Kevin Werback’s Supernova 2004 conference brings together some 200 influential executives, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, and other thought leaders to explore the implications of pervasive connectivity and decentralization. SuperNova’s Community Tools include a Conference Weblog, Group Metablog and Moblog. [...]
Mike Wendland of the Detroit Free Press (and his own eJournal) has seen the future; it’s a 2004 Lincoln Aviator SUV with Wi-Fi. The concept probably won’t show until the 2006 model year, but third-party solutions are already available.
I tested it out at a Starbucks [...]
CNET reports that presidential candidate John Kerry promised investments in research and broadband, plus tax breaks for start-ups and other small businesses, at a rally in Silicon Valley. Details of Kerry’s technology platform have been long awaited by the Silicon Valley community. [...]
The Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has issued an RFP (pdf) for the implementation of a public access Wi-Fi network in downtown Los Angeles, reports MuniWireless. Responses are due on July 12, 2004. In addition to getting the network up and running, they want to put together a [...]
Unstrung reports that Hotspot aggegator Boingo Wireless, which just announced a PocketPC WiFi client, is betting that wireless LAN will become a hot item for cellphones within the next couple of years. They want to enable seamless roaming between 802.11 and 3G networks. Meeting with Unstrung at the [...]
The fourth World Wide War Drive has ended, and the resulting statistics include:
Unique networks: 288,012
Networks with WEP: 91,050 (31.6%)
Networks without WEP: 146,688 (50.9%)
Networks WEP unknown: 50,274 (17.4%)
Networks with default SSID: 82,755 (28.7%)
Their website will be posting the “official” results the next couple of days.
This year’s WWWD was [...]
e-Week, C/Net, Broadband Reports, WiFiNetNews, Infoworld, NWFusion and ZD Net report members of the IEEE standards board today approved the 802.11i security standard. The new 802.11i standard, or WPA 2, supports the 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard, 802.1x authentication and [...]
FCC Chairman Michael Powell plans to offer to Nextel the airwaves it wants, in order to end interference with public safety communications, reports Reuters. Nextel earlier offered to pay $850 million to cover the costs of reorganizing the public safety groups and another $512 million to move some users in [...]
Steve Stroh gave DailyWireless a tip on PCTEL’s SoftAP. It’s ready. You can now purchase the SoftAP product for $19.95 (USD) at websales.pctel.com. The PCTEL SoftAP software launches a wireless LAN from your PC. No access point or external router is necessary - just an [...]
Intel followed up their introduction of new desktop Pentiums yesterday with two new mobile Pentiums today. Intel’s new Pentium M processors 715 and 725, expand its Centrino(TM) mobile technology at lower price points. The new chips round out the Intel Pentium M processor line, [...]
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