The $375 million Beagle 2, the first fully European mission to be sent to any planet, has been hailed as a triumph for British ingenuity and for European space exploration. Too bad it appears to be dead, dead, dead. The failure to pick up a signal from Beagle 2 after three days, has raised fears [...]
Wireless Security has a general overview of the wireless security happenings, a look back on some software tools, spotlight on interesting books, a brief rant on corporate security and a Q&A with three wireless security experts working at Funk Software, AirScanner Corporation and IBM. The Wi-Fi Alliance launched Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), protocol that was [...]
TextAmerica, the free moblogging solution, now offers the ability to post short videoclips to a moblog (via phonecams). Moblog hosting companies include: Textamerica Dot Photo Fotolog Buzznet AutoPic Blogger Pro TypePad FoneBlog Fotopages Phlog Audblog CamBlog 20six Ploggle albino gorilla Photokyo Rare Window Uboot.com AT&T Wireless Cingular Mobile Sprint PCS Verizon Picture Messaging T-Mobile Hiptop [...]
It’s been an landmark year for wireless! Wi-Fi was everywhere, 802.16a got chips, cameraphones and data services became shagadelic, city cores got unwired, “4G” networks tuned in, satellite radio turned on and (some) WiFi pioneers dropped out. Let’s review some highlights archived on DailyWireless from January 2003 to June 2003: January Blast from XM – [...]
Here’s Part 2 of our Year in Review. These highlights were pulled from the DailyWireless archives from July 2003 to December 2003: July PCTEL + Birdstep – Commercially available in Q4, the combined product offers a complete roaming solution for service providers, PC OEMs, device manufacturers and resellers. National Broadband Systems – Broadband Central and [...]
Any wireless system imported into China or manufactured in China must use the “Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure” standard. This standard is a home-grown encription algorithm that replaces the WEP procotocol, part of the 802.11b standard. The requirement goes into effect June 1, 2004. More information can be found in this EE Times article.
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