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Touch Wall

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 14th, 2008

Microsoft’s annual CEO Summit today is bringing 115 CEOs from 26 countries, to Redmond. Bill Gates will demo a new prototype touch computing device called TouchWall and Plex, which envisions a new “Minority Report” type touch screen.

Tech Crunch has more details on the interactive, rear-screen white board.
Yes, it doesn’t have much to [...]

Wireless 10GigE

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 28th, 2008

MRV Communications, a provider of WDM and optical transport, metro Ethernet, and fiber optic components, today announced the TereScope TS-10GE, the industry’s first wireless 10-Gigabit Ethernet system.
The system will make its public debut at Interop, which runs from April 27 – May 2 in Las Vegas. The system has already been named a “Best of [...]

FCC Hears Net Neutrality Complaints

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 18th, 2008

Robert Topolski simply wanted to share digital recordings of barber shop quartets with his buddies, says the NY Times.

On Thursday, the Oregon-based software quality engineer who was the first to raise alarms about Comcast’s practice of blocking peer-to-peer file sharing data on the company’s network, testified at an FCC hearing at Stanford University (video [...]

Innotech 2008

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 17th, 2008

DailyWireless posting has been light since we are attending Innotech, a business and technology innovation conference and expo held in Portland this week.
Innotech features 100+ speakers, 90+ technology demos and will have some talks today on wireless networking.
Rick Turoczy who writes the Silicon Florist, a must read in the Silicon Forest, has lots of coverage. [...]

NAB 2008: The Transistion

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 11th, 2008

The National Association of Broadcasters holds their annual convention in Las Vegas next week.

Billed as the world’s largest electronic media event, the annual convention will run from Monday, April 14 through Thursday, April 17. Dozens of Keynotes, hundreds of sessions and more than 1600 exhibitors from 40 countries will vie for the attention of [...]

Samsung Phones Do Media, Dishes

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 1st, 2008

Samsung, the world’s 2nd largest cell phone company (after Nokia), is showcasing several new handsets at CTIA.

The Samsung Soul is a minimalistic, slim design, with a full metal body and 12.9mm-thin form factor. With Magical Touch , navigation indicators on the keypad of the phone change according to the user’s needs, for simple menu navigation. [...]

CTIA Wireless 2008 Show

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 1st, 2008

CTIA WIRELESS 2008, the $500 billion global wireless industry’s largest show opens today at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Running April 1-3, it brings together all industries affected by wireless technology with attendees from more than 125 countries and more than 1,200 exhibitors showcasing devices, infrastructure, entertainment and business applications.
Keynote speakers including mobile [...]

Wireless IPv6 Tested

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 20th, 2008

Government Computer News reports that organizers of the Internet Engineering Task Force’s 71st meeting, last week in Philadelphia, temporarily pulled the plug on all Internet access at the event. The organizers then offered only wireless Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6 - Wikipedia) for a few hours.
The IETF wanted to demonstrate to the attendees, as well [...]

Verizon “Open” Device Conference

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 19th, 2008

Verizon Wireless today said its Open Development Device Conference will feature the release and publication of Version 1.0 of the technical specifications for new wireless devices that will work on its “Any Device, Any App” network-only service option.
The conference, being held today, March 19, in New York City, will focus on how consumer electronics [...]

New Heads for IEEE 802.11

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 19th, 2008

The March 2008 IEEE 802 Plenary Session (pdf), being held at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, March 16-21, has elected a new Chairman (Bruce Kraemer, right) and two new Vice Chairmen (Adrian Stevens and Jon Rosdahl).
The IEEE Executive Committee is expected to make it official by this Friday.
Stuart Kerry, the [...]