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 Biting the hand that feeds IT Copyright: Copyright 2008, Situation Publishing Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:20:59 +0200 Rogers dodgersBack in 2005, when he lost his three-day-old Motorola v 635, Pete Gillespie immediately phoned his cell provider, Canada's Rogers Wireless. Among other things, he urged the cellco giant to blacklist the phone's IMEI number so that miscreants couldn't reconnect his $600 purchase to the Canadian airwaves. But the company said it didn't do such things.… Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:29:08 +0200 Better security too?BT has updated its hacker-vulnerable Home Hub wireless box, introducing support for 802.11n Wi-Fi and - perhaps more importantly - the WPA security technology enabled out of the box.… Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:43:28 +0200 But do we need another standard?Sony intends to have 90 per cent of its products networked up by 2010, though how many of them will be using the company's proprietary TransferJet technology remains to be seen.… Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:17:39 +0200 Well, Jeeps and pickup trucksChrysler is to offer a Wi-Fi hotspot in next year's Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models, allowing passengers in the car to surf the information superhighway while struck in traffic on the real one.… Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:38:38 +0200 Report uncovers hospital menaceResearchers in the Netherlands have discovered that RFID systems, intended for tracking hospital kit, can fatally interfere with life-support systems from a distance of 30 centimetres.… Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:44:11 +0200 Rest of world now cited tooSerial litigant Wi-LAN is suing RIM, Motorola and UTStarCom for breaches of the company's various wireless networking patents, and is asking for triple damages for wilful infringement.… Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:14:19 +0200 Not so fast, says FCCSupernova Microsoft wants you to know that when its white space prototypes malfunctioned during lab tests at the US Federal Communications Commission, the lab did not burn down.… Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:59:44 +0200 The Great White Space HopeInnovation 08 Microsoft has a plan for sending high-speed net traffic over America's television white spaces. And it's sure the country will eat some serious foreign dust if this plan gets snuffed.… Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:15:40 +0200 Free love, free Wi-FiWhile municipal Wi-Fi systems are being switched off from Philadelphia to Cupertino, San Francisco is planning to have the whole city connected wirelessly by the end of the year.… Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:40:40 +0200 Slot machinePeople rarely need coins to make a call these days, but don’t ditch your coppers just yet because manufacturer Handlink has designed a coin-operated Wi-Fi access point.… Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:30:24 +0200 You can believe them. They secretly tracked 100,000 cell phone usersAccording to researchers at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, most people rarely venture more than a few miles from home. And these researchers know what they're talking about. Two years ago, in some unnamed country outside the US, they acquired six months of cell phone records describing the daily movements of more than 100,000 people.… Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:51:00 +0200 But where are they all?100,000 punters have signed up to BT's Wi-Fi love-in, sharing their home connectivity in exchange for having access to everyone else's, enabling the operator to call itself the world's largest Wi-Fi community.… Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:56:30 +0200 Ozmo's PAN tech pipes up at ComputexIntel isn't ready to give up on pushing Wi-Fi just yet, and is pitching the technology as a competitor to Bluetooth with demonstrations by Ozmo Devices scheduled for today at the Computex trade show in Taipei.… Thu, 15 May 2008 13:45:44 +0200 'It says we're...in the airport'German Wi-Fi specialist Spotigo has managed to compile a Wi-Fi radio map of London and other major European cities, enabling it to locate any Wi-Fi device within five metres - and it promises to have the rest of Europe mapped within a year.… Wed, 14 May 2008 11:01:54 +0200 Ofcom stares into healthcare crystal ballWith an aging population there's going to be bundles more cash to splash on health care in years to come, if you believe UK regulator Ofcom and this year's edition of its future technology report, the Wireless World of Tomorrow.… Tue, 13 May 2008 17:27:08 +0200 A mixed messageInnovation '08 Three years ago, Jason Devitt was speaking at an industry conference when he criticized a mobile application just released by a big-name wireless carrier. And the big-name wireless carrier wasn't happy.