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News that's changing the Wireless World!
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Monday, March 22, 2004 |
Source: eWEEK Technology News
Qualcomm To Integrate ATI Graphics Into 3G Silicon
Qualcomm Inc. said on Monday that it would integrate ATI Technologies Inc.'s handheld graphics chip line into its next-generation CDMA products, offering a substantial endorsement to wireless handheld gaming.
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Kiwi Hacker Turns Community Service into Community Network
A New Zealand hacker convicted of obtaining passwords through a virus took his community service seriously, rolling out a community wireless networking project with some free, some fee components: The idea behind the network is that the local loop is free, and a local email server will allow users to receive and send email without direct Internet access. Webcams and other tools could be used over the local network as well. If you want Internet access, you have to help subsidize the project, which cost a few thousand NZ$ to deploy, and for which the bandwidth costs could be as much as a couple thousand NZ$ per month....
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4:12:56 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wireless Week's CTIA Show Daily Online
Wireless Week is posting PDFs of its complete show daily from the CTIA cellular industry conference this week: The show daily rounds up more than the press releases with a number of reporters (including Wi-Fi Networking News's own Nancy Gohring) interviewing company principals and filing reports at the show. The show runs through Wednesday....
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4:12:55 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
L'index des Hotspots at Intel.fr
Intel launches its French-language hotspot directory, powered by JiWire's listings: If you're a Francophone or just know one, visit Intel's new French-language hotspots directory. You'll note that France is number three in hotspots worldwide listed in the directory. The directory relies on JiWire listings; JiWire is a partner of Wi-Fi Networking News....
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4:12:53 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
TamoSoft Update Decrypts WPA for Network Monitoring
TamoSoft's latest monitoring software revision can handle rogue detection and WPA in Pre-Shared Key mode: The software allows network monitoring of wireless LANs. The WPA-PSK decoding is trumpeted as a unique feature, yet I would suspect networks that would purchase this package would be unlikely to use PSK mode, and would only be using WPA in 802.1X authentication; the 4.2 update can decode 802.1X, as well....
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4:12:52 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
TI Announces Wi-Fi for Handsets
Texas Instruments has a cellular handset platform that allows b/g or a/b/g integration with GSM, GPRS, CDMA, and EDGE: The two-chip solution relies on TI's earlier cell chip work, with which this system can integrate and make use of some overlap in materials. TI expects to ship the chips mid-year. Several technological improvements allow reduced interference, lower battery usage, and a reduction in the number of overall chips in a complete Wi-Fi/cell-phone design....
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4:12:49 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Cerritos, Calif., Has Ubiquitous Mesh Wi-Fi
Tropos Networks claims Cerritos is the first city in the U.S. to have complete residential, commercial, and municipal coverage of Wi-Fi: Tropos reseller Aiirmesh (that's no typo in their name) unwired the city using Tropos's mesh networking gear. The 8.9-square-mile city is part of greater Los Angeles. For reasons not explained in the press release--possibly socioeconomic reasons--the area has no cable broadband coverage and limited DSL availability. The Airmesh service offers pay-as-you-go service (hourly, daily, and monthly rates), as well as commercial and residential offerings....
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4:12:48 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
DotSpot Launches Advertising-Supported Wi-Fi Hotspots
DotSpot will offer free access to consumers supported by advertising; they're targeting waiting areas: The company's first push, they say, is in automotive service waiting rooms, and then into medical waiting and service areas. The site offers no public information on what the venue pays initially (they buy the access point, but are apparently reimbursed by ad sales?), how they qualify venues, nor what advertising rates are. Their site is heavy on information about how Wi-Fi works....
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4:12:46 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wificom, Boingo Deal Extends Aggregation to More WISPs
A deal to integrate Boingo Wireless's authentication system into Wificom's hotspot management and billing software opens Boingo to more WISPs: Adding Boingo roaming could be as easy as checking a box for wireless ISPs using Wificom's SAB Server. The release notes a Brazilian WISP with 167 hotspots just flipped that switch. This should allow Boingo easier penetration of markets scattered worldwide. The SAB server manages authentication, billing, and other features needed by WISPs....
