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Archive for January, 2007

Million Man Mesh

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 30th, 2007

Strix Systems today announced they have been selected for the deployment of the first city-wide wireless mesh network in India. LifeStyle Networks of Mumbai, India, (formerly Bombay), one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with over 18 million people, will provide wireless broadband using Strix outdoor gear. Nearly 1,000 radios are already [...]

Apple 802.11n Upgrade Available

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 30th, 2007

Engadget reports Apple has released that AirPort Extreme 802.11n Enabler. If you have a MacBook C2D, MacBook Pro C2D, Mac Pro with AirPort Extreme or a C2D iMac that isn’t the 17-inch 1.83GHz model, two bucks will get you a draft-n upgrade. If you’re still unsure if it’ll work with your model, just open up [...]

Demo ’07

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 29th, 2007

Demo ’07 kicks off Tuesday morning in Palm Desert, California, launching dozens of new companies as well as a handful of industry veterans. DEMO features rapid-fire onstage demonstrations. They each get 6 minutes to present their product. Videos are often available, too. DEMO `07 will also be the backdrop for announcements from established industry names [...]

St. Louis County Cloud

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 29th, 2007

Missouri’s St. Louis County, is planning a 524-square-mile wireless network, reports Saint Louis Today. The St. Louis Economic Development Commission hired NetLabs of St. Louis to do the study, paying the firm $67,500. The wireless plan is being led by County Executive Charlie Dooley (right). It would provide wireless broadband in unincorporated areas and 91 [...]

Cingular 8525 Review

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 29th, 2007

Mobile Burn reviews Cingular’s 8525, a Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC device. The HTC Hermes design features a large touch screen display, quad-band GSM with HSDPA, a 2 megapixel camera (sample photos) and WiFi. Considering it supports HSDPA/UMTS data on all three bands, and EDGE/GPRS on all four world GSM bands, the 8525 has a [...]

Motorola + TI to MAX

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 29th, 2007

Texas Instruments and Motorola today said they have entered into a strategic partnership to develop 3G and WiMAX handsets, using TI silicon. The new low-cost multimedia mobile devices are expected to be in the market in 2008. TI and Motorola are jointly developing a WiMAX chip to be used in Motorola customer premises equipment devices. [...]