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Comment Where is all this (free) wi-fi? Edited in my home office and dispatched from an open wi-fi node I found in Woodbridge whilst having coffee Every time I write anything... [10 Jan 2007]
Wi-Fi roaming comes to GSM
News Wi-Fi hot spots are springing up around the country but to date have been awkward to use because the hot spots are mostly independent and operate separately from wireless mobile networks. Mobile phone... [04 Feb 2003]
Wi-Fi: 'It will be safe within 12 months'
News Wi-Fi product makers are lining up to lend support to a new security standard, as they try to allay concerns about transmitting data over wireless networks. Earlier this week, an industry group called... [02 May 2003]
Photos: Wi-fi flying high with Virgin America
Photo Set to launch its in-flight wi-fi service this week, Virgin America offered a demonstration flight on Saturday.silicon.com sister site CNETNews.com went along for the ride. Here's the Airbus A320 - the... [24 Nov 2008]
Wi-Fi location system is better than GPS, says start-up
News A Boston, Massachusetts-based start-up says it has developed software that uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint locations better than satellite-based global positioning systems can. On Monday Skyhook Wireless... [21 Jun 2005]
Finding the Best Fit - Wi-Fi Versus WiMAX
White Paper Wi-Fi and WiMAX are two different technologies that often compete in fixed and nomadic deployments. Wavion spatially adaptive, beamforming Wi-Fi technology is... [22 Apr 2009]
Workers, wi-fi and coffee shops: The perfect blend
News A quarter of workers now take advantage of wi-fi hotspots, working remotely from a coffee shop at least one day per week to escape the interruptions of the office. The ICM survey was commissioned by BT... [07 Apr 2008]
Wi-Fi tempts rail passengers into first class upgrade
News Icomera, the company supplying the Wi-Fi service to GNER said use of the service is growing at 77 per cent week on week. But the evidence from customer feedback is that train... [21 Sep 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Wi-Fi on the fly
Comment With Wi-Fi now being built into almost all new laptops and some PDAs, perhaps I shouldn’t be amazed that there is an increasing amount of radiation in the 2.5GHz (802.11)... [19 Jun 2003]
Cometa - Wi-Fi gold at the end of the rainbow?
Comment The idea of massive, wholesale Wi-Fi networks is gaining popularity, as witnessed by the birth of The Cloud in the UK this year. When an executive from the ubiquitous coffee chain Starbucks admitted at a... [18 Jun 2003]
Wi-Fi special report commentary and analysis - all in one place...
Comment With interest in wireless LANs and in particular the Wi-Fi standard seemingly peaking, this page pulls together all our analysis, commentary and opinion. Wi-Fi: 'not all... [13 Jun 2003]
Wi-fi signals hate it when we...
News Hanging Christmas decorations in the office has become a thorny enough issue in these PC times but now companies are being warned festive trinkets can interfere with office wi-fi coverage. Though rarely... [06 Dec 2006]
Wi-fi aboard all TGV Est trains by 2010
News French train operator SNCF is to roll out onboard wi-fi across its entire TGV Est fleet by the end of 2010, following a successful trial of the technology. SNCF said a paid-for... [20 Nov 2008]
Wi-Fi 'hotspots' for web access and crime?
News While Wi-Fi access is becoming almost ubiquitous it seems there are still doubts in users' minds about where they would feel safe getting out their laptop. One US reader, commenting on McDonald's... [15 Sep 2004]
Wi-Fi: 'not all that'
Comment Although Wi-Fi is one of the hottest issues in the IT sector at present, there are worrying signs that both rollout and take-up of the technology are undershooting industry targets. The Wireless LAN... [28 May 2003]
