Author: Wayne Slavin

With technologies like mobile WiMAX starting to emerge, some people are starting to ask whether there's a long-term future for public Wi-Fi. Via [informationweek.com]

Skyhook Wireless secured $6.5 million in venture and corporate funding. The Wi-Fi location provider attracted support from Intel Capital and Bain Capital Ventures, as well as existing investors, including Nokia. Via [wirelessweek.com]

What happens when your Wi-Fi products and services supplier suddenly shutters its business? Via [redherring.com]

San Francisco's plan for citywide Wi-Fi ran into some friction Friday from a local regulatory agency. Via [infoworld.nl]

Wireless networking has become a convenient way to connect computers without the hassle of running cable between machines. But if it's not properly secured, it can be a loophole through which crackers can hijack free network access. Via [searchsecurity.techtarget.com]

Wireless data networks are being installed free of charge in cities across the nation. But Boston, a city with a reputation for innovation and more than twice the population of some cities already luring big WiFi investments, isn't among them. Via [boston.com]

When Cyril Houri and a group of friends he refers to as “GPS alpha geeks” were frustrated by poor satellite reception in the big cities where they lived, they decided to do something about it. The result is Navizon, a wireless positioning system that works on Pocket PC PDAs by triangulating signals from Wi-Fi access...

Telstra is set to expand its wireless broadband coverage as demand for the service has more than doubled in the last three months. Via [zdnet.com.au]

As mobile networks get more convenient, they get less secure. Mobile security decreases as inconvenience increases. Here's a few things you can do to protect yourself and your enterprise. Via [informationweek.com]

The Intel-backed Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC) appears to have reached a closer understanding with the IEEE Task Group charged with developing the specification for the next-generation Wi-Fi standard, 802.11n. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Orange is to launch its own wi-fi network across the UK and will be aping BT with a combined 3G, GPRS and wi-fi service for businesses. Via [networks.silicon.com]

Samsung Ventures America, the U.S. based venture capital investment arm for Samsung Venture Investment Corp., has invested more than $20 million in C-round funding in broadband wireless chipset company Beceem Communications Inc. Beceem said Monday. Via [eetimes.com]

It's a new safety tool: parents are alerted when children reach pre-set points along the route, say, to and from school. If there is a problem, the kids can press a call button on the tag, which alerts their parents. Via [informationweek.com]

Intel Corp. is touting its next mobile platform, dubbed Napa, as another major milestone in notebook PC history. Via [eweek.com]

The pieces are falling into place for the next-generation 802.11n Wi-Fi standard to be ratified and chipsets could appear by the end of 2006, according to a study by ABI Research. Via [eet.com]