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Make your own Wi-Fi access point, for free

Make your own Wi-Fi access point, for freeWhen did the Linksys WRT54G become freeEven if you had a router already, claiming that you can "Make your own Wi-Fi access point, for free" is a big stretch of the truth.The router cost money, so you need to add the cost (even...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Routers & switches, own Wi-Fi access point, access point, Wi-Fi access point, router, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2008-03-22

Make your own Wi-Fi access point, for free

Looking for something to do this weekend? If you've got an old wireless router that you have outgrown, why not turn it into an access point and use it to wipe out dead zones throughout your home? I just ran across a handy...

Tags: Wi-Fi Access Point, Wi-Fi, Access Point, Wireless, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-03-21

WiFi access points to generate $191 mln in 2012

Revenue generated by access Wi-Fi point sales will rise from $14 mln in 2006 to more than $191 mln in 2012, according to ABI. Paralleling this increase in access point deployments, revenues earned by software service professionals will experience substantial growth as well, from just over $2 mln in 2006...

Tags: Wi-Fi Access Point, Access Point, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-08

98ò0of Stanford students own PCs, 9ò0own a WiFi access point

98ò0of Stanford students own PCs, 9ò0own a WiFi access pointSurvey StatsHave any idea what the sample size and response rate were?

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi access point, Stanford, access point, Wi-Fi, PC

Discussion threads 2005-03-06

98% of Stanford students own PCs, 9% own a WiFi access point

Stanford University published the results of its residential computing survey, which provides a representative sample of computing technology and consumer electronics preferred by students. More than 3 thousand students responded to the survey, saying 98% of them have PCs, and 10% have 2 or more computers (that does not include...

Tags: Stanford Students, Stanford

Blog posts 2005-03-06

98% of Stanford students own PCs, 9% own a WiFi access point

Stanford University published the results of its residential computing survey, which provides a representative sample of computing technology and consumer electronics preferred by students. More than 3 thousand students responded to the survey, saying 98% of them have PCs, and 10% have 2 or more computers (that does not include...

Tags: Stanford Students, Stanford

Blog posts 2005-03-06

Intel shelves plans for Wi-Fi access point

Intel shelves plans for Wi-Fi access pointno one wants the wireless built INTO the chipsure intel did, then they could have a serial number they always wanted, but the technolgy is moving too fast to bolt it into a chipFamous Last WordsDidn't someone once say that 5 computers in the...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Network technology, WIRELESS, Semiconductors, chip, Wi-Fi, Intel Corp., processor, access point, Wi-Fi access point

Discussion threads 2004-09-24

Additional Resources

Are software megavendors too big to stumble?

There's a good chance you get most--if not all of your software--from four massive companies: IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Oracle. And their game is simple: Grab more of your so-called wallet share. The big question is whether these vendors are so massive that they can do no...

Tags: Software, Gartner Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Brightcove overhauls UI with Brightcove 3

Today Brightcove is rolling out a new application as part of their web platform for content creators (Update: here's a post by one of the Flex developers who worked on it). The new user interface and features are some of the coolest things that I've seen in the ever popular...

Tags: Brightcove, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Dell negotiations: Street ball without the refs

Negotiating hardware deals with Dell isn't for everybody. In fact dealing with Dell can be downright difficult relative to other hardware vendors. That takeaway came from Gartner analyst Leslie Fiering's presentation at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo. In that presentation, Fiering noted that Dell's pricing isn't transparent if you're an IT...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Negotiation, Free Trade, Pricing, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Gartner: The Net killed media; Financial services, healthcare next

The Internet has killed the basic economics of the media industry and healthcare and the financial services industry may be next. That's the message from one of Gartner's so-called "maverick" presentations where analysts go out on a limb. Mark Stahlman and Michael McGuire did the presentation at...

Tags: Financial Service, Media, Industry, Gartner Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emails

It's been a source of contention on this blog and others whether Sarah Palin used her Yahoo accounts for any state business, or whether it was all family pictures and political stuff. It's a question that will eventually be sorted out by the courts because an Alaska judge just ordered...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-14

You know a trend has gotten broad when..

The New York Times, a well-known font of information in the area of information technology, published Revived Fervor for Smart Monitors Linked to a Server, an article by Ashlee Vance October 13th. If the NY Times gets around to saying something about technology, it's pretty well known by those in...

Tags: New York Times Co., Virtualization, Strategy, Desktops, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-14

News to know: IT turbulence, Windows 7, Facebook, Apple HDTV

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IT warning: Turbulence ahead CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over Gartner's worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn't so bad Sean...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, Open Source, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcement

(Update: It also looks like you can grab the final bits as of 12:01 this morning: http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx?v=2.0) After listening to the Q&A from the press conference today recording here, digging into some of the details, and reading some of the commentary on various blogs, there are a...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Eclipse, Numbers Game, Linux, Java Development Tools, Microsoft Development Tools, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Zmanda launches open source backup, recovery solutions for Windows

Open source backup and recovery independent software developer ISV Zmanda formally announced two new products tailored for Windows users. Zmanda, of Sunnyvale, Calif. announced Zmanda Recovery Manager Enterprise Version 3.0 for MySQL and Zmanda Internet Backup ZIB. ZRM 3.0 is the first Windows edition...

Tags: MySQL, Recovery Solution, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-10-13

LG introduces Wirewize remote pay home theater tech support

Best Buy must get some huge margins from its Geek Squad tech support service, because it seems like everyone wants to copy that model of overcharging noobs for help with tech installations and troubleshooting. Circuit City has Firedog, and Office Depot has Tech Depot Services. Now LG Electronics is trying...

Tags: Home Theater, LG Electronics Inc., Cable, Wirewize, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-13

OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough

There is a reason that the OpenOffice.org 3.0 servers are struggling to keep up with demand. OO.org 3.0 really is a serious upgrade over version 2.4 and makes NeoOffice irrelevant for Mac OS X users (previously, OpenOffice only worked within X11; While NeoOffice did a great job porting OO.org...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., OO.org 3.0, OpenOffice, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Egnyte: using and sustaining Enterprise 2.0

Egnyte, in a nutshell, is a software as a service, cloud storage application. But it's a lot more than just that. It feels like your online home of files, storage and where you put your valuables. Egnyte started out because the small business, which is...

Tags: Apple iPhone, On-demand, Server, Enterprise 2.0, Egnyte, Backup Facility, Storage, Backups, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-13

CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over

Being a CEO today just stinks. The economy is melting down. No one trusts each other. And the chieftains don't even know if their customers will survive. What's this mean for your technology department? A lot of upheaval and perhaps one big do-over that starts in 2009. ...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, CEO, Technology Department, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13