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Archive for December, 2006

3D Standards Coalese

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Are you guys like mentally challenged? Because if you are, I’m certified to teach you softball. – Monster House A memorandum of understanding signed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the Web3D Consortium allows them to collaborate on interoperable, Web-based geospatial services and could lead to innovations in the conversion of 2-D data into [...]

Open Source WiFi Drivers

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Om Malik writes: Have you ever wondered why it is hard to get wireless networking right on alternative operating systems such as Linux and OpenBSD? It appears the blame for this situation lies with chip makers including the likes of Broadcom, Intel, Marvell and scores of other companies. These are the findings of Jem Matzan, [...]

Consumers Sue “News” Stations

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Dangerous Woman: When I listened to these people it was like they were my family. Axeman: But something else happened didn’t it? Dangerous Woman: Yes. Axeman: I’m that something else. — Prairie Home Companion The Oregon Alliance to Reform Media (ARM) wants the FCC to deny license renewals for every commercial TV station in Portland. [...]

Dolphin Stadium Unwired

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Florida’s Dolphin Stadium will debut a new wireless network from Belair just in time for the upcoming FedEx Orange Bowl (Jan. 2, 2007) and Super Bowl XLI (Feb. 4, 2007). BelAir partner A2000 Network Solutions deployed the wireless network. It will support the stadium’s POS system and business services within the facility with plans to [...]

NextWave Grabs WiMAX Ball

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Taking a cue from its Qualcomm roots, NextWave Wireless is looking to build a wireless broadband network based on technology it calls WiMAXplus, a proprietary flavor of WiMAX. If successful, the network may only work with chips that contain proprietary NextWave technology, says the San Diego Examiner. NextWave was founded by Allen Salmasi, who joined [...]

GPS in microSD

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Engadget notes that Spectec’s SDIO GPS receiver packs a SiRF Star III GPS device into a microSD slot and has to 2GB of memory (for things like maps). Pricing information not available yet, but it might be handy for smartphones like the Treo. It features SiRF Star III chips (with high sensitivity), a built-in GPS [...]