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4:12:44 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Sun, Pronto Partner for Backend Hotspot System
A deal between Pronto Networks and Sun Microsystems pushes the iForce Wi-Fi Appliance out to hotspot networks for deployment of 25, 50, or 100 hotspots: The system provisions, authenticates, manages access, creates walled gardens (areas of private in-system content available without payment and authentication), and roaming settlement, among other features. Above 100 hotspots in a network, and the companies steer you towards Pronto's higher-end software installed on a Sun server. A related announcement from Pronto covers their partnership with Syniverse to allow Pronto management system users to use Syniverse as a clearinghouse for bi-lateral roaming with fee settlement....
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4:12:43 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Tatara Shows SIM Authentication over Current US GSM Networks
Tatara successfully shows that it can authenticate a user via a GSM SIM module across a Wi-Fi network without 802.1X: As the press release notes, 802.1X authentication makes it possible to send a variety of Encapsulated Authentication Protocol (EAP) messages across a gateway without special coordination. EAP-SIM is one flavor that some companies favor for using cell phones and cell-based PC Cards with the standard SIM module that's used to handle authentication and billing of GSM phone users. Tatara's demonstration proves, they say, that they can offer SIM authentication without widescale adoption of 802.1X in public hotspots, but that they can also transition to 802.1X/EAP-SIM when it's available....
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4:12:42 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Commodity Wi-Fi/Ethernet Network Attached Storage
Asustek introduces commodity hard drive case for Wi-Fi, Ethernet network attached storage (NAS): The case was introduced at CeBIT, and features 802.11b and g support, as well as two Ethernet ports. It allows a user to add a 2.5-inch hard drive and then make it available as NAS. It will ship in May for $150....
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4:12:40 PM
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Source: C|Net
EarthLink adds voice to wireless service
The Internet service provider will partner with an e-mail device maker and a cellular provider to add voice calling to its wireless plan, which has focused on data services until now.
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4:12:37 PM
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Source: C|Net
Making cents of wireless
roundup Data services take center stage this week in Atlanta at the U.S. wireless industry's largest annual trade show--CTIA Wireless 2004.
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4:12:36 PM
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Source: eWEEK Technology News
Powell, Chambers Look to the Future
At the CTIA Wireless 2004 conference in Atlanta on Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell challenged attendees to keep up with wireless innovations and self-regulation, while Cisco Systems Inc. CEO John Chambers said we are entering into a new age of "IP mobility."
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4:12:35 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Cell Data Plan Buying Guide
JiWire's buying guide for cellular data plans is now available: Written by Slate contributor Paul Boutin, this guide offers a great grounding in the ins and outs of getting connected to the Internet via a cellular connection: what equipment and cables or wireless connections you need, how it works, and what service plans cost from the various providers....
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4:12:31 PM
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Source: C|Net
U.S. carriers pick up the 3G pace
At the CTIA show in Atlanta, wireless carriers will introduce broadband innovations they say will help them catch up to the global cell phone market.
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4:12:29 PM
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Source: C|Net
AMD gets behind free hot spots
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices begins providing advertising and promotional support to operators of free hot spots as it explores a variety of ways to promote its Wi-Fi wireless networking technology.
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4:12:26 PM
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Source: C|Net
Maven Networks nabs $10 million
The broadband media company, which sells software to National Geographic and others, raises $10 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture capitalist Accel Partners.
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4:12:23 PM
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Source: Scripting.com
BBC: "The spread of wi-fi is being hampered by increasing complex and incompatible products."
4:12:18 PM
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Source: eWEEK Technology News
Softbank: Data Leak May Be Insider Job
Japanese Internet company Softbank on Thursday said its investigation into the leak of personal data of millions of its broadband customers suggests that a worker with access to the company's computer system—not a hacker—was
responsible.