… Tue, 13 May 2008 13:31:59 +0200 Once more unto the vote, dear friendsThe HomePlug Alliance (HPA) has once again beaten rival powerline Ethernet organisation the Universal Powerline Association (UPA) to become the lead candidate for the IEEE's powerline networking standard. But it won't know it's won for sure until July.… Mon, 12 May 2008 15:30:33 +0200 Something more stylish to go with your tinfoil hatIf you’re worried that mobile phone and Bluetooth signals could be doing you harm, then you can now block them out and still remain a dedicated follower of fashion.… Fri, 09 May 2008 16:25:08 +0200 Intel buys up Swedish airwavesThe European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has started the approvals process for WiMAX to be officially recognised as a 2.6GHz technology, though Intel's bid for Swedish airwaves provides more substantial evidence of deployment plans.… Tue, 06 May 2008 14:02:02 +0200 A closed door is not openGoogle wants to make darn sure that when Verizon opens up its wireless network, it actually opens up its wireless network.… Mon, 05 May 2008 20:11:41 +0200 And AT&T taketh awayFor several days, AT&T was offering free WiFi to anyone with a Safari browser and a little common sense. But it seems the company has put a stop to such generosity.… Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:41:18 +0200 Is it art or a plot to spy on America's Wi-Fi networks?Emery Martin is a man on a mission. The 23 year-old resident of Brooklyn has spearheaded the Neighborhood Network Watch, a grassroots group advocating the monitoring by volunteers of open Wi-Fi networks "to make sure that terrorists may not be using your own home network to plan the next attack on our nation or your very own community".… Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:59:50 +0200 Windows over the WLANNetworking specialist D-Link today launched a gadget that lets you use your TV as your PC's display - remotely.… Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:08:48 +0200 Blind-spot radar comes to wing mirrorsFord will offer blind-spot-checking radar using part of the 24GHz spectrum on US models starting early next year, though cheapskates might opt for the wing mirror with a bent corner instead.… Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:10:14 +0200 Motorola takes the leadMuch of the 4G picture remains cloudy, but one thing is clear – the next generation of wireless networks will be based on the OFDMA/MIMO/IP combination shared by the most prominent contenders, LTE and Mobile WiMAX.… Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:24:38 +0200 Trials still not performingCTIA Wireless Sprint is running late on its WiMAX network, which will now go commercial in the summer, and not this month, as originally pencilled.… Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:02:01 +0200 Money in unexpected placesThe results of the US 700MHz auction were far from fulfilling Google’s dreams of an open wireless network that would significantly boost unfettered internet usage across the airwaves, and so its own revenues.… Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:02:02 +0200 What's wrong with background apps?CTIA Wireless For reasons unknown, Apple's new Jesus Phone SDK won't allow apps that run in the background. As many have noted, this rules out instant messaging - or, at least, instant messaging as we know it. But it also rules out all sorts of other useful applications, including the fledgling smartphone rescue tool from remote control maven LogMeIn.… Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:20:16 +0200 'Virgle, my a**'CTIA Wireless Speaking this morning (Tuesday) at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas, Sir Richard Branson told several hundred mobile industry insiders that he and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will soon fly a solar-powered Noah's Ark to Mars.… Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:39:14 +0100 High spectrum price could lead to catastropheFaultline has not covered much of the 700 MHz auction, not wanting to read into it too much, and seeing that it is not yet clear how much of it is directly about networks which carry video or other forms of entertainment, which is our chosen territory.… Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:00:04 +0100 Kevin Martin's ménage à troisWireless watchers are still waiting for the final results of the The Great American Wireless Auction, but that hasn't stopped at least one US Senator from dubbing the FCC's $20bn bid-off "a disaster".… Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:19:02 +0100 'Pwnage Edition' on the prowlBusinesses using some of the more advanced methods for securing connections to Wi-Fi access points need to take a hard look at the configuration settings of client computers. So say researchers who have documented a simple way to impersonate trusted networks.… Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:56:44 +0100 The truth hertzGoogle's quest to deploy wireless networks without all that mucking about with steel towers has led its roving eye to settle on Space Data Corp. The company, which provides wireless connectivity via hydrogen-filled balloons floating around the southern US, has caught Google's interest according to reports in the Wall Street Journal.… Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:04:18 +0100 Drive-by Wi-Fi hoo-haaTwo men have been arrested for "dishonestly obtaining a communications service" after they used a householder's wireless network to check their emails.… Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:02:02 +0100 Users in guess-able random keys quandarySky Broadband advises customers to consider changing their default Wi-Fi passwords - because the apparently random network keys are guess-able.… Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:02:02 +0100 $2bn bid to save WiMAXIt looks like Intel has saved American WiMAX from certain destruction.… Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:02:02 +0100 Mobile broadband in stick formReview Novatel Wireless pitches the Ovation MC950D as the world's smallest USB modem capable not only of making 7.2Mb/s HSDPA connections but also that 3G speed-boost technology's upload equivalent, HSUPA.… Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:14:16 +0100 802.11 to speed Bluetooth transmissionsMobile World Congress The organisation behind Bluetooth will tomorrow go public on its plan to borrow bandwidth from Wi-Fi, allowing the device-to-device wireless connection technology to offer faster data transfers when it needs to.… Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:56:37 +0100 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's Wi-FiThe number of workers in the UK who admitted they "hijack" the wireless connection of others has gone up from six per cent to 11 per cent over the last 12 months. Globally the figure is 12 per cent*, with big increases all over the world.… Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:21:39 +0100 And Eric Schmidt will die in 2039As the US Federal Communications Commission auctions off the coveted 700-MHz "C Block" - a prime portion of the American airwaves - bidding has topped $4.6bn. And that's a key number.… Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:33:14 +0100 Killer phones or kill-a-phone?The convergence of PC and cellphone architectures has brought Intel and Qualcomm increasingly into conflict, and at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, both showed prototypes of their platforms for next generation mobile devices.… Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:52:59 +0100 Private companies onlyDublin has abandoned its plan to blanket the city with free Wi-Fi as it thinks it might breach EU law on state aid, and they haven't got the €27m it's going to cost anyway.… Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:59:20 +0100 Only Google can save the airwavesFrontline Wireless, the uber-startup that was poised to lay down a bid for a prime portion of the US wireless spectrum, now says it's "closed for business".… Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:13:02 +0100 Stop the mobile data madnessWe are indebted to The Mirror for the latest example of mobile data charging madness, this time in England.… Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:02:35 +0100 Christmas gifts for the truly paranoidWith Ofcom auctioning off spectrum left, right and centre, there has never been a better time to panic about what all those frequencies might be doing to your body, regardless of the lack of scientific evidence that it does very much at all. So if you're looking for a last-minute Christmas gift for the electromagnetic paranoid in your life then look no further, as we have everything you need right here.… Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:38:22 +0100 Chunk of spectrum latest must-have accessory for the super-rich?The FCC has revealed the list of bidders interested in owning a little 700MHz, a spectrum due for release in January next year with the switch off of analogue TV.… Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:33:04 +0100 Sprint-Clearwire detente?There could be changes afoot in the world of WiMAX. One rumor-happy research firm is claiming that US WiMAX pioneer Clearwire may soon be purchased by Intel, while another is speculating that the company will soon resume its defunct WiMAX relationship with Sprint Nextel.… Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:51:24 +0100 Will stage small beauty parade for luvviesCommunications regulator Ofcom has confirmed it will auction off all the spectrum freed up by the switchover to digital services.… Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:35:22 +0100 Oz police set a trapAn Australian man arrested in an undercover sting has been charged for allegedly tapping into home wireless networks so he could anonymously send threatening emails.… Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:04:57 +0100 Cricket pouncesLeap Wireless will bid for the coveted 700MHz band - a juicy slice of the US airwaves - joining Google, Frontline Wireless, Cox Communications, and most likely Verizon and AT&T.… |
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