Author: Wayne Slavin

Lured by the potential of wireless technology, electronic components distributors are finding efficiencies by implementing the very products they sell. Via [my-esm.com]

As the International Telecommunication Union's World Radiocommunications Conference 2003 (WRC-03) finishes up its next-to-last week of a month-long session, delegates have reached an agreement that will add 455 MHz of new spectrum in the 5-GHz band for wireless LANs on a global basis with few restrictions. Via [computerworld.com]

When the Palo Alto Unified School District decided to go high-tech and install wireless computer connections throughout it offices and on some campuses, it obviously hadn't gambled on security becoming an issue. Via [sfgate.com]

For executives at DigitalNet, a Dulles, Va., systems integrator, there were two reasons to install wireless local area network: to improve the productivity of its workers and to gain experience to perform similar projects for its clients. Via [boston.internet.com]

Dell Computer is going wild with wireless. Via [news.com.com]

Intel will upgrade the WLAN component of its Centrino mobile platform to support dual-band connections next month. Via [theregister.co.uk]

You want a home wireless network, but you're afraid it won't work. Here's how to do it right. Via [slate.msn.com]

The hottest star in the tech investment galaxy is Wi-Fi. But as with many things that burn too brightly, the industry Wi-Fi hype might burn out before everyone notices its light. Via [seattleweekly.com]

Bluetooth will become the dominant wireless technology, building market share by stealth as the Wi-Fi hotspot bubble bursts, market watcher Forrester Research has forecast. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Worldwide shipments of wireless local-area network equipment increased by 120 percent in 2002 from a year ago, but revenue was up just 29 percent because of falling prices, a market research firm said Monday. Via [internetweek.com]

The 54Mbps 802.11g wireless networking standard has been approved and proposals for a much faster standard - 802.11n - have been put on the table. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Toshiba Corp. is expected to soon launch a Wi-Fi voice-over-IP product portfolio aimed at bringing converged voice/data applications to laptops and PDAs in large organizations. Via [techworld.com]

Unauthorized hardware poses a serious threat to your network. Here's how to track it down. Via [pcmag.com]

The Wireless LAN, or Wi-Fi, hot spot industry could go the way of the dot-coms, unless there is grassroots market acceptance of this technology, according to a report this week by Tempe, Arizona-based electronic research firm, Forward Concepts. Via [pcworld.com]

This summer, you will be able to lounge in a park downtown and surf the Web for free, courtesy of the City of Milwaukee. Via [jsonline.com]