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Google Paying Frisco To Setup Wi-Fi

Not only has Google made the city of San Francisco an offer to provide city-wide wireless Internet access, the city may even make money on the deal.

Skype Updates Windows Client For Wi-Fi

eBay’s latest acquisition announced they have added new mobility and personalization options to their phone call client for Windows.

Kodaks Playing With Wi-Fi Cameras

Kodak announced on Thursday their newest camera, the Easyshare-One zoom digital will be out for sale in October. The camera, available for the holidays, has a unique distinction: the world first Wi-Fi camera.

Intel and Cisco Plan To Better Wi-Fi and VoIP

At Intel’s Developer Forum in San Francisco last week, it was announced that Intel and Cisco have entered a new partnership dealing with the improvement of Wi-Fi security and roaming and VOIP support.

Intel and Cisco Aim to Improve Wi-Fi and VOIP

At Intel’s Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company announced that it has entered a new partnership with Cisco, in which the companies will work to improve Wi-Fi security and roaming and VOIP support.

Intel Considers the Future of Wi-Fi

Last week, Intel announced that it has developed chip technology designed to support current Wi-Fi standards as well as projected ones.

Intel Develops Chip Technology to Take Wi-Fi Support To the Next Level

Yesterday Intel announced that it has developed chip technology made for supporting current and future Wi-Fi standards.

McAfee Acquires Wi-Fi Security Firm

The purchase of privately-held Wireless Security Corp. will give McAfee a Wi-Fi security component for its products.

Borgs At Google?

I’ve been meaning to post about the possibility of borgs at Google but just now got around to it. What the heck is a borg you ask?

Wi-Fi Records Highest Volume Ever

First quarter figures for worldwide wireless LAN equipment see 12.2 million units shipped.

Verizon: Theres No Such Thing As Free WiFi

Citing billions of dollars in costs to upgrade its cellular Internet networks, Verizon announced that it would phase out free WiFi connection for New York City DSL subscribers.

High Speed Travel

I’m on the Thalys high-speed train back to Amsterdam following an extremely worthwhile three days in Paris. I was at Les Blogs, about which I blogged a bit yesterday and about which I’ll start writing a more complete personal view while I’m on the train which I’ll post tomorrow.

Nintendo’s Revolution to Feature Wi-Fi protocols

Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo talked the other day about the company’s plans which include its next gaming console with Wi-Fi features.

CeBIT Offers International Wi-Fi Roaming

A new wireless network roaming service will be available to visitors attending the annual CeBIT technology trade show in Hanover, Germany, from 10-16 March.

Hidden Dangers with Public Wi-Fi

It’s becoming a common thing to see people sitting in public places – train stations, airports, the local Starbucks …

Jupitermedia’s Wi-Fi Planet Conference Award Winners

Jupitermedia announced the winners of its Wi-Fi Planet Conference & Expo Best of Show Awards, which concludes today at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.

Wi-Fi or No-Fi

Some say you would have to have your head in the sand not to have heard the latest buzzword in the tech industry: Wi-Fi. Coined in recent years, Wi-Fi is the user-friendly name for a group of technologies based on the IEEE 802.11 specification. In simpler terms, if you have a “wireless” network in your home or office, most likely, you have Wi-Fi. Taking it a step further, you have a Wi-Fi “hotspot”.

Wi-Fi Essentials

Is it me, or does it seem there’s a new techno buzzword being thrown around every other day? Keeping up with XML this, PDA that and implementing a WLAN to work with both is almost a fulltime job – in terminology alone. Unfortunately, the new and exciting world of “wireless” is no exception. Let’s see if we can shed just a bit of light on the buzz, the facts and what it all means to you.

Secure Wi-Fi Connectivity for Enterprise Clients

The industry’s first self serve, yet traceable and instantly available guest access environment comes from Sesame Networks.

Combination GPRS and Wi-Fi Card

T-Mobile USA unveiled the Sony Ericsson GC79 PC card, a combination GPRS and Wi-Fi card that lets laptop computer customers access the Internet and corporate networks using multiple wireless data solutions.

Cisco Wi-Fi Technology Solution Deployed at Minute Maid Park

Cisco Systems today announced that its Cisco Wi-Fi technology solution has been successfully deployed in conjunction with Wide Area Management Services (WAMS) at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team.