Digital Cyclone has announced that its My-Cast mobile weather service now includes the ability to track tropical storms and hurricanes.
The Hurricane Tracker allows users to see the projected path of a hurricane in real-time with satellite cloud loops focused directly on the eye of the storm. [...]
Motorola today announced a strategic initiative to develop mobile WiMAX chipsets for use in Motorola’s next-generation WiMAX devices. Motorola is a leader in end-to-end WiMAX solutions, from infrastructure and handsets to the core implementation of WiMAX in chipsets.
Motorola’s initial chipset will focus on core 802.16e mobile WiMAX [...]
Just in time for Labor Day weekend, the Washington Department Of Transportation is offering Wi-Fi at 28 of the state’s 42 rest stops. It’s free to access to road conditions and highway information.
This service is provided by a private contractor, Road Connect, at no cost to the Washington State [...]
Nintendo says its Wi-Fi Connection online gaming service has just passed the two million unique players mark. The last milestone for the service was 1 million Wi-Fi unique users, reached in March, at which point more than 27 million game sessions had been launched.
Nintendo’s handheld leadership is expected to continue unabated with today’s launch of [...]
One year ago (archive.org), on Aug. 27, 2005, Hurricane Katrina became a major hurricane, with 115 mph winds elevating it to Category 3 status. By 10 a.m. Central Daylight Time, a hurricane watch had been issued for New Orleans and surrounding areas. By 10 p.m. CDT, a hurricane warning had been issued for [...]
MuniWireless reports the city of Minneapolis has chosen US Internet, a local ISP (pdf and FAQ), to build out and run its citywide network, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
US Internet would build and operate the roughly $20 million Minneapolis Wi-Fi network and would offer consumers high-speed Internet service for $20 a month. [...]
Atheros, one of the major providers of pre- IEEE 802.11n chipsets, announced a new chipset and networking processor today that may enable equipment vendors to sell pre-802.11n access points for less than $100, reports Infoworld.
They are not expected to be fully compatible with the final standard, coming next year or in 2008, but will likely [...]
Intel launched their desktop and mobile Core 2 Duo processors on July 27, but said their Core 2-powered notebooks, featuring the low-power “Merom” wouldn’t ship until late August. Today, right on schedule, Intel announced Core 2 Duo processors for notebooks are shipping.
Intel Core 2 Duo processors [...]
Russell Senior, Secretary of Portland’s Personal Telco Project, writes up the club’s field day this August 26th, in News For Neighbors.
The Field Day has been an annual event of Seattle Wireless.
Portland’s field day was a two-hop affair, connecting one group on Portland’s 1,000 foot high Council Crest park, overlooking the West side of [...]
Wireless Newsfactor says the entity formed by rivals EchoStar and DirecTV (Wireless DBS), is activating plan “B”. Wireless DBS withdrew from the auction on Aug. 16, although they paid nearly $1 billion upfront on a deposit to bid on AWS frequencies near the cellular PCS band.
The FCC’s AWS auction has now generated more than [...]
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