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Archive for January, 2005

WiMax Backlash

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 28th, 2005

“The WiMAX standards are not even close to being finalized, there is no silicon and the infighting between various backers of the technology continue, yet in-Stat believes this could be a market worth billions by 2008“, complains Om Malik. But it’s not true. 802.16-2004 was published by the IEEE in [...]

Network in a Box

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 28th, 2005

Engadget has the scoop on Axentra s Net-Box which is Windows, Mac and Linux compatible Internet gateway, firewall, 802.11g access point, and web/email/file server. It comes in two variations: 80GB for $499 and 160GB for $699, and it s USB 2.0 compatible, so [...]

CapWIN Becomes Self-Aware

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2005

John Connor: The future has not been written. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
Washington DC s Capital Wireless Integrated Network (CapWIN), for first responders, under development since 2002, now has 425 active users at 23 federal, state and local agencies, deputy director Fred [...]

PSP Wireless Downloads

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2005

Sony may challenge Apple’s lead in the digital music download market with a music service specifically for the Playstation Portable, which is expected to arrive in Europe and the US in March, reports The Register. Downloading game levels and software updates is expected for the Playstation Portable (PSP). [...]

The Switch Chip

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2005

Auric Goldfinger: Man has climbed Mount Everest, gone to the bottom of the ocean. He’s fired rockets at the Moon, split the atom, achieved miracles in every field of human endeavor… except crime!
A new chip from Broadcom (the StrataXGS III ), could cause a major [...]

Linksys A/G Game Bridge

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2005

Linksys today announced a dual-band wireless adapter for connecting game consoles to wireless networks. The WGA54AG Wireless A/G Game Adapter supports connection to 802.11a, b and g wireless LANs for devices with Ethernet ports. Linksys said the product will work with PlayStation2, Xbox, and [...]

Intel Invests in AirMagnet

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2005

Intel has invested in AirMagnet, a leader in wireless LAN (WLAN) security. The investment, from the Intel Communications Fund, will be used to help expand the company’s solutions to manage wireless in the mobile enterprise.

AirMagnet will implement its Enterprise SmartSensor software [...]

AT&T + SBC?

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2005

The BBC reports shares in US phone firm AT&T have leapt amid reports of a possible takeover by SBC Communications. The $15B deal would create the largest phone company in the U.S. and see AT&T - once a US telecoms monopoly - disappear into a firm spun off from it by antitrust officials [...]

A-9’s Amazing Yellow Pages

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2005

John Battelle, in Business 2.0 has the inside story on A-9’s amazing new Yellow Pages. What’s amazing about it? A photograph from the street is available in major U.S. metropolitan areas. You can “walk” along a continuous strip of images showing storefronts along the street.
Now, I’ve been [...]

Cellular Auction Starts Today

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2005

Almost $1 billion in bids were made on Wednesday on the opening day of an FCC auction of cellular spectrum (Fact Sheet), previously owned by bankrupt Nextwave. After four rounds of bidding, $974 million had been bid for airwaves in the 1.9 Ghz range. Four out of 35 bidders [...]