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Archive for March, 2005

Indian Ocean Earthquake

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2005

Smart Mobs reports another disaster has struck the Indian Ocean area, with an earthquake hitting Sumatra and registering 8.7.
Fears of another tsunami spread as far as Kenya.
Collaborative, peer journalism responded with the hour, often drawing on lessons learned from the last [...]

Wireless Tablet Delivers

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2005

Inspectors in Broward County, Florida recently put a suite of automated government software tools by INKforce to the test. Using Tablet PCs with web-based applications for code enforcement, the city and county officers can schedule, track and monitor inspections using a wireless connection. [...]

Hotspot Access for PlaystationPortable

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2005

Wireless Watch Japan reports that KT Corp., South Korea’s biggest fixed-line telephone and Internet operator, announced Monday an alliance with Sony to equip the popular Playstation Portable with Wi-Fi Internet access.
Sony Computer Entertainment Korea has announced that it is partnering with KT, Korea s largest telecom provider, [...]

Mesh Study

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2005

A new report from Unstrung Insider suggests that mesh routing will transform the way network operators think about how to rapidly deploy low-cost wireless broadband services. The report, entitled Wireless Mesh: New Wave Broadband, says today’s mesh networking systems are taking on traditional macro-cell and bridging technology. Most “wireless mesh [...]

VeriLAN’s Portland City Cloud

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2005

Portland is planning to issue an RFP for a municipal “city cloud” but VeriLAN, a wireless ISP and contractor, based in Portland, Oregon, isn’t waiting. They’ve already built one. Now they’re putting a Vivato panel on a television tower. Steven Schroedl, President and founder [...]

UAVs Expand Role

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 25th, 2005

“The system went online on August 4th 1997. Human decisions were removed from strategic defence. Skynet began to learn at a geometric rate. It became self aware on August 29th 1997 2:14am Eastern Time. - Terminator (theme)
Defense Tech reports the U.S. Air Force is looking to expand [...]

Clearwire Blocking VoIP?

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 25th, 2005

Will Craig McCaw’s Clearwire block outside VoIP providers from its WiMax network? That’s the story reported by CRN:

Clearwire says it reserves the right to prohibit the use of a wide range of bandwidth-hungry applications, a list that apparently includes VoIP as well as the uploading [...]

Video Tour of KDDI Studio

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 25th, 2005

One of DailyWireless’ favorite haunts is Wireless Watch Japan, reporting from the heart of Japan’s mobile revolution. The top rated website features the latest news, articles and Video Programs. It’s always interesting, beautifully shot and well edited. A model of professionalism. [...]

Big Media Mobilizes

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 25th, 2005

Clear Channel plans to take first steps toward extending its radio brands through podcasting, as part of a new Internet strategy set to unfold over the next several months at radio s largest operator. Clear Channel plans to make five-minute, ad-supported segments available for download from station sites. The [...]

The Future of Train Travel

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 25th, 2005

Casey Halverson, Peter Yorke and Michael Pierce started taking the Tacoma Sounder train together recently. The trains have no internet access, so Casey Halverson decided to share his SprintPCS 1xRTT card between the three of them using WiFi. The TacomaSounderNode was born.
Then, just [...]