Want a wireless Pocket PC for under $200? PDA Alive says Meritline Wireless is now offering a Compact Flash WiFi Adapter for $31. The Meritline MWL-672 can be used with Pocket PC with CF type I or type II slot. It has one LED that indicates RF link activity and ceramic antenna (2db gain). Typical [...]
PCTEL, which makes client software for Wi-Fi roaming, today announced that its Segue Roaming Client software was adopted by NTT DoCoMo for Wi-Fi access service, named Mzone, in Japan. PCTEL will add several features to Mzone to enhance its usability including full Kanji capabilities, a Wi-Fi service area database and the capability of automatically switching [...]
Tim Higgins reports that Nortel Networks will trial a new public WLAN architecture with MIT and British Telecommunications (BT). The new public wireless LAN architecture is designed to go beyond traditional ‘hot spots’ to provide broader, more convenient service coverage for enterprises and individual users. Higgins reports the concept behind the new architecture originated from [...]
Colubris Networks is teaming with RSA Security to create a robust WiFi security solution for enterprises. Colubris Access Points, including the CN1050 and CN1054, are the first APs to be awarded Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 certification. They feature embedded VPN data encryption technology using RSA SecurID two-factor authentication software and RSA Keon digital [...]
San Diego’s Wildfires may be drafting their High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN). It supported firefighters in San Diego County earlier this year with an innovative WiFi network. San Diego’s $4 million Homeland Security prototype – WIISARD might be (literally) tested under fire. The California Department of Forestry deployed more than 1,700 firefighters, [...]
Homeland Security today displayed the first components of the entry-exit system, called U.S. Visit. It will be online at 115 airports and 14 seaports on January 5th and running at the 50 busiest border crossings by next fall. By 2005, it must be operating at every port of entry—air, sea and land. DHS hopes to [...]
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