Browsing the Web from this Southern California city may soon become an outdoor sport. Via [cnn.com]

A new wireless LAN access point is designed so that users in remote offices can be managed by a wireless switch in a central site. Via [pcworld.com]

Intel Corp. said Wednesday it would reorganize its communications chip business, less than a week after announcing a surprise $600 million charge due to sluggish prospects for its wireless business. Via [money.cnn.com]

Mobile telecoms giant Vodafone has said it is launching third generation (3G) mobile wireless services in Germany and Italy. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

A new low-power wireless technology unveiled this week could expand the use of Wi-Fi in devices currently using the Bluetooth standard, National Semiconductor officials said. Via [eweek.com]

Research in Motion Ltd. is building BlackBerry messaging devices that run over wireless LANs, company officials confirmed last week. Via [eweek.com]

Growing numbers of Wi-Fi enabled laptops, GPRS and 3G mobile handsets will make 2004 a breakthrough year for wireless data use, according to Ovum. Via [vnunet.com]

If there's one place where Wi-Fi makes sense, it may be at Seattle's cutting-edge Experience Music Project museum. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]

In response to concerns over complexity and security, wireless industry experts promised new standards that should begin appearing in products throughout next year. Via [technewsworld.com]

A trio of wireless LAN vendors have put together a loose coalition of complementary products that it claims has enough RF smarts to see off competition from Wi-Fi specialists, at the same time as undercutting Cisco's pricey offering. Via [techworld.com]

Service providers must come together on roaming agreements to create a future for value-add Wi-Fi hotspot services, experts agree. Via [eweek.com]

New wireless standards with better security and the ability to support high-bandwidth applications such as video over wireless networks will appear in products by the end of next year, analysts said. Via [macworld.co.uk]

It used to be a chore to get multimedia content from your computer to a stereo or home theatre system - you could string messy wires, or use low-powered FM transmitters that offered poor quality and performance. All that has suddenly changed as vendors rush to corner the market on a new type of home...

A couple of buddies get in their car on a Saturday morning. They've got steaming coffees and a laptop. As the passenger boots up the computer, the driver pulls out and banks a left onto a busy downtown Boston street. But in this scenario, it doesn't have to be Boston; it could be Chicago, New...

Engineers from Cisco Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. are trying to kick off an effort to standardize mesh networks, one of the hottest new segments in wireless. The move comes as a handful of startups are hitting the market with proprietary mesh networking technologies embedded in their homegrown ASICs and software. Via [crn.com]