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 Biting the hand that feeds IT Copyright: Copyright 2008, Situation Publishing Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:26:21 +0100 New network approved, needs paying forWhile the white space vote might have got all the attention last week - along with that other vote - the FCC also approved the creation of "New Clearwire" and it turns out that the two votes could well prove complementary.… Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:40:21 +0100 'Buttons are proud and vain, not plain'Amish farmers attempts to prevent RFID tags being used in cattle have been attacked by the US Department of Agriculture on the grounds that it's not mandatory, and therefore can't be considered a breach of religious rights.… Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:02:03 +0100 Upload speeds to be upped to 5.7Mb/sFaster HSDPA and HSUPA 3G speeds will be rolled out in the UK’s big cities in 2010, network operator 3 has promised.… Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:41:13 +0100 Max 4G on Yota debutsHTC has taken the wraps off its rumoured "4G" phone - the world's first handset to integrate WiMax, Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity.… Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:36:30 +0100 CI Net deploys 5.8GHz in NewmarketCI Net, the business ISP with a bent for wireless, is to extend its 5.8GHz wireless-broadband service into Newmarket in the new year. It will offer wireless connections, while paying the regulator only a quid per user for the licence.… Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:27:24 +0100 Playing nicely in the white spacesThe FCC has voted to allow unlicensed use of White Space spectrum between the TV stations. Meanwhile UK-regulator Ofcom today published a statement on cooperative common spectrum, but both proposals are based on technically unproven concepts of radio agility that hardly stack up.… Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:02:03 +0100 But O2 wants to make you happyVirgin is to cut its wireless offering to a fiver a month for broadband customers who want to go wireless, but O2 reckons ten per cent of wireless broadband users feel mis-sold anyway, and reckons only they can guarantee happiness.… Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:03:49 +0200 Tries flat-rate temptationTapRoot, creator of the Walking Hotspot, has given up trying to take subscriptions or do deals with network operators in favour of simply charging punters $25 for the product.… Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:47:08 +0200 Hopes pact will last longer than its Nokia partnershipIntel and Nokia may have drifted apart before the Finnish phone giant could create HSDPA 3G modules for Centrino laptops, but the chip giant is hoping to have better luck with its 'Moorestown' Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform.… Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:02:05 +0200 Batteries schmatteriesTaiwanese electronics specialist Favite has been demonstrating its latest remote control module using RFID technology to remove the need for batteries - at least for those prepared to bathe their living room in a two-watt energy field.… Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:02:03 +0200 Throttling on a granular scalePartisan network enabler Camiant is to bring "real-time policy control" to a European mobile network, throttling data by application, time and location, not to mention tariff.… Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:31:37 +0200 Point-free tests confirm what Ofcom already knewThe FCC has completed tests confirming that deployment of its porn-and-cost-free network won't interfere with incumbent operators, as already established by Ofcom and Czech deployments.… Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:10:08 +0200 Volunteers asked to put anger into wordsVolunteer mountain-rescue staff in Scotland are being asked to write to the UK regulator Ofcom to complain about increased spectrum prices that could drive them out of the life-saving business.… Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:33:27 +0200 But only in BaltimoreFirst Acer, now Lenovo. The ThinkPad company has rolled out a laptop with WiMax on board to cater for wireless broadband buffs in Baltimore.… Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:47:56 +0200 But only if you're living in BaltimoreAcer is the first company to announce a pair of WiMAX-touting notebooks so that residents of Baltimore, where Sprint has rolled out its WiMAX service, can enjoy speeds approaching 3G with 4G technology.… Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:46:59 +0200 You looking at my ID?California governor Schwarzenegger has signed a law making the illegitimate reading of RFID tags illegal, but blocked a measure making the unauthorised tracking of kids equally so.… Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:26:31 +0200 Hardly Virgin territoryVirgin Media has added wireless broadband to its range of offerings, with a service bearing a remarkable resemblance to T-Mobile's deal, except without the Wi-Fi hotspot access thrown in.… Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:12:38 +0200 Like Comcast (without the lies)Sprint has reserved the right to limit the bandwidth of P2P file sharers on its brand new broadband wireless network..… Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:55:44 +0200 Claims 4G is hereSprint has officially launched its WiMAX broadband wireless network in Baltimore - the crab capital of America - marking the technology's big city debut. And the company still insists on calling it Xohm.… Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:51:07 +0200 Only through carriers?Asus is to integrated HSUPA 3G as well as HSDPA into its Eee PC 901 next month, but it's not clear whether the mobile broadband technology will be available beyond the network operators, or with Linux.… Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:48:38 +0200 ClosedzoneBT Openzone customers will next week be cut off from public Wi-Fi provided by The Cloud, and will lose coverage at thousands of hotspots as a result.… Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:46:53 +0200 Scoffs at PM's PC 'bribe'London should become a "WiFi city," Mayor Boris Johnson told a local radio station Tuesday morning.… Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:42:44 +0200 Just follow the websignsAmerican researchers have developed a Bluetooth-based system which would allow blind people to hear information about their immediate surroundings in the same way that others read posters, signs or notices.… Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:07:41 +0200 Sadville gets RFID enabledStudents at the University of Arkansas have created a couple of full-sized hospitals inside Second Life to experiment with the use of RFID tagging in medical environments, and ride on flying cats.… Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:28:14 +0200 Hella lotta GmailGoogle has hooked up with Liberty Global and HSBC Principle Investments to start funding a satellite network aimed at connecting the three billion people who still can't get access to the internet, at least those living near the equator.… Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:11:40 +0200 Stick NFC tech into clothes, toys, childrenIf you're still wondering exactly what NFC technology is for, then Tikitag will sell you enough kit to try and find out for only $50 - a small investment if you can find a killer application for the technology.… Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:22:52 +0200 Secondhand spectrum swapSpectrum trading - the ability for licence holders to sell on, or sub let, their frequencies - has been broadly endorsed by both the FCC and Ofcom, so now a US company has done the obvious thing and set up a market for the buying and selling of radio frequencies.… Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:33:54 +0200 Oblivious IEEE waves through standard for dead dreamThe IEEE has formally approved 802.11r, the amendment to the Wi-Fi standard that allows devices to smoothly transition between Wi-Fi hotspots without breaking the flow of conversation.… Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:05:21 +0200 Get your stuff and get out before FebThe Federal Communication Commission has voted unanimously to ban the use of low-power transmitters operating in the 700MHz band from February next year, but wireless microphone users aren't going to go down without a fight.… Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:49:34 +0200 Blackberry v iPhone v Windows MobileIt used to be pretty simple. If you were a large organisation with a hard-core mobile email requirement, the only serious option from a security, robustness, manageability, usability and ease of deployment perspective was Blackberry. If you had a need to develop custom applications, then provided you were happy to construct your own middleware and management stack, then Windows Mobile was the accepted way forward.… Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:31:59 +0200 We don't know where you areMobile broadband over 3G may be able to offer speeds to compete with ADSL, but it can't offer access to the Olympics - at least not from the BBC, who are blocking mobile users from video streams of the event to comply with IOC rulings.… Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:41:47 +0200 Lush lawns latest victims of war on crimeThe relaxed attitude to spectrum use in the USA has come under pressure as a new police radio system in Dallas is interfering with an automated sprinkler system 30 miles away, resulting in brown lawns and dead trees in Plano.… Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:23:12 +0200 A truly olympian taskIDF Craig Barrett banged the drum for WiMAX in the opening keynote of IDF today. But only quietly, and not for very long.… Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:08:20 +0200 But only for those topping 10GHzUK regulator Ofcom has published a consultation on increasing the limits on broadcasting above 10GHz, claiming that at such high frequencies the range is so small it's not going to bother anyone anyway.… Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:02:03 +0200 A trace of humanity now?Analysis The 1976 Anne Rice novel Interview with the Vampire which showed the a sympathetic and softer side of the vampire and which uncovered both the mind-numbing ennui of being immortal and the complete lack of a sense of belonging, and other disadvantages to being uniquely powerful and yet disliked, was the first image that struck us while listening to Qualcomm’s analyst relations conference the week before we took our summer break.… Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:24:24 +0200 Sprint-Clearwire tie-up 'defective'True to form, AT&T is attempting to scuttle the Great American WiMAX Merger.… Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:35:16 +0200 Quick! Call a doct... oh damn.The head of a leading US cancer research institute has sent out a warning to his staff to limit their cell phone use because of a risk of developing brain cancer.… 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.… |
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