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Archive for April, 2005

DailyWireless Up and Down

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 29th, 2005

DailyWireless has been up and down the last two days. We apologize for the inconvenience. A re-occuring SQL problem is causing errors but the exact nature of the problem is still under investigation. Thanks for your patience. – Sam Churchill and Don Park DailyWireless Co-Founders

Microsoft Joins UWB Battle

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 29th, 2005

The WiMedia Alliance, which recently merged with the MultiBand OFDM Alliance (MBOA), today announced that Microsoft has joined the organization as a promoter member of the ultra wideband (UWB) technology. Microsoft is the first software company to participate at this level. WiMedia-MBOA’s 14 promoter members, along with those from the many contributor and adopter companies, [...]

Verizon Kills Free NYC WiFi

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 29th, 2005

Verizon Communications is pulling the plug on WiFi phone booths in New York City. The WiFi Phone Booths were available free for Verizon’s DSL subscribers. Hundreds of short-range Wi-Fi transmitters were installed in public pay phone booths starting in May 2003 but the free service will be phased out over the next two months. Verizon [...]

InterOp 2005

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 29th, 2005

The NetWorld+Interop show, in Las Vegas this week, featured Special programs, keynotes, and more than 250 new products. Frank Hanzlik, Managing Director of the Wi-Fi Alliance, will guide a discussion of wireless LAN technology trends by industry leaders at NetWorld+Interop 2005. The Interop Online Show Daily is the official media outlet, providing live onsite coverage [...]

DTV Deadline

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 28th, 2005

A group of U.S. high-tech heavyweights on Wednesday urged Congress to set a firm date for the transition to digital signals for television broadcasts, saying it’s critical for innovation and jobs, reports the AP. The High Tech DTV Coalition, launched Wednesday, includes Dell Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., International Business Machines Corp., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp. [...]

RSS Feeds: Tiger by the Tail?

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 28th, 2005

DailyWireless was temporarily down this morning. Sorry for the inconvenience. On the subject of server/weblog reliability, Om Malik has some interesting observations about RSS feeds on Apple’s new OS-X (Tiger), due tomorrow. In less than 48 hours many of us will be installing Tiger OS-X and with it a brand new Safari browser that can [...]