Author: Wayne Slavin

Wireless LAN equipment vendor Telabria unveiled a public-access point that can use 3G cellular data service to connect users to the Internet, allowing access by Wi-Fi-enabled devices from unusual locations. Via [informationweek.com]

If you ever either drink or drive, you're probably indirectly familiar with Commercial Alcohols Inc. Via [eweek.com]

Less than a week after the Zigbee Alliance announced its first compliance awards, competing vendor Zensys has come out with its second-generation chip. Via [reed-electronics.com]

With Intel's Rosedale chip now out, the UK's incumbent telco predicts that it will soon be offering self-installation WiMax kit. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Good news for wireless users in Islington - they can now get free wireless Internet access. But will commercial hot spot operators be pleased? Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

QuickLogic and Atheros Communications have jointly developed an 802.11 a/b/g connectivity platform linking the former's uWatt Programmable Bridges and Atheros' WLAN chipsets. Via [eetimes.com]

An illuminating posting on Slashdot today reveals that Texas is moving to prevent the dissemination of net porn via public Wi-Fi networks. The act "relating to prohibiting wireless Internet access to obscene materials on public property" declares: "A state agency that provides wireless Internet access on state property may not allow access to obscene materials...

If WiMax technology lives up to the hype, faster data speeds over much greater distances than offered by Wi-Fi hot-spots will be the norm. Via [informationweek.com]

Wireless broadband has just taken a big leap forward. Via [news.com.com]

The head of the country's largest phone company ridiculed San Francisco's interest in building a municipal Wi-Fi network that is designed to offer cheap or free Internet service throughout the city. Via [sfgate.com]

We can do this the hard way, or we can do this the easy way. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

European rail operators love Wi-Fi. They're keen on anything that encourages more businesspeople to take the train, and wireless networking is an attractive way to provide paying travellers with ad hoc connections to the internet and company networks. A journey's duration becomes productive work time, whether it's part of a daily commute or a longer...

Forty percent of folk in Britain haven't a clue what WiFi means or where to stick it, a survey suggests. Via [theinquirer.net]

If you don't protect your wireless computer network from hackers, you could discover neighbors or strangers snooping around your personal computer files—like I did. Via [fortune.com]

Tech savvy polar bears can now take advantage of wireless networking after two Intel employees on an expedition deployed what is thought to be the world's most northerly Wi-Fi hotspot. Via [vnunet.com]