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• HP settles with CSIRO

  Hewlett Packard has settled with Australian peak research body Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) over its US wireless patent.

• Unwired won't confirm WiMax timing

  Unwired CEO David Spence today side-stepped a query on whether the company's vaunted WiMax network build would begin before the end of the year.

• CSIRO victorious in Wi-Fi appeal

  Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has come one step closer to defending its patent relating to several Wi-Fi standards, with defendant Buffalo Technology losing a US appeal on the matter.

• Cheaper quantum security coming soon

  Researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology claim to have discovered a technique that will lower the costs of quantum cryptography.

• Cisco cleans up with SOAP alternative?

  Cisco has announced an alternative to the Web-services protocol SOAP and made it open source. Cisco says its Etch messaging protocol will be more efficient than the SOAP standard and the company will release the source code.

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  Remember the Ala-MIMO

  As CSIRO stands firm on its refusal to freely license key patents relating to WLANs, I'm reminded of the joke: what do you get when you grab a man by the testicles? The answer: his full attention.

Features and Case Studies (69)

• Networking: What can you expect in 2008?

  During the holiday season, snow isn't the only thing analysts shovel. With that in mind, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, Jon Oltsik, takes a look forward on networking technology and related industry trends in 2008.

• The role of 802.11n in the Enterprise

  As the 802.11n standard gets closer to final ratification, enterprises are beginning to wonder how this may impact their Wireless LAN strategy in the coming year and beyond. For organisations that may choose to deploy 802.11n, it will have serious upgrade implications for both the infrastructure and the client side.

• Scale up your infrastructure with 10Gb Ethernet support

  If you're about to build a new Ethernet network or upgrade an existing one, be sure to consider installing an infrastructure that will support 10Gbps bandwidth, even if you don't need that much speed right now.

• Why you should care about WiMAX

  The next-generation wireless technology could take us one step closer to the mobile nirvana of one bill for mobile, Wi-Fi and broadband connectivity.

• The long and winding road to Wi-Fi 2.0

  New technology promises to increase the speed of wireless networks by a factor of 20, but the emerging standard is being delayed by vendors squabbling.

Reviews (179)

• Netgear ReadyNAS Pro

  With the ReadyNAS Pro, Netgear has proven it's still king of the hill. However, some interface quirks, inelegant recovery from catastrophic volume failure, and poor volume, user and share management may put some users off.

• IBM Lotus Symphony 1.2

  While the interface of IBM's free office suite is sexy, its hunger for system resources and lack of features mean that OpenOffice.org 3 is still the best free office suite. Also, watch out for Symphony's lack of OOXML support.

• NEC ShieldPro N22A

  If you took a tank and a tablet notebook, and they had a child, the product would be the NEC ShieldPro N22A. It's just like a tablet, except big, heavy, black and armoured.

• Sony VAIO (VGN-Z17GNB)

  Beautifully designed and reassuringly robust, the 1.5kg VAIO Z11 marries a decent-sized 13.1-inch screen with good portability. It's not flawless, but if you can afford it, you won't be disappointed.

• Dell Latitude E4300

  Dell's Latitude E4300 shares many of the exciting features of its larger siblings, but also sacrifices a lot in exchange for portability.

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