Marvell today introduced a new kind of personal computer, called SheevaPlug. The $99 ultracompact computer plugs right into a wall power socket, like a wall wart. It draws only 5 watts so it can be left on all the time. The SheevaPlug uses a Marvell Kirkwood (ARM-based) processor running at 1.2GHz. It is equipped with [...]
The new Meraki MR58 ($1,499) is their latest and most powerful mesh device. The three-radio, 802.11n device is designed to build high-capacity, fast, and secure networks that cover large areas. Meraki says the weatherproof MR58 provides five times the capacity and speed of standard 802.11b/g wireless devices, delivers high bandwidth across multiple hops, and supports [...]
Portland Personal Telco Project has been providing free WiFi in coffee houses, pubs and residences around Portland for some seven years. Now the group is talking up fiber optics. PTP’s Russell Senior pitched municipally-owned fiber networks at Ignite 5 in Portland last week. Here are the videos from Blaze Streaming and Russell’s video. 12 Russell [...]
Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, has accused the Government of exploiting people’s fear of terrorism to restrict civil rights, reports The Times Online. Ministers risked handing a victory to terrorists who want people to “live in fear and under a police state”, said the former spy, who retired as Director General of [...]
Paul Kapustka of Sidecuts Reports says the tiny, battery-operated mobile hotspot by Cradle Point will be getting a WiMax backbone in March (not in February as earlier hoped). The USB WiMAX client provides backhaul that’s faster and cheaper than cellular. Scott Richardson, Chief Strategic Officer for Clearwire, claims to get 4 hours battery life out [...]
Spectrum Bridge, creator of SpecEx, the online marketplace for spectrum, has announced the launch of the new Web site ShowMyWhiteSpace.com. White spaces refers to frequencies allocated to broadcast television, but not used. In the analog era they were necessary as a guard band to prevent interference between channels. With the advent of digital tv, those [...]
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