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RSS routers in news3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth
News Laptops and PC datacards are the next largest product segment (103 apiece), followed by wireless routers and USB modems (60 apiece), the GSA survey found. There are now 637 high speed downlink packet access products on the market, with almost half... [07 Apr 2008]
Mile-high wi-fi takes off on US airlines
News Both of these companies use Wi-Fi routers inside planes to provide broadband access to passengers. In-flight broadband is coming soon for travellers on some American Airlines and Virgin America flights. [13 Mar 2008]
Vodafone explores femtocell potential?
News The technology can be delivered to customers in standalone units, although the more cost-effective method is likely to be through integration with wireless routers and set-top boxes. Vodafone is testing femtocell technology, which involves mini... [28 Jan 2008]
Banking hack attacks routers, warns Symantec
News Security company Symantec has warned of an attack involving the subversion of routers. The attack is made possible by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in 2Wire routers that was reported in August last year, according to Symantec. [25 Jan 2008]
Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers
News One reader said: "I'm sorry, but if they're stupid enough to provide the great British public with automatically unsecured routers as part of their 'service', then it's only to be expected that anyone with an iota of initiative will think about... [19 Nov 2007]
Free wi-fi to blanket San Fran?
News The company, which sells indoor and outdoor wi-fi routers, will expand its free wi-fi router giveaway in San Francisco starting from today in an effort to create a free community-based citywide wi-fi network throughout the entire city. [15 Aug 2007]
Cisco plugs DoS hole
News The security flaws could allow attackers to send a few small packets through the routers to shut down the network in a DoS attack, said Johannes Ullrich, chief research officer for the Sans Institute, which issued a security notice. [25 May 2007]
Cisco to shell out $3.2bn for WebEx
News Cisco still generates the bulk of its revenue from sales and servicing of routers and switches that shuttle IP packets across corporate networks and the web. Cisco Systems is planning to spend $3.2bn to buy online conferencing company WebEx. [16 Mar 2007]
Cisco's comms suite goes mobile
News Cisco still generates the bulk of its revenue from routers and switches that shuttle IP packets across corporate networks and the internet. Cisco has said its latest upgrade to its Unified Communications software will enable users to access its... [06 Mar 2007]
Cisco warns over IP phone flaws
News Cisco suggests on its website that network administrators apply access control lists on routers, switches and firewalls that filter traffic to vulnerable conference stations and IP phones so that traffic is only allowed from stations that need to... [21 Feb 2007]
Gates: Security challenges to grow despite Vista
News But solutions to the challenges are beginning to emerge, both on the side of internet infrastructure - in servers, routers and switches, for instance - and in individual devices. Only last week, Microsoft released Windows Vista and Office 2007... [07 Feb 2007]
BT looking to beef up its "wi-fi footprint"
News Now, according to a Reuters article, the company is conducting secret negotiations with FON, a "community" whose users make their home wi-fi routers available for public use, thus creating a network of hotspots to which external users can log on... [06 Feb 2007]
Wireless Westminster revs up
News According to Vertex's transition director, Robert Blackwell, the system will be a mesh network based on a core fibre backbone, and Cisco's mobile access routers - mostly fixed on to lampposts and other street furniture. [29 Nov 2006]
T-Mobile cooks up wi-fi blend on the fly
News The routers are free with a mail-in rebate. T-Mobile USA has begun offering a service that allows people to use their mobile phones to talk over T-Mobile's cellular network as well as wi-fi networks. The new service, called T-Mobile HotSpot @Home... [25 Oct 2006]
We love WLAN, say consumers
News Around 6.6 million wireless routers or gateways were sold to the consumer market. Business interest in wireless LAN equipment continues to grow, although corporate investments in the technology still lag far behind consumer spending. [16 Oct 2006]
