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- Wi-Fi
- (WIreless-FIdelity) A logo from the Wi-Fi Alliance that certifies network devices comply with the IEEE 802.11 wireless Ethernet standards. In the early 2000s, Wi-Fi/802.11 became widely used (initially...
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- EarthLink pulls back on muni Wi-Fi
- Municipal Wi-Fi projects are being put on the back burner by EarthLink, a major contractor to local governments, reports Info World. After first quarter losses of about $30 million, Earthlink has decided to pull back from municipal Wi-Fi contracts and focus on more lucrative contracts in large cities. Earthlink...
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- Arlington picks EarthLink for Wi-Fi
- Arlington County, Va., has chosen EarthLink to build, own and operate a Wi-Fi broadband network to cover the suburban Washington county. EarthLink said the network will provide service for the 26 square-mile Arlington County area. The deal includes net access to several nonprofit partners of the county, as...
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- LA to go Wi-Fi
- Los Angeles will deploy a city-wide Wi-Fi network, likely to be the largest in the country, Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa announced on Tuesday, MuniWireless reports. "By giving every resident high-speed access, we will transform Los Angeles into a cutting-edge city across every neighborhood and every economic sector," Mayor Villaraigosa...
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
- Open Wi-Fi networks leave many places for criminals to hide
- Whats happening over that cafe Wi-Fi - maybe even over the very unsecured network you run in your home? Probably nothing. But on some networks people are downloading child porn, soliting kids for sex, and engaging in criminal conspiracies. The Washington Post points to a typical case: ...
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Consultant: Gov apps, not public use, will pay Wi-Fi's way
- Writing on GigaOm, Katie Fehrenbacher writes that consultant Craig Settles has concluded that public use of municipal Wi-Fi networks are unlikely to pay the bills. Public workforce applications, he says, will be “muni networks’ big ROI generator.” “Public wireless access is good political sound-bite marketing, but the beef is...
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- Muni Wi-Fi can deliver speed, coverage if properly designed
- Weve heard a lot of anecdotal stories that municipal Wi-Fi networks are not living up to their billing, as users find the networks to be much slower than hoped and subject to weak coverage. But, compared to cell networks, theyre actually much faster and cover their areas almost as well,...
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- Local govts. target Wi-Fi piggybacking
- In New York and California, local governments are passing laws aimed at stopping people from piggbacking on open Wi-Fi networks, Network World reports. Last October, the local government in Westchester County, N.Y., began enforcing a countywide law requiring all commercial businesses to secure their WLAN access or face fines....
- Blog posts 2007-01-09
- Who has the most hotspots?
- Who has the hottest spots in the world? The US has the most WiFi hotspots but the UK is more densely wireless, a thorough British study PDF of wireless connections around the world finds, according to Ars Technica. America leads the hotspot race with 26,000 access points, 25% of...
- Blog posts 2006-12-06
- 'Inherent weaknesses' in WiFi mesh technology?
- There have been several reports that mesh-based citywide muni wireless installations are underwhelming residents. Writing on GigaOM, Katie Fehrenbacher writes that an Israeli wireless equipment company, InspiAir, says mesh technology is a big part of the problem. Is he just trying to sell InspiAir’s alternative WiFi software and...
- Blog posts 2006-11-22
- Muni Wi-Fi threatened by patent decision
- A federal judge rules last week that Australias science research agency holds a valid patent to key technologies two Wi-Fi standards, 802.11a and 802.11g, News.com reports. If the patent withstands appeals, the additional licensing fees could drive up costs of the equipment to the point where the municipal wireless movement...
- Blog posts 2006-11-21
- MetroFi, Microsoft team up for Portland's citywide Wi-Fi
- Microsoft and MetroFi announced they will get together to build a free wireless Internet service for Portland, OR. MetroFi will launch the service in Portlands tourist center, Pioneer Courthouse Square, by the end of the year and expand it to the rest of the city within two years, Forbes...
- Blog posts 2006-11-15
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- Green Plug snags heavy hitter for board
- Who says green tech isn't rocket science? Starting Sept. 1, green tech start-up Green Plug, which is pushing for the concept of a universal power converter, has appointed former White House advisor George Keyworth as the chairman of its board of directors. Keyworth was Science Advisor to...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Empower your people
- It's the beginning of the year and I'm going out of my mind. Even though we've added my position of "Technology Director" and I don't have to teach anymore, we're still not exactly overstaffed on tech here in the district. I'm supposed to be handling curriculum and designing...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- iPhone tethering rumored
- When I travel I carry a second phone alongside my iPhone – for one reason. Tethering. I need to be able to get online wherever I am and Wi-Fi isn't exactly ubiquitous and free Wi-Fi seems to be getting scarcer with each passing day. To make matters...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- IBM claims 'Quicksilver' flash sets data-speed record
- A project under development from IBM is setting new records for data-transfer speeds using solid-state technology with one million input/outputs per second. IBM has said its 'Project Quicksilver' is setting new records for data-transfer speeds on solid-state technology, with its tests showing a disk-storage solution hitting one million input/outputs...
- News items 2008-08-29
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisition
- Microsoft said Friday that it will acquire Greenfield Online, which owns Ciao, a price comparison, shopping and reviews site in Europe, for $17.50 a share, or $486 million. The goal: Expand Live Search in Europe. Greenfield Online, which also owns an Internet survey business, will be split...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Virtual desktop solutions and mobility
- Several suppliers, including Citrix and VDIworks, have come forward to speak with me about work they're doing to address the inhibitors to deploying VDI-based solutions. Here are some of the issues these suppliers are addressing. Organizations have come to think that the only...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Say goodbye to Yahoo! Mash
- On today's web, so many social sites never get off the ground because users don't easily migrate from their online communities. As much as I want MySpace to die, people will still be using it as long as their friends are using it. Yahoo's mashup social network...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Public policy and open source
- Public policy and open sourceGovernments should tread carefullyBy all means they should use OSS if it is the most cost-effective use of the taxpayers' money. But that's as far as it should go. There shouldn't be any 'affirmative action' for OSS.NoneGovernment should have a policy of using public funds in...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Public policy and open source
- What role should government have in moving open source forward? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
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