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Dell Builds Its Wireless Portfolio
HotSpotsProducts

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

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Intel To Move Centrino To 802.11a/b Next Month
ProductsChipsetsIntel

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

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Wi-Fi For Dummies
DeploymentAdministration

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]

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Wherefore And Wi-Fi
DeploymentCommentary

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]

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Bluetooth To Outship Wi-Fi Five To One - Report
ResearchCommentary

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]

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Wireless LAN Equipment Shipments Up
ResearchProducts

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]

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802.11g Approved, 802.11n Is Next In Line
StandardsIEEE

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]

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Toshiba Set To Combine Wi-Fi And VoIP
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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]

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

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Will The Wi-Fi Boom Go Bust?
Commentary

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]

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Free To Roam
DeploymentHotSpots

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]

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802.11 At The Polls
Products

Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS) of Frisco, Texas, near Dallas, does not fear the hanging chad. The company has long been making voting systems, and over the last two years went wireless. It introduced its WIN system -- short for Wireless Information Network -- around which AVS has built its voter polling products. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

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Lufthansa To Give Wing To Broadband
DeploymentHotSpots

Broadband access will be the latest in-flight service for travelers on Lufthansa, coming after an agreement struck by the German airline and a Boeing subsidiary devoted to mobile communications. Via [news.com.com]

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A New Wave Of Wireless
DeploymentHotSpotsCommentary

It's Saturday afternoon, and Art Slater sits at his perch in the bay window of the Cyberstop Cafe. The thin card he slides into the side of his laptop detects a wireless signal, an icon pops up on the bottom of the screen, and Slater clicks on it to connect to the signal coming from...

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Next Step After Wi-Fi Is Here, Study Says
WiMAXCommentary

A more robust standard for high-speed broadband wireless delivery to laptops and desktops will augment the burgeoning Wi-Fi market beginning in late 2004, says a report from New York-based analyst firm Visant Strategies Inc. Via [reed-electronics.com]