Spaceway, the Internet-via-satellite venture, will not provide 2-way internet access for DirecTV, says the Wall Street Journal. Interest in DirecTV’s 2-way broadband service, using the Hughes Spaceway platform, is now focused mostly on delivering HDTV. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that DirecTV would drop Spaceway, prompting one analyst — Vintage Research’s William Kidd — [...]
Food Lion LLC will open five pilot stores to test a new store concept, format and brand name. It will use wireless webtablets and scanners on grocery cards. At Bloom, Symbol handheld computers with integrated bar code scanners reside in a central kiosk at the entrance to each store. Shoppers then move through the store, [...]
Bob Cringely writes about the the Linksys WRT54G this week. He talks about Sveasoft, and its head techie, James Ewing. Through the Seattle Wireless Wiki, he discovered the adaptable WRT54G, and has devoted much of his time since to improving the little box’s firmware. Tim Higgins reviews the WRT-54GS, the latest version, using Broadcom’s “Afterburner” [...]
Wireless Houston County Committee announced this week that they have successfully completed testing for their wireless broadband implementation. Siemens Business Services, Intel and Alvarion, leaders in the wireless broadband value chain, are collaborating with Houston County business, education and political leaders on this community-based initiative. “Wireless broadband will deliver immediate benefits to our businesses, schools, [...]
Students and non-students at UCLA have been trying out SmallPlanet’s CrowdSurfer technology on the UCLA campus. Running on Nokia 6600 and 6230 phones, the application uses Bluetooth radio signals to find other users up to 100 feet away while relationship information is made available via GPRS connections to the SmallPlanet.net web site. “This is true [...]
The Department of Homeland Security‘s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released a report, “Responding to Incidents of National Consequence“. The report includes a prioritized checklist of recommended actions for emergency response agencies and other support information. It provides guidance to fire departments and emergency services across America to prepare for, respond to, and recover [...]
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