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Archive for June, 2005

Orwellian Human Tracking

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 28th, 2005

 
Directions Magazine offers this opinion piece from Jerry Dobson
Martha Stewart wears an ankle bracelet. Sprint announces a new “Business Mobility Framework” for employers to track employees. School officials in Sutter, California, order students to hang RFID tags around their necks; parents object and the principal backs down.
Already, school children in Osaka, Japan, are [...]

Wimbledon Unwired

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 28th, 2005

Wimbledon, amid grass courts, classic white and strawberries, is also a showcase for high tech gadgetry. This year is no exception.
The ’shot tracker’ is the latest wrinkle. It’s used by broadcasters to replay critical umpire calls and is available to all visitors at the Wimbledon Web site. It creates [...]

TiVo Your Radio

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 28th, 2005

 
Forbes looks at computer programs that allow you to record radio programming onto your computer.
If you’ve used programs such as Radio Hijack or Radio Lover on Mac computers, or perhaps tried AudioFeast on the PC, you’ve come to understand the basic drill: record streaming audio from the Internet on a schedule similar to what TiVo [...]

WiMax Roaming Organization

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 28th, 2005

 
The WiMAX Global Roaming Alliance (WGRA), formed last month by founding member RemotePipes, says it’s time to build concensus on a system to enable WiMax users to roam between different wireless ISPs. WGRA has a discussion forum, press releases and a list of members.
The WGRA says it is not intended to be another standards body. [...]

Navini’s Mobile WiMax

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 28th, 2005

Navini Networks today announced the launch of its Ripwave-MX product line for WiMAX 802.16e. The company said that it will start shipping customer premises equipment by the end of this year and a PCMCIA card in the first quarter of 2006. The Ripwave-MX dual-mode CPE, which starts shipping in [...]

Battle at 3 Dot 5

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 27th, 2005

Annie Lindstrom has a terrific piece explaining what’s up with 3.6 GHz in the United States. The 3.5 GHz frequency band was confusing to me. Her article clears it up:
It s been five years since the federal government returned a precious 50 MHz of spectrum in the 3.65-3.70 GHz band to [...]

Server Back Up

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 27th, 2005

 
DailyWireless was down this afternoon due to an unexpected server crash. Perhaps we’re getting a little too popular. Our colo service and people are really top notch, however, and pulled us through.
Thank you for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience.
- Sam Churchill and Don Park
 

WiFi Voice Roaming: Good & Cheap

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 27th, 2005

 
Reef Point Systems has modified the hardware and software in its Unlicensed Mobile Access security gateway to enable it to handle up to 500,000 Wi-Fi calls, says Comms Design. Seamlessly handoff from WiFi networks to GSM cellular networks may be next.
Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) is a wireless-networking infrastructure effort intended to allow call roaming between [...]

Buffalo Gets More Power

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 27th, 2005

 
Tim Higgins has the news on the new Buffalo Tech G54 Wireless Router with a peak power reportedly more than 300mW. Buffalo’s AirStation G54 High Power Wireless Router (WZR-HP-G54) and AirStation High Power Wireless Notebook Adapter (WLI-CB-G54HP) are designed to punch through walls.
They’re not yet listed on the Buffalo Tech website under press releases [...]

Extreme Networks Switches

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 27th, 2005

 
Extreme Networks this week introduced new wireless LAN switches and access points for centrally-managed Wi-Fi networks. The Summit WM100 WiFi switch supports up to 50 access points, while the WM1000 supports up to 200, reports eWeek. The suggested list price begins at US $16,995 for the Summit WM100 and US $32,995 for the Summit WM1000. [...]