Format war looms for new wireless standard

Published in January 23rd, 2006

Posted by Lonny Paul in Gadgets and Electronics, Networking, Wireless News

Format war looms for new wireless standard - Breaking - Technology
The UWB Forum - led by Motorola spinoff Freescale Semiconductor - and the WiMedia Alliance - supported by Samsung Electronics and chip-makers Intel and Texas Instruments - had been trying to unite on a single standard since forming a task group with the Institute of [...]

Mobile WiMax spec becomes a standard

Published in December 15th, 2005

Posted by Lonny Paul in Geek Info, Networking, Wireless News

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IEEE approves 802.16e

The IEEE this week formally ratified the mobile version of the WiMax wireless broadband system as a standard.Ã¢â‚¬Â¦

Bluetooth roadmap updated but UWB wars could scupper it

Published in December 12th, 2005

Posted by Lonny Paul in Geek Info, Networking, News

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Best survival plan, but …

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, which controls the development of the short range wireless standard, is shortly to publish an updated roadmap that defines plans up to the third quarter of 2007, with the focus on interoperability with UltraWideBand (UWB).Ã¢â‚¬Â¦

eBay Developer Challenge 2006

Published in December 12th, 2005

Posted by Lonny Paul in Networking, News, Software

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Write cool, innovative code for eBay Web Services (and promote eBay in the process) and win $5000 plus other goodies. Pretty cool mashup examples provided. These are good times for enterprising and enthusiastic newcomers to jump into the fray headfirst.

AOL Disconnects VOIP Users on Deadline

Published in December 1st, 2005

Posted by Lonny Paul in Networking, Personal, Technology News

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AOL’s VOIP, if you haven’t tried it - ROCKS. Well, that was until today. I dialed the phone this morning to find that it was suspended due to inability to comply with E911 regulations. What?

US Robotics 802.11b 22Mbps PC Card and PCI Card Adapters: REVIEW

Published in June 21st, 2002

Posted by Lonny Paul in Media Appearances, Networking

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US Robotics, long trusted in the marketplace, has annouced the promise of faster wireless connectivity through the advent of the Texas Instruments ACX110 chipset at 22MB has people in a flurry. 11MB wireless made us all happy, but now we want more speed so thanks - now we have 22Mbps!