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4:12:16 PM
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Source: eWEEK Technology News
Wi-Fi Interoperability Problem on Rise
Increasing complexity and stronger security is making it harder for new wireless computer networking products to hook up with each other, an industry group promoting the technology said Thursday at the CeBIT tech fair.
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4:12:12 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
Canada Pushes for More Wi-Fi
At the Wi-Fi Planet show in Toronto, presenters say wireless is pervasive, though most don't want to pay for it outside of the enterprise.
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4:12:11 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi Alliance's Wi-Fi Zone Directory
Wi-Fi Alliance offers its own directory: This hotspot directory includes 9,000 locations that have registered themselves with the Wi-Fi Alliance. In the original flavor, this was supposed to be an expensive branding program, initially free. Now the site's for providers section says, no, it's free, and you just have to meet these minimum requirements, which are pretty minimal. I have a partnership with and write for JiWire (see all over this page, for instance), so I whatever I say will certainly be read as colored by that relationship. So don't listen to me. Visit DailyWireless.org's rundown of hotspot directories....
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4:12:10 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
T-Mobile Europe Adjusts Pricing
T-Mobile Europe offers 15-minute increments, lower prices, but still far above U.S. counterpart: Europe continues to be the most expensive place to purchase Wi-Fi access as T-Mobile drop in prices shows: it's still pricey. T-Mobile Europe's new plan drops 15-minute chunks to €1.50 to €2.00. Day rates are €16.50 to €25.00. T-Mobile's US division charges $6 per hour, one hour minimum, and $10 per day. Users can gain access to T-Mobile's network through SMS, sending the word "open" to a special short code and receiving a username and password in response....
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4:12:07 PM
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Source: Wired.com
Aussies Pull Broadband out of Air
Denizens down under can now get a wireless service with a range much greater than Wi-Fi and speeds much faster than cellular. If the service takes off in Australia, it could spread to other parts of the world. Patrick Gray reports from Sydney.
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4:12:05 PM
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Source: Computer World
Defense Department taps IBM for RFID help
Under a three-year consulting contract, IBM will help the department develop by June 30 a strategy for using the wireless technology to improve its supply system and inventory management.
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4:12:04 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Coin Operated Wi-Fi Access Point
Coin operated Wi-Fi AP: I'm not sure what to make of this puppy, as the description of how it secures access seems trivial to override with any sniffing software. And how does it control access? By MAC address? [via TechDirt which found it at Daily Wireless]...
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4:12:03 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
San Jose Airport Trumps SFO
SFO's claim of the first northern Californian full-Wi-Fi-access airport is trumped by San Jose: San Jose's service, operated by Wayport, has been running for four years throughout all terminals. It's a much smaller airport than San Francisco International (SFO), which T-Mobile has unwired. The story notes that T-Mobile is handing out free access cards, but misses the boat by stating that T-Mobile and Wayport require these cards for access. In fact, you can sign up for both services on the spot for single-day sessions the last time I used either using a gateway page and a credit card....
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4:12:02 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Ethernet Gains Power
Power over Ethernet extends range to more devices: You stick your access points in the ceiling for best coverage and then spend a bundle putting electrical outlets up there, too. Instead, more companies and schools are turning to Power over Ethernet, which can deliver enough juice over standard Ethernet cables to run devices like Wi-Fi access points, video cameras, and intercoms. The savings cited in the article for specific projects are quite staggering. Running Ethernet cable is typically cheaper than installing full-blown alternating current. In many states, Ethernet wiring must be done by professional electricians, however, because it qualifies as low-voltage wiring and runs though the walls....
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4:12:01 PM
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Source: Userland.com
A TV That Cuts All Cords
Wireless may be the buzzword of the moment in the electronics industry, but the television has remained firmly in the connected camp. Until now, that is.
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4:11:59 PM
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Source: Userland.com
Snow and Sleet Are No Match for a Hot Spot
For those who can't bear to stray far from an Internet connection, the advent of wireless broadband technology has been a godsend. The latest gift from the ether can turn the great outdoors into a wireless hot spot.
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4:11:58 PM
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