To address problems with weak WEP encryption, the IEEE has introduced the gold standard for wireless security: 802.1x and EAP. You can now manage and distribute keys on a user- and session-level basis.
Streaming media software maker RealNetworks released a slew of middleware products Tuesday, introducing a collection of tools for mobile communications providers.
RealNetworks scored a deal under which its RealOne Player streaming media software will be incorporated into Linux-based phones built by Motorola.
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Motorola has agreed to provide the University of Wollongong with hardware that will bring its theoretical research on wireless sensor networks into the real world.
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In the broadband war, it seems, everyone has an opinion and those with a vested interest are playing fast and loose with the truth.
Just a few days after the Australia Connected program was launched Communications Minister Helen Coonan was selling the initiative to the TV talk shows.
If you're one of those people who likes to complain whenever their Wi-Fi connection even temporarily flickers, then being forced to use older connectivity technologies is a useful reminder of how much we have to be intermittently grateful for.
We've all experienced that irritating feeling upon walking into a nearly empty restaurant, only to see little 'reserved' signs on the empty tables, and to be told by the matre d' that no tables are available even as other people enter and are escorted to their tables.
To address problems with weak WEP encryption, the IEEE has introduced the gold standard for wireless security: 802.1x and EAP. You can now manage and distribute keys on a user- and session-level basis.
At NICTA's recent Techfest conference, researchers from National ICT Australia (NICTA) get to show off the projects they have been working on all year, including facial recognition tech designed to help catch criminals as well as better algorithms and sensors for traffic control.
With US cellular operator Sprint Nextel and WiMax provider Clearwire suspending their partnership to build a new nationwide wireless network using WiMax, the future looks precarious for the much-hyped technology that was supposed to revolutionise the mobile Web.
In an interview, Windows Live exec Chris Jones talks about what the 2-year-old is up to and comments on another youngster -- Apple's iPhone.
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.
The new RealPlayer 11 lets you save streaming Web video to your hard drive.
RealNetworks scored a deal under which its RealOne Player streaming media software will be incorporated into Linux-based phones built by Motorola.
As a basic wireless N kit, the Conceptronic Wireless 300Mbps Broadband Starter pack offers reasonable value, but like so many of its wireless N peers, it still fails to live up to the hype.
The 3Com 3108 is well worth considering in environments where workers spend much of their time away from desks without resorting to expensive to run GSM or 3G dependent mobile phones.
High-speed mobile broadband has arrived! We compare Telstra's BigPond Wireless Next G service with Vodafone's HSDPA-enhanced 3G network.
Fancy a 1.3Mbps broadband pipeline direct to your notebook, without a cable in sight? The new BigPond wireless data card makes good on Telstra's lofty promises for its Next G network.
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