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Article | 29/07/2008 802.11n support added to wireless intrusion defense

Existing wireless-LAN intrusion-prevention systems have a blind spot: Until they're upgraded, they can't detect radio signals from 802.11n WLAN gear.

Article | 29/07/2008 New mobile phones help keep you healthy

Mobile phones have always been about helping you keep in touch. Now they're helping you stay healthy.

Article | 25/07/2008 WLAN design tool now works with 11n access points

Motorola has updated its wireless LAN predictive planning tool to work with 802.11n high throughput access points.

Article | 24/07/2008 Telstra unveils Next G mobile broadband WiFi router

Telstra, in conjunction with Netcomm and Sierra Wireless, has released a portable HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Ethernet router that can be used to share an Intern...

Article | 24/07/2008 Cisco to buy home-network software vendor

Cisco announced plans to buy Pure Networks, a Seattle company that has developed software aimed at making home networking easier, for US$120 million.

Article | 21/07/2008 Hold off on WiMAX investments, Gartner cautions

Businesses should hold off on investing in WiMAX until the technology is more widely deployed across the United States and until vendors produce more ...

Article | 17/07/2008 Three US cities should see Centrino 2 with WiMax this year

When Intel ships its Echo Peak wireless module later this year, the company will meet its stated goal of adding WiMax as an option to its Centrino 2 l...

Article | 17/07/2008 Report: New models of Amazon's Kindle coming

Amazon is set to release two new models of its popular e-book reader, the Kindle, according to the TechCrunch blog.

Article | 16/07/2008 Intel boosts lead over AMD with late Centrino 2 release

Despite a month long delay in shipping, analysts say Intel's first quad-core laptop processor will keep the chipmaker well ahead of arch rival Advance...

Article | 14/07/2008 Google, Yahoo to reach 3B mobile phone users

With a market size three times bigger than the Internet today, Internet search engines Yahoo! and Google both aim to bring the Internet to about 3.2 b...

Article | 14/07/2008 IBM slims down the Web for your phone

Researchers at IBM have developed software that lets mobile users create slimmed-down Web pages that can be viewed more easily on a small device such ...

Article | 11/07/2008 Alcatel-Lucent adds laptop disk-encryption support

Alcatel-Lucent has released an updated version of its wireless-security appliance for laptop PCs.

Article | 3/07/2008 Telstra releases tool to track mobile phone users

Telstra (ASX:TLS) today unveiled a new service that will allow its customers to find the location of mobile phone users in near-real time.

Article | 1/07/2008 Faster Wi-Fi draft is one year old, but some concerns remain

The Wi-Fi Alliance celebrated the first anniversary of the 802.11n draft 2.0 certification last week, and said the faster Wi-Fi technology's "upward t...

Article | 30/06/2008 Microsoft repairs PCs crippled by XP SP3 update

Nearly three weeks after security vendor Symantec released a free tool to clean up PCs crippled by the Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) update, Microso...

Article | 27/06/2008 Add WiFi to the list of options on Chrysler vehicles

With Wi-Fi already available in many coffee shops and coming soon to some airplanes, it was only a matter of time before a US carmaker started offerin...

Article | 26/06/2008 Fujitsu launches mobile WiMax chipsets

Fujitsu Microelectronics has announced a new mobile WiMAX chipset optimized for mobile WiMAX devices such as smart phones and PDAs. The chipset includ...

Article | 19/06/2008 Skype trots out beta of major redesign

Skype has made available a test version of its latest upgrade, Skype 4.0, which the eBay unit calls its biggest and most ambitious release in its almo...

Article | 18/06/2008 Compression lets attackers tap VoIP calls

A common compression technique can make internet telephone calls significantly more susceptible to bugging, according to recent research from Johns Ho...

Article | 13/06/2008 First Ethernet switch arrives in space

The first commercial Ethernet switch has been successfully deployed in space aboard the Columbus module research laboratory.