Intel, IBM announce chip breakthroughs

Feb 2, 2007 12:23 PM, By Donny Jackson

In separate announcements, technology giants Intel and IBM announced a transistor-gate breakthrough that promises to maintain the Moore’s Law paradigm affecting all processing technologies for several years...

Atheros announces Bluetooth chip for PC market

Jan 30, 2007 5:23 PM, By Donny Jackson

Atheros Communications yesterday announced the Atheros AR3011, a Bluetooth 2.1+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) solution for laptop and desktop PCs, according to the company...

New Airwave solution manages Wi-Fi, WiMAX and mesh

Jan 30, 2007 3:52 PM, By Donny Jackson

Airwave Wireless yesterday announced version 5.0 of its wireless management software suite that expands its support for Wi-Fi networks to include management for WiMAX and mesh networks, as well as a new “Enterprise Edition” that provides enhanced scalability...

Nokia announces contract with Army lab

Jan 24, 2007 9:22 AM, By Donny Jackson

Wireless manufacturer Nokia yesterday announced that the U.S. Army has awarded the company a contract to build a WCDMA 3G/HSDPA network that will be used to evaluate potential defense applications using the wireless technologies...

Wi-Fi Alliance announces availability of simpler security products

Jan 12, 2007 3:12 PM, By Donny Jackson

Small businesses and telecommuters at home should be able to work more securely over Wi-Fi networks with the availability of the first products that have been certified under the Wi-Fi Alliance’s Protected Setup program designed to make the setup process easier and quicker...

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The other IP

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

English author and philosopher Sir Thomas Barton opined in the late 16th century that knowledge is power. A more contemporary perspective embraced by...

Out of thin air

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Merrill Douglas

When a major disaster knocks out radio and mobile phone antenna sites and landline networks, first responders are left with few communications options....

More than a flash in the PAN

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

With Bluetooth, ZigBee, ultrawideband and near-field communications already existing in the short-range sector, Nokia's decision in October to introduce...

It's time to share

Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

During last year's wildfires in Southern California, San Diego-area residents received diametrically opposed directives from public-safety officials who...

Professor might have solved SDR

Nov 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Lynnette Luna

Charles Bostian, a professor at Virginia Tech University in Blackburn, Va., is leading a team in developing software-defined radios, or SDRs, based on...