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Archive for May, 2003

Linksys 54G Bridge

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 27th, 2003

Linksys, today announced its Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge (WET54G), the industry’s first wireless Ethernet Bridge supporting the draft IEEE 802.11g standard. The 54Mbps device is fully compatible with 802.11b, includes support for Power over Ethernet and is driver-free, allowing it to work on any platform including video games or digital [...]

Memorial Day

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 26th, 2003

Bill Moyers on Candor in Journalism:
I confess to thinking of journalism as the social equivalent to a medical diagnosis. My doctor owes me candor; I pay him for it. Candor could save my life. I like to think journalists are paid [...]

Ethernet Coming Home

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 26th, 2003

According to Light Reading, Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) could be ready to roll this summer, if participants in the IEEE 802.3ah task force vote on a proposed standard this July. Even though formal ratification would be at least six months away, the standard would be solid [...]

Rural Broadband Loans

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 26th, 2003

The first broadband community grants to be awarded by United States Department of Agriculture will start to kick in this summer. They include both grants and loans. Grants totaling $20 million with over $8.2 million benefiting 13 Native American and Native Alaskan communities have already been awarded in 17 states. [...]

Poyter’s Journalism Tips

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 25th, 2003

The BBC documentary, Saving Private Jessica: Fact or Fiction? claims the “daring rescue” of a young US soldier in Iraq was phony. Reportedly, the U.S. government created, managed and staged the event complete with “blanks” for the Army Rangers. Corporate media bought it, packaged it and sold it. The New [...]

Wireless LAN Event

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 25th, 2003

The Wireless LAN Event for WISPs, operators and venue owners, 22 and 23 May 2003, in London, is Europe’s only dedicated W-LAN event. The conference agenda includes; new business models, operator case studies, what enterprise CIOs want from operators, Location, location, location, the future of Wi-Fi [...]

TinyWin 98 Development

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 24th, 2003

Now we are offering the development suite to our global partners and customers to allow them enjoy the easiness of this task with great flexibility and faster time to market.
TinyWin is a patented technology to greatly reduce footprint of commercial operating systems as well as target [...]

Wi-fi: future of mobile phone?

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 24th, 2003

Report from WLAN Event in London - BT and others predict that Wi-fi will be the future for mobile/cell phones in the near future.

RF business plan

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 24th, 2003

Many people throw up a wireless access point and hope it reaches the customers they want. While this will work for a small coffee shop or restaurant, it is not the best plan of action for anyone considering offering services to multiple customers over a larger area. This type of service [...]

Plotting Vivato’s Impact

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 24th, 2003

Skip Crilly, the brains behind Vivato’s “smart antenna”, was honored with an Infoworld Innovator award recently. “I had the idea to use advanced technologies and the FCC regulations that allow individual packets to be transmitted to individual clients at a higher power level than allowed by [...]