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News that's changing the Wireless World!
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Friday, January 09, 2004 |
Source: InfoWorld
Bluetooth to the rescue - Infoworld Staff
I was sitting in Chicago O'Hare waiting for a commuter plane to Raleigh-Durham when I pulled out my PowerBook to kill some
time. Within seconds, a young woman who had been hovering around me approached haltingly and said, "Does your laptop do, uh,
um, uh … that wireless thing?"
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3:34:34 PM 
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Broadcom Goes Higher Speed
Broadcom introduced an 802.11g chip at CES that promises to burst up to 125 Mbps: Buffalo Technology also introduced the first product to use the chip, the AirStation Router-g. Broadcom said it achieved the performance gain with technology that closes the timing gap between data packets. The chips use just one channel to transmit. Broadcom says the chips are compatible with standard 802.11g gear and won't cause service degradation on nearby networks. Broadcom is behind many of its competitors that have already introduced higher speed chips. Atheros offers a chip that can burst to 108 Mbps used by Netgear and D-Link. That gear, which employs several methods to achieve the higher throughput including channel bonding, degrades the performance of nearby Broadcom networks. It doesn't have negative affects on all nearby networks, though....
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11:56:24 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Tenzing Scores Emirates Deal
Tenzing, which offers airplane email access, will offer an onboard WLAN for Emirates Airlines: The service will use planes' existing 2.4 Kbps satellite connection so will only allow passengers to send and receive email, not Web surf. Tenzing says that limitation will make the service less expensive for passengers--around $20 for a long-haul flight compared to Connexion By Boeing's $30 for similar flights. Users must download a client before they take off and the service will support most POP3 accounts and some corporate VPNs. This isn't an extremely attractive offering. If someone is willing to pay $20 to use email onboard, they're likely willing to pay $30 to reach the Internet and use any email. Plus, it's a hassle to have to download a client before you take off....
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10:12:34 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi and Home Entertainment
The editors at CNET picked four categories that they predict will be hot in 2004: One is using Wi-Fi to network home entertainment devices....
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10:02:43 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
Magis Shuts Doors
The once promising designer of wireless chips to be used in multimedia has gone bust as Wi-Fi chip market consolidation continues.
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8:07:24 AM
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