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Archive for March, 2002

Back from the Dead?

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 31st, 2002

WorldCom Plans N-LOS MMDS Trial MMDS, in the 2.500-2.685 Ghz band, provides a wireless alternative to DSL and cable modems. MMDS, at 2.5 GHz, has more bandwith (185 Ghz) than the unlicensed 802.11b band (85 Ghz) but less than the unlicensed 5 Ghz, 802.11a band, (200-300 Ghz bandwidth). WorldCom and Sprint Broadband [...]

Wireless Everywhere

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2002

Wireless to Go: Portland Community College has wireless computers available for anyone for use in the library. Starting April 1st, you can roam anywhere in the building. The library uses a scanner system to prevent thefts. Seattle’s Best Coffee at Portland State provides free 802.11b access AND will loan [...]

Easter Eggs and Geocaching

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2002

Easter Holiday Specials! If biting off the heads off candy bunnies isn’t your thing, you might try the Easter Egg Archive. David and Annette Wolf offered these top 10 software Easter eggs to PC Magazine columnist, David Coursey: 10. Windows NT Programmers in the Screen Saver [...]

Mozilla and Star Office Born Again

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2002

Free, Free, Everything Free! The much anticipated StarOffice 6.0 won’t be released until May but StarOffice 6.0 for Linux is available now for download if you’re a Mandrake Linux Club Member. It’s comprised of five distinct components: StarOffice Writer (wordprocessor); StarOffice Calc (spreadsheet); StarOffice Impress (multimedia presentation); StarOffice Draw (3D [...]

CenterScan and Sony Team Up

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2002

Big Bucks for CenterSpan Hillsboro-based CenterSpan, after buying peer-to-peer pioneer, Scour.com, has announced $5 mil in equity financing and an agreement with Sony Music Entertainment. Sony will providing music to online service providers that want to offer secure, cost-effective downloadable and streaming music to their subscriber base. This non-exclusive agreement marks the [...]

Mapping on Handhelds and Cellphones

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2002

Maps on the Move E-City Software, a mapping technology for handhelds is moving to cellphones - in “3D”. The 3D views of streets, buildings and points of interest in major metropolitan cities making map reading more intuitive. Their current list of 3D City Maps includes; Chicago, [...]

Bay Area Community LAN Meeting

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2002

B>Bay Area Wireless Users Group March Meeting BAWUG held their March 2002 meeting March 21st and featured speakers on UltraWideband and Security. Where: Santa Clara University When: 03/21/02 @ 7:30pm Who: Vincent Coli from [...]

Join the Community LAN Revolution!

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2002

Get on an old PC and install Linux. Many community lan members bought portable $100 Stylistic 1000 webtablets and use those as an AP. Install an 802.11b card in your PC like the Zcomax X-300 card. It makes adding an external antenna easy. Load the (free) Linux software [...]

Java One Showcase

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2002

Java One Showcases Content Providers The JavaOne Developer Conference showcased products from more than 70 companies and lots of wireless solutions. They included: Mobile Messaging Services: FourBit Group, RIM, & Unbound Enterprise: Xora, RIM, & SAP Gaming: Com2Us, [...]

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2002

5 Gigs gets down The Linksys new product of the week is their 5 Gig WAP 54a using the Interil Prism-3 that don’t need no IF. This could be interesting as it is one of the first products NOT to use an Atheros chipset for 802.11a Tim [...]