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RSS ad hoc in newsGreek island gets wireless mesh network
News Mesh networking is an integral part of Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project, with each $100 laptop acting as a wireless node to form a mobile ad hoc network (or Manet). Tourists and locals on the Greek Island of Patmos will soon be able to... [24 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News He said: "There is generally less technology in prisons than one would expect to see and what there is, is uncoordinated and somewhat ad-hoc. Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted... [08 Jul 2008]
Game over for Mobile Linux standards forum
News LiPS and LiMo] were initially complementary [but the focus is now on an] ad-hoc standard. The attempted standardisation of mobile Linux has been put on hold indefinitely, after the Linux Phone Standards Forum announced it was to merge with the... [27 Jun 2008]
OOXML standard: ISO calls for end to 'personal attacks'
News The most significant was the establishment of an ad hoc working group to "maintain" the standard. Another ad hoc group will also become operational in three months' time, collecting reports of "possible editorial or technical defects" in OOXML from... [15 Apr 2008]
Social networking driving server sales
News But the marrying of virtual and physical tools is causing "real havoc" in data centres with ad hoc, internally developed management tools not doing the job effectively, according to Green. Social networking is pushing up server sales despite the... [04 Oct 2007]
How shiny is the iPhone's halo?
News He said Apple may prefer to go to individual operators in different countries on an ad hoc basis. With continuing speculation around which UK operator will secure the iPhone, analysts are split over what the benefits of winning the deal are. [05 Jul 2007]
IM security unheard of among businesses
News Gartner says IM is increasingly being used in place of ad hoc phone calls and emails but also as part of pre-planned meetings and video conferences. Businesses need to address security issues related to instant messaging (IM) - a technology... [25 Jun 2007]
Mid-sized companies lack IT plans
News Technology is not being used as a strategic tool by medium-sized companies but is merely providing ad hoc support, according to research by Partners in IT. More than half of UK medium-sized businesses believe IT fails to provide value for money. [07 Jun 2007]
Microsoft, Novell talk up technicalities
News He added: "You don't want ad hoc testing. Microsoft and Novell have fleshed out the technical aspects of their corporate partnership, saying they are committed to optimising their respective products in the years to come. [13 Feb 2007]
Vodafone lifts lid on new products, SFR, Verizon
News John Delaney, analyst at Ovum, described the strategy as "interesting and pretty credible", adding: "The emerging markets are an area where Vodafone has been a little ad hoc - there's been an odd acquisition here and there but no clear direction. [30 May 2006]
Bluetooth to be boosted by marriage to UWB
News The Bluetooth SIG said it is critical that UWB technology is compatible with Bluetooth radios and maintain the core characteristics of Bluetooth wireless technology - low power, low cost, ad-hoc networking and integration into mobile devices. [31 Mar 2006]
IBM chief gets glimpse of what's to come
News IBM and others will have to come up with tools to make writing programs easier but also tools to ensure that these ad hoc applications can play well in existing corporate environments. IBM Research recently provided its Global Technology Outlook... [29 Mar 2006]
Red Hat: '$100 laptop will drive desktop Linux'
News The backers of the OLPC project envisage each machine will have wireless broadband, enabling them to work as a mesh network - each laptop will be able to "talk" to its nearest neighbours, creating an ad hoc, local area network. [31 Jan 2006]
RFID-tagged driverless cars on roads by 2056
News That could spell the end of motorways jammed with heavy goods lorries, with ad-hoc wireless networks using adaptive networking technologies to co-ordinate "flocks of unmanned aerial vehicles for goods transport", according to the Foresight... [26 Jan 2006]
Hackers find security hole in wireless Windows
News If the computer can't set up a wireless connection, it will establish an ad hoc connection to a local address. A Windows feature that automatically searches for wi-fi connections can be exploited by hackers, a security researcher has warned. [17 Jan 2006]
