Several WiFi products obtained official WPA2 certification by the WiFi Alliance today. WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2), is based upon the 802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard, which was ratified on July 29, 2004. The primary difference between WPA and WPA2 is that WPA2 uses a more advanced encryption technique called AES (Advanced Encryption [...]
For about $10 million, the city of Philadelphia believes they can turn all 135 square miles of the city into a giant hot spot (recent articles). The ambitious plan, now in the works, would involve placing hundreds, or maybe thousands of hotspots around the city — probably atop lampposts. Each would be capable [...]
Ericsson is changing its involvement in the bluetooth industry it almost single-handedly created. According to this Comms Design story , Ericsson is letting go of its technology licencing group.
The potential of bluetooth was revolutionary when it was first revealed. It was going to be [...]
SoCalFreeNet, a 250-member San Diego wireless users group providing free internet access, is using Sputnik software and hardware to power a growing network of access nodes in and around San Diego. “We intend to expand free wireless access across San Diego,” said SoCalFreeNet president Lee Barken, who, in [...]
WiFiNetNews reports that Amsterdam is planning a WiFi city cloud. HotSpot Amsterdam, will surpass other Amsterdam WiFi nodes, with some 125 base stations planned to cover all of Amsterdam:
WiFiNetNews says;
The company is mainly [...]
Telephony Magazine says Charter Communications has announced deals with Sprint and Level 3 to provide long-distance and local VoIP service, as well as a provisioning contract with Accenture, giving it the last key components necessary for a nationwide deployment of IP telephony. Charter, which counts Microsoft founder Paul Allen [...]
The Feature has the buzz on cell-phone film festivals:
Atlanta-based Zoie Films has partnered with Tin Can Mobile and Nokia to present a selection of one to five minute works in a new “Cellular Cinema Festival.” Interestingly, they’re not encouraging filmmakers to develop new works for [...]
XM Satellite Radio, until recently, had an accessory that plugs into a USB port on your PC. The XM PCR ($50), let you tune into XM’s 120 digital audio satellite channels, using your PC. But it didn’t let you record individual songs. Then a $29 program, TimeTrax became available from [...]
Tom’s Networking reports that D-Link today announced a business-class 802.11g AP with 802.3af Power over Ethernet support. The DWL-2200AP AirPremier Access Point security features include 802.1x user-based authentication and supports WPA, WPA2 (802.11i), AES encryption, MAC Address Filtering, Wireless LAN segmentation and SSID Broadcast disable. It features speeds [...]
Opera Software, the popular browser used in PCs and in Symbian operating system cell phones like the Nokia Series 60, is now coming out with a version that runs on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform. It’s currently in beta. Opera Software said its Opera smartphone browser [...]
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