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Archive for April, 2005

Amber Alert Adds Messaging

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 27th, 2005

The AMBER Alert Plan is a voluntary, cooperative partnership between law-enforcement agencies and local radio and television broadcasters to broadcast an emergency bulletin to the public when a child has been abducted and it is believed that the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death. All 50 [...]

Cisco + Sipura VoIP

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 26th, 2005

WiFi Planet reports that Cisco is buying a consumer Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) technology for its Linksys division. It will spend about $68 million in cash and options for Sipura Technology. Cisco entered the consumer market in 2003 when it bought Linksys for $500 million. [...]

New Media Mass

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 26th, 2005

It’s a broadband world. New technologies are quickly changing the nature of mass media. Consider these recent developments that let you search, store, create and publish multi-media content including audio and video. Free. Two pioneers behind Netscape have launched [...]

Earthlink, LiveJournal Mobilize Media

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 26th, 2005

EarthLink Wireless, a branded service operated by SK-EarthLink, and palmOne, today announced the availability of the Treo 650 smartphone, which offers a compact, full-featured mobile phone with email, an organizer, messaging, web access and digital camera. The all-in-one device, which has no WiFi [...]

Cordless Phones Get Spectrum

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 26th, 2005

The DECT Forum and the FCC have agreed on spectrum from (1920 - 1930 MHz) for all sorts of communications. DECT products, typically used in cordless phones, should be available in the US at the end of 2005. The FCC emphasized the public interest of its decision. The proven [...]

Spaceway 1 Launched

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 26th, 2005

“Was that a great launch or what?,” exclaimed Jim Maser, president and general manager of Sea Launch, to the cheering crowd of VIPs monitoring the Spaceway 1 launch from Long Beach, Calif. “We didn’t have any hitches, the countdown went very smoothly and the launch was right on the money.” [...]

WiBro Dropout

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 25th, 2005

“The Force is an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the galaxy together.”
One of Korea’s three WiBro license holders just dropped out, causing a ripple in WiMax space. Om Malik reports Hanaro Telecom, one of South Korea’s largest broadband providers, [...]

MoBuzz Phone Vblog

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 25th, 2005

MobuzzTV wants to make video blogs a commercial success. Their entertaining daily clips are accessible online and formatted for use on a mobile phone. The slick, vlog draws from a healthy pool of talent producting interviews and short clips. Their Buzz Magazine has short (2 minute) clips. [...]

Cellular E-Books

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 25th, 2005

Wireless Watch Japan has filed another of their trademark video reports from the heart of Tokyo:
Online bookstores are nothing new but KDDI has wrapped up a mobile reading solution that transforms cell phones into personal book-mobiles. Starting 21 April, EZ Book Land for au WIN EV-DO cell phones brings [...]

Buffalo Gets MIMO

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 25th, 2005

Buffalo Technology today announced their MIMO-based router and notebook card using Airgo’s MIMO chips for “true” MIMO. Buffalo Tech WZR-G108 MIMO router, AirStation MIMO Wireless Cable/DSL Router (WZR-G108), and the AirStation MIMO Wireless Notebook Adapter (WLI-CB-G108) support Buffalo’s patent-pending ease-of-use technology, the AirStation One-Touch Secure System (AOSS), which [...]