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RSS wi-fi mobileGreek island gets wireless mesh network
News Tourists and locals on the Greek Island of Patmos will soon be able to enjoy island-wide wi-fi web access courtesy of $100 laptop founder Nicholas Negroponte's passion for the web. It utilises Nortel mesh technology, with an initial infrastructure... [24 Jul 2008]
Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup
News A monthly wi-fi allowance of 500 minutes and a 5GB fair use data policy applies to the business packages. In a fight between an iPhone smart phone and an Eee PC netbook, which chunk of mobile hardware would win? [23 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Durie said: "There are alternatives - people can always use wi-fi," adding that "[pricing] regulation takes away operators' ability to innovate". Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the... [22 Jul 2008]
Home servers latest trend to sweep market?
News Photos: Wi-fi in the great outdoors And that's not even including the proliferation of iPods, mobile phones and other portable devices that need access as well. That opens the door to a new market, one that for now remains a niche afterthought to... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News W is for Wi-fi Some users have also complained about the necessity of carrying the device with them, leading one user to hack PINsentry to send new access codes to his mobile phone via SMS. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News W is for Wi-fi Gartner said the increase in use of cloud-based office software, such as Google Apps or salesforce.com, means online security services will be necessary to protect mobile IT users accessing business data and services outside the... [17 Jul 2008]
PCs and mobiles combine at LG
News LG intends to increase its focus on smart phones, ultra-mobile PCs and "network infotainment", the statement said, adding: "These have emerged as important sectors to keep pace with in this era of mobile internet, in which users have come to rely... [16 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Out of range?
Comment Unfortunately, the location was at a marina some 500 metres from the nearest wi-fi hotspot and no 3G signal was visible. In my lab I looked out a couple of old wireless routers and a wi-fi extender plus a wi-fi dongle. [15 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone - the business perspective
News Analyst Gartner has described the device as having only a 'basic level of enterprise security' - and specific concerns have been raised about the threat posed by wi-fi hackers. Enterprise infrastructure vendor, Sybase, claims to have seen an... [10 Jul 2008]
An Experimental Study of Localization Using Wireless Ethernet
White Paper This paper studies the use of wireless Ethernet (Wi-Fi) as a localization sensor for mobile robots. Wi-Fi-based localization relies on the existence of one or more Wi-Fi devices in the environment to act as beacons, and uses signal strength... [10 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Quality by design
Comment Written on the flight back to London and dispatched via a free wi-fi service in the lounge at Heathrow later the same day. Everything from hospital and office cleanliness to vehicle reliability, from IT services to mobile devices, is harmed by such... [09 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News W is for Wi-fi Body scanning chairs and mobile phone blocking technology will be rolled out to UK prisons to stamp out drug abuse in jails. Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout... [08 Jul 2008]
Photos: Wi-fi in the great outdoors
Photo After squinting and peering hopelessly through years of screen grime, and finally resorting to moving desks to gain shade from a nearby tree, I'm eventually up and running, and connected to the wi-fi. [08 Jul 2008]
Intel's Atom cracks into PC World
News It has a gigabyte of RAM, a built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam and Bluetooth and wi-fi connectivity. PC World's trading director, Jeremy Fennell, said: "Netbooks are heralding a new era of mobile computing. [08 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone to storm enterprise world, says O2
News The iPhone 2.0 comes with a software update that not only includes enterprise-friendly licensing of Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol - for push email, calendar and contacts - but also supports Cisco IPSec VPN for secure transmission of data, and... [04 Jul 2008]
