No Wires, No Plugs: Just Access By WiFi
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Alexandria is going wireless. The city is close to a signing a 21st-century agreement to build a citywide wireless network. Anyone with a laptop computer equipped for wireless access will be able to connect to the Internet from virtually anywhere in the city with the purchase of a $21-per-month...
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Wireless networks giving computer users  Internet access from anywhere in the home could expose them to  eavesdropping and programmers should make their security  software easier to use, researchers say.
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The wiring at the Republican National Convention is rich enough to download the entire Encyclopedia Britannica in roughly 30 seconds. More noteworthy, though, is what the gathering lacks: Wi-Fi wireless networks for Internet access...
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SCIENTISTS have sounded the death knell for the plug and power lead. In a breakthrough that sounds like something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming' power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone orlaptop computer without wires or cables.
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Visitors to the British Library can now take advantage of broadband wireless internet access.
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The $1.99 software needed to unlock fast Wi-Fi chips shipped with Macs last year is released, along with a new access point.
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(InfoWorld) - Devicescape SoftwareÂ says it has a solution for the problem of using Wi-Fi hot spots with devices that don't have browsers. Devicescape's free software, formally unveiled on Tuesday atÂ the Demo conference in Palm Desert, California, lets users set up log-in information for multiple Wi-Fi networks and then get on those networks automatically from any supported device. Publicly available Wi-Fi networks, both free and subscription-based, are proliferating in airports, hotels and shopping areas and even around cities. Carriers and other service providers give users access at many hotspots through the same account, but that often still requires entering a log-in and password. That may be hard or impossible to do on a specialized device such as a phone, handheld game console, or camera. Devicescape lets users give their subscription information for all the networks they want to use and register their Wi-Fi devices. When they want to use a given hotspot, that data is exchanged in the background in a patented way before the device gets on the network, according to Glenn Flinchbaugh, vice president of products at Devicescape. Currently, if the user tries to get online in a place where they have more than one choice of operator, the device will automatically choose the network with the strongest signal, Flinchbaugh said. In the future, Devicescape plans to let users set priorities based on the cost of different networks or other factors, he added. Although the service is aimed at consumers, it doesn't conflict with use of a corporate VPN because the log-in process happens before the device goes on the public network, he said. The system works with many of the world's hotspots, including ones provided by AT&T, EarthLink, Google, T-Mobile, and WayPort, according to Devicescape. Devicescape is focused on North America today, but its system will work with network operators in other parts of the world, such as Orange in the U.K. and Softbank and NTT in Japan. The company doesn't need special arrangements with those operators to allow easy log-ins, but it hopes to set up revenue-sharing agreements with them for cases in which new subscribers sign up because of Devicescape, said CEO David Fraser. The San Bruno, California, startup is also working on licensing its software for non-PC devices, either built in or as an add-on. The software, currently in beta testing, is available now as a free download from Devicescape's Web site. It already works with Microsoft Windows XP PCs and Windows Mobile 5 phones, as well as two other devices: the NokiaÂ 770 Web tablet and the CiscoÂ Linksys WIP 300 VoIP phone. It's relatively easy to develop software for those two devices because of available interfaces, but most nonbrowser devices would require a licensing deal, Fraser said.
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It could be a single malfunctioning power supply. Or, from the other side of the glass, it could be a portent of doom for a technology that would make good use of all those TV channels that no one's broadcasting on, for wireless networking.
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The wired instrument isn't digital, but it can stream Internet radio--for a price.
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BusinessWeek Online - Even if you happen to have had a cell phone with Wi-Fi wireless capability, it hasn&#39;t been very easy to use it for phone calls over a Wi-Fi Internet connection. Cell-phone service providers haven&#39;t been very helpful because they want you to use your plan minutes for every call. So you&#39;ve had to download an application from another company such as Skype (NasdaqGS:EBAY - News) to take advantage of the free or at least very cheap calling rates so common now with voice-over-Internet-protocol technology over a wired broadband line. ...
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The Philips VOIP841 connects your calls without a computer. In Gear Factor.
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Letters And cheap tinsel worries wifi fans
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With a rash of muni Wi-Fi projects collapsing, companies and cities realize their initial approaches to providing ubiquitous, free network connectivity aren't working. The problem is Wi-Fi is too expensive to deploy, and there's not enough user demand.
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The laws of physics make the promise of anywhere, anytime wireless hard to realize. Columnist Craig Mathias discusses ways to make wireless more reliable.
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US researchers demonstrate a system to transfer energy to devices without the need for wires.
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Voice over Internet Protocol may be about to enter your living room.
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But 'Gi-Fi' pointless without robust security