* Mobile news from NetGear, Samsung, and @Road and Nextel Editor’s note: Keith is traveling this week but he will be back in your in-box next week with your feedback to his recent newsletter about free wireless LAN phone calls. Until then, we bring you some breaking mobile news from within the Web pages of Network World Fusion.*WLAN card for all seasonsCan’t decide which dot-eleven wireless LAN standard is right for you? Well, NetGear supports all three in its latest network interface card. Plus, the company is planning an upgrade later this year to its own “turbo” mode.The WAG5111 is a PC Card adapter that has two radios: a 2.4-GHz radio for IEEE 802.11b and the not-yet-ratified 802.11g nets, and a 5-GHz radio for 802.11a. The lower frequency supports data rates of 11M bit/sec for 11b and 54M bit/sec for 11g, while the higher frequency runs at the 11a data rate of 54M bit/sec, and offers eight non-overlapping channels compared to three for the lower-frequency standards. For more information about the card go to: https://www.netgear.com/pressroom/press_releasesdetail.asp?id=135*Samsung’s optical disk drive is light to the touch Samsung has developed an optical disk drive for notebook computers that is 25% thinner than existing drives, and also lighter and more efficient, according to the company. The drive is 9.5 millimeters high compared to 12.7 millimeters in most current notebook computer drives. It weighs in at 145 grams – about 35% lighter than most current drives and also features a power-saving mode. The drive is available now to notebook PC makers.*Pinpointing the whereabouts of your mobile workers@Road has teamed with Nextel to enable enterprises to track their mobile employees to within a few feet using GPS in cell phones. The service is based on @Road’s Mobile Resource Management (MRM) system, which until now was only available for embedded GPS devices, generally in vehicles. The mobile phone service, called Pocket Edition 1.0, will enable managers to track their employees’ movements even if they often work on their feet or park at a site and walk around. The companies say benefits include billing validation and more efficient dispatching of skilled workers.For more about @Road, go to: https://www.atroad.com/main.html Related content news analysis Western Digital keeps HDDs relevant with major capacity boost Western Digital and rival Seagate are finding new ways to pack data onto disk platters, keeping them relevant in the age of solid-state drives (SSD). By Andy Patrizio Dec 06, 2023 4 mins Enterprise Storage Data Center news analysis Global network outage report and internet health check Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes, which tracks internet and cloud traffic, provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers. By Ann Bednarz and Tim Greene Dec 06, 2023 286 mins Networking news analysis Cisco uncorks AI-based security assistant to streamline enterprise protection With Cisco AI Assistant for Security, enterprises can use natural language to discover policies and get rule recommendations, identify misconfigured policies, and simplify complex workflows. By Michael Cooney Dec 06, 2023 3 mins Firewalls Generative AI Network Security news Nvidia’s new chips for China to be compliant with US curbs: Jensen Huang Nvidia’s AI-focused H20 GPUs bypass US restrictions on China’s silicon access, including limits on-chip performance and density. By Anirban Ghoshal Dec 06, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Technology Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe