15 March 2004

Intel Cross at Chinese.. There were fears that China would demand a special version of Worldspace....one they could control. That didn't happen, but this interesting story has emerged about Wireless LANS. A Chinese official said Thursday that Intel should "calm down" after a spokesperson for the chipmaker said the company would not produce WLAN chips that adhere to a proprietary security standard required by the Chinese government. China has mandated that all WLAN equipment sold in that country after June 1 adhere to the Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) security protocol that is controlled by about two dozen Chinese companies. Intel said earlier this week it would not comply, but a Chinese official quoted in the U.K.'s Financial Times said that was a bad decision. More... http://www.mobilepipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18312103 10:12:56 PM    comment []

Cars enjoy hi-tech entertainment. In-car entertainment is starting to rival what the best airlines can offer, but there are safety concerns. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 4:07:50 AM    comment []

WTOP's Fantastic Jumble Sale Following a link, I discovered that one of the great AM stations in Washington DC has a transmitter site clinging on to the past.   http://www.dcrtv.org/photo/wtop.html   Those are serious transcription turntables..... I'm sure some museum would find those useful at some stage. I'm sure a lot more stations have treasures hiding out at the transmitter site. What are those engineers doing all day?     4:06:32 AM    comment []

Shortwave Radar Expands Interesting to see the Australians/New Zealanders are putting such an effort into an environmental radar. The antennas looks serious! http://www.tiger.latrobe.edu.au/TIGER%20Radar%202003%20Paper.pdf The Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar (Radar) is a dual HF radar system with overlapping foot-prints designed to map ionospheric motions by detecting ionospheric scatter. The first radar was set up on Bruny Island, Tasmania at the end of 1999 and development of the second radar to be placed near Invercargill, NZ, has begun. TIGER is part of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) which currently consists of 15 radars deployed in the northern and southern hemispheres. 4:01:36 AM    comment []

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