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Archive for January, 2003

Bridging the Divide

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 24th, 2003

The Digital Divide Network compiles news of projects that bring internet connectivity to areas that need it. Some interesting digital divide projects include: Intel is helping the people of Zamora, Spain get Wi-Fi, providing services and selling wireless equipment to enable the whole city of 68,000 to enjoy wireless broadband [...]

Intel’s Software Radio Plans

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 23rd, 2003

Darrin Eden passes on this hot tip about Intel’s plans for Software Defined Radio. “Imagine the efficiency when the higher protocols are dynamically developed. I suggest you download, compile and test gnu.org/software/gnuradio to understand the potential of free software radio”.
Intel [...]

Wi-Fi-localized Instant Messaging

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 22nd, 2003

Wireless guru Nigel Ballard (joejava.com) offers this hot tip for instant messaging:
“I’ve been testing this proximity-like Instant Messaging program that is 100% designed for Wi-Fi networks. The public code is up there now at trepia.com. I think it is alpha as opposed to release code. Whilst it is flaky [...]

LinuxWorld

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 22nd, 2003

LinuxWorld runs Wednesday through Friday in New York this week. Companies like Red Hat will share the stage with Hewlett-Packard, IBM and other corporate giants. Meta Group believes Linux will run on 45 percent of servers by 2006 or 2007 with Linux server shipments expected to double to [...]

Microsoft Buys Into Conferencing

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 22nd, 2003

Microsoft hopes to broaden adoption of Web-based conferencing by buying PlaceWare which allows employees to work together in real time, regardless of their location, said Ken Myer, director of global business management for the information worker group at Microsoft. Neither Microsoft nor PlaceWare offered specifics on what types of applications [...]

Roto-Rooter Taps Wireless

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 21st, 2003

Roto-Rooter is tapping wireless, equipping more than 1500 field technicians with Nextel Java Phones. Mobile workforce management software, etrace, from Gearworks, incorporates GPS functionality in the phone to provide the user’s location information, as well as support for Java applications. Roto-Rooter is the first enterprise customer to deploy a commercial [...]

Wireless Yellow Cab

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 21st, 2003

The Dailywireless tower has a department dedicated to “We Wish We’d Thought Of That” ideas. DSL Reports takes the prize this week with a story on Wireless Yellow Cabs. Apparently, taxi cabs in New York City are getting wireless broadband. Seven companies are competing to offer interactive video and tourist info in the [...]

Aruba’s Wi-Fi Switch

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 21st, 2003

Aruba’s new Wi-Fi switching system, announced today, is the first to combine wireless network access with “air monitoring” and Gigabit Ethernet switching. Aruba’s WLAN switching system provides a centralized control point for “thousands of wireless users”. Wi-Fi Switches” might be described as enterprise boxes that take bandwidth assignment, access [...]

J2ME Instant Messaging

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 20th, 2003

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) delivers open standards for the mobile industry, helping to create interoperable services which work across countries, operators and mobile terminals. One OSM compliant product is the magic4 Java Instant Messaging Client which has successfully passed interoperability testing for the Open Mobile Alliance V1.1 specification. [...]

Wi-Fi Switches

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 20th, 2003

Wireless LAN “switch” architecture is being promoted by several new startups including Aruba, AirFlow Networks, Trapeze Network as well as Symbol’s Mobius and Vivato’s Wi-Fi switch. Unstrung defines “Wireless LAN switches”, as a new class of device that sits in the wiring closet, between the [...]