Latest Wireless news
Readers speculate on Duke University’s iPhone problem, 07/17/07: The blogosphere debates what’s causing iPhones to bring down parts of Duke University’s wireless LAN.
IPhones flooding wireless LAN at Duke University, 07/16/07: The iPhone’s wireless LAN interface is creating a problem for Duke University’s WLAN. Administrators want to solve the problem before even more of the popular iPhones show up when students return in late August.
Buzzblog: When a cell phone goes through the washer: It’s not a good thing, of course. But surprisingly common. And, it isn’t necessarily fatal for the phone … unless you compound the mistake by drying it out the wrong way. Anyway, here’s a tale of two such phones and how they fared.
VoIP, wireless LAN network skills in demand, 07/18/07: Forrester Research expects to see more network analysts, network and database administrators, and computer research scientists in 2008, as the number of computer programmers and operators continues to decline.
RIM launches dual-mode BlackBerry 8820, 07/17/07: Research In Motion Tuesday announced the new BlackBerry 8820, saying it’s the first dual-mode BlackBerry to provide wireless voice and data access over both cellular and Wi-Fi wireless networks.
Study: U.S. gov’t gave away billions worth of spectrum, 07/17/07: The U.S. government has given away between $140 billion and $480 billion worth of radio spectrum to wireless providers and broadcasters since 1993, according to a study released Tuesday.
Devicescape takes on Wi-Fi guest access problem, 07/17/07: A maker of software that simplifies getting onto public Wi-Fi hot spots is now tackling the complexity of using the network in your own home or at a friend’s house.
