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The WiFi Alliance on Tuesday announced plans to certify interoperability of WiFi products that include baseline features from the developing IEEE 802.11n standard in the first half of 2007. This is the first phase in a certification program of the next generation of WiFi products. A second phase bri...
Across the U.S. -- and in fact throughout the world -- municipalities are adding broadband WiFi to their list of services. Improving their own communication infrastructure, bridging the digital divide, making the community more attractive to business and bringing a few extra dollars into city coffer...
Palm is aiming to make its next Treo handheld available in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season. It will unveil the new Treo based on the Windows Mobile operating system by year's end, the firm has reportedly vowed. The company will first release the device for Vodafone customers in the U....
The mass market for WiMax technology faces a number of challenges, but will probably reach its potential within five years. "Now that the certification of WiMax equipment has started and coverage areas have begun to expand beyond basic trials, WiMax equipment suppliers and chip makers face a much le...
This week, the U.S. State Department began rolling out "e-passports," new high-tech documents that bolster border security through identity safeguards. In a dangerous world, upgrading passports is prudent policy that serves the interests of Americans at home and abroad, but not everyone is happy wit...
The United States government began issuing new electronic passports this week that include radio frequency identification technology (RFID) to store citizens' personal information. The U.S. State Department referred in its announcement to the use of biometric technology and "a contactless chip," the...
Google on Wednesday launched a WiFi network in its hometown of Mountain View, Calif. The search giant invested about US$1 million to serve the 11.5-square-mile city just 35 miles south of San Francisco. Radios hanging on lamp posts throughout the city are now broadcasting a "GoogleWiFi" wireless sig...
Organizations that have installed BlackBerry servers behind their gateway security devices could be subject to a hacker attack, according to security researchers. Secure Computing is warning companies to prepare for security researcher Jesse D'Aguanno's release of hacking code for the BlackBerry ne...
Sony is looking to take advantage of the popularity of instant messaging with its new handheld device unveiled this week. The Sony Mylo is capable of IM and Internet access through any available, open wireless network. Offering a 2.4-inch color LCD screen and pullout QWERTY keyboard, Mylo works with...
Trading digital electronics for mechanical parts has given camera makers an opportunity to tinker with the design of their wares in inventive ways, none more so than Kodak. The Rochester, N.Y.-based company that brought film photography to the masses -- by making cameras easy to use and film easy to...
The wireless data transfer capabilities of radio frequency identification tags are intended to speed and assist transactions, but it appears the RFID chips of new U.S. passports are speeding and assisting circumvention, according to a German expert's demonstration at last week's Black Hat hacker con...
Chip giant Intel has entered the mobile phone memory market, making its first NOR flash memory semiconductor products available this week for low-cost, wireless devices in emerging markets. Intel said NOR flash, a non-volatile, read-only memory technology -- was a direct response to demand for low-c...
Broadband networks for the home are fueling the growth of sales of wireless devices, and will continue to do so for the next five years. Research from the Boston-based IT consultancy, Strategy Analytics, indicates that homeowners worldwide are going to purchase nearly 950 million wireless home devi...
In an apparent move to challenge Apple's iPod music player, Verizon Wireless on Monday announced that its V Cast Music service will offer individually priced downloads. The competitive announcement that voids the US$15 monthly fee for Verizon's music service comes in conjunction with the wireless pr...
Motorola on Friday signed an exclusive agreement with Chinese online gaming giant Shanda Interactive. The duo's goal is to improve the mobile gaming experience in the growing Asian marketplace. According to the agreement, Motorola will launch exclusive mobile versions of Shanda's popular "World of ...
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