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Archive for March, 2003

UWB Consorts

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2003

The IEEE 802.15.3a task group (FAQ), is trying to prepare a draft proposal for ultrawideband (UWB) communications. Texas Instruments’ hometown of Dallas recently hosted a meeting of the project that saw 23 different proposals presented on how to standardize the operation of UWB as a short-range wireless communications network. The goal of the task group [...]

Tapping VoIP

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2003

The Smart Convergence Blog reports the Justice Department and the FBI are asking regulators for expanded technical capabilities to intercept Voice Over IP communications… and anything else that uses broadband. Jeffrey Pulver’s Free World Dialup enables members to make no-cost telephone calls between each other. But the FBI and Justice Department are worried that Voice [...]

T-Mobile Adds Video

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2003

T-Mobile USA, on Thursday announced it is now offering customers the ability to send 10-second video messages with sound, a first for the United States. The feature will be available initially through the Nokia 3650 phone (right). Customers would be able to use this feature by using the phone to record 10 seconds of action, [...]

D-Link Beams Up

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2003

D-Link, today announced its participation in the Hughes Broadband Alliance. Broadband Members like D-Link will utilize SPACEWAY to enable their video conferencing, surveillance and other broadband products to become certified to operate on Hughes’ spot-beam Ka-band satellite, with service due next year. D-Link’s DVC-1000 i2eye VideoPhone and DCS-2000 Internet Camera will beam up using broadband [...]

PhotoNotes

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2003

Wireless mobility implies small devices with small screens. How can you pack more information into less space? Greg Elin has an answer – Fotonotes. Fotonotes annotates JPEG files, embedding text inside pictures. As you roll your mouse over the image, a section is highlighted and text appears. The Shifted Librarian and Dan Gillmor give Fotonotes [...]

Handy Terrorism Guides

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 26th, 2003

Computer World notes that Palm and Pocket PC users might add “survival” to their hand-held applications. The electronic guides, Terrorism Survival Plan Database and Terrorism Response Database were developed by Stephenson Strategies and Town Compass to pick up and go. The two first modules are priced at $3.95 each or bundled for $5.95. Free revisions [...]