Author: Wayne Slavin

The potential of public wireless local area networks to ease the connection woes of mobile workers has been well documented but there are some very real obstacles that need to be overcome before theory can become fact. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]

Sharp's Zaurus SL-6000L PDA is now available with English language support online. This device, as well as two additional SL-6000 models, have been available in Japan. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Last month, the Hagiwara Sys-Com MemoryStick Wireless LAN card finally became available -- in Japan. The Wi-Fi enabled MemoryStick is now shipping in the United States. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Hardware and software players are positioning themselves to combine two of the Internet's success stories -- Wi-Fi and VoIP -- onto one hardware platform. Via [internetnews.com]

A new Web site has hit the Internet designed to help consumers find a prepaid Wi-Fi service plan. WiFiMinutes.com gives consumers the ability to compare and contrast several plan options. Via [wirelessweek.com]

VoIP over Wi-Fi networks is still fraught with problems that will take time - probably years - to solve, according to execs from vendors selling gear to support the technology, who spoke at a panel Tuesday at Spring VON 2004. Via [nwfusion.com]

Broadband phone service provider Vonage will make available portable Wi-Fi phones later this year to help defend itself against AT&T's expansion into its market, a Vonage executive said Monday. Via [news.com.com]

Mesh technology allows new wireless networks to be created, or existing WLANs to be extended, without needing a wired connection to each base station. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]

AMD has begun to address Intel's almost total domination of the Wi-Fi market by launching a hotspot co-marketing scheme designed to promote its Alchemy WLAN chips. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Anyone can get their kicks on Route 66 — but on Highway 101, you can get Wi-Fi in 77 places. Via [usatoday.com]

As I sit here in an American Eagle commuter jet, flying from San Jose to Los Angeles and trying to write this column, one thing occurs to me: This Ferrari-branded notebook sure looks better when it isn't solidly stuck in my stomach. The second thing that occurs to me is, I'll probably never regain the...

Intel has bought Israeli wireless networking chip maker Envara for $40m, local business site The Market has claimed. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Lucent Technologies Inc. is working to develop a product that would provide users with wireless Internet access on trains, buses and automobiles. Via [computerworld.com]

From hot spots in McDonald’s to the newly proposed hot zones showing up in town squares in municipalities around the country, wireless access seems more and more pervasive – or at least the perception is that wireless is pervasive. In reality, CIOs, CSOs (Chief Security Officers) and network administrators are struggling to implement enterprise wireless...

Intel and network gear maker Alcatel announced on Thursday an alliance to deliver WiMax equipment by the second half of 2005. Via [news.com.com]