig McCaw's Clearwire wireless broadband venture, which will use WiMAX radios to create a nationwide net of wireless broadband connections.
A Dutch company, Innovalife, offers high-performance latex sheaths that slip over your mobile phone to make them "water dirt mud paint sweat blood snow proof."
June 30, 2006
The sheriff's department in Douglas County, Colorado has a new mandate: warning wireless users that their access points or routers are unprotected.
Earthlink and the City of Anaheim, Calif., formally launched what will be a city-wide W-Fi network last week.
June 22, 2006
Chaska, Minn., has been the poster child for municipal Wi-Fi deployments. Now comes word that until recently, the wireless mesh net was a mess net.
For your summer reading list, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has just released a draft guide on 802.11i-based wireless LAN security.
Two security researchers have discovered a way to exploit buggy code in a range of WLAN device drivers and seize control of a laptop PC.
June 13, 2006
Can you bring together different kinds of wireless nets in an enterprise infrastructure? Network World's John Gallant explores the subject in one of our Hot Seat video interviews with Cathy Zatloukal of MobileAccess Networks (broadband link recommended).
June 12, 2006
International talks over China's homegrown wireless LAN encryption standard, called WAPI, turned bitter when the Chinese delegation withdrew from the talks, charging the IEEE with unfairness.
French cellular carriers are embracing VoIP over Wi-Fi wireless connections, giving those subscribers with cell phones that also have Wi-Fi a less expensive alternative to cellular minutes.
A key issue at last week's recent Globalcomm show was how the increase in wireless access means increased wireless threats, and what network professionals are doing about them. NW's Jim Duffy has the story.
May 31, 2006
On June 1, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo takes over the top spot at Nokia, as the company enters a time of increasing competition, fast-changing technology, and pressure on revenues and profits.
May 26, 2006
The city's mass transit agency is teaming with a non-profit agency to test Wi-Fi access points on two buses.
Reaping another municipal network deal, EarthLink this week got a green light from the New Orleans city council to build a Wi-Fi mesh network for the hurricane-battered city.
May 23, 2006
Teresa Meng, a co-founder of Wi-Fi chipmaker Atheros Communications, has sold $17 million worth of the company's stock during the first four months of 2006. Even after taxes, that's a tidy nest egg.
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