In honor of today's iPhone 3G launch, here's a clever new app that taps the new model's GPS capabilities: G-Park, which helps you navigate back to where you parked your car. All you do is tap the Park Me button optionally adding details about where you parked. Later, when you...
As bad as the crisis in the telecommunications industry may be, things may be about to get worse. That's because Wi-Fi wireless fidelity Internet access - which is significantly cheaper than its DSL and cable modem alternatives and can be faster - is threatening the business models of cellular carriers,...
Wireless networking can be critical to your business because it can measurably boost productivity - whether you're tracking inventory or meeting with customers. A wireless office is more flexible, scalable, and yes, often better than a wired office. IEEE 802.11, or Wireless Fidelity Wi-Fi, uses radio waves to carry high-speed...
Getting a Wi-Fi connection the next time you're out of the office doesn't have to be difficult and frustrating. A few common-sense steps - and a couple of security precautions - can ensure you hook up to any hotspot you want. This paper provides five tips on how to get...
The scene is a familiar one at health-care facilities, professional offices, college classrooms and even your neighborhood cafe. People are taking laptop PCs wherever they want to check e-mail or surf the Internet. They're getting network and Internet access through wireless networks, where devices are connected through radio signals rather...
Whether you're out of town on business or pleasure, there's usually stuff to deal with back at the office. When you have a broadband connection at work, it's hard for many of us to stomach a dial-up line on the road. That's why your laptop should be Wi-Fi-enabled. You can...
Connecting to a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network while you're away may seem easy, especially if you have the wireless "Sniffer" that comes with Windows XP. As with any emerging technology, there can be complications. The wireless access point may not be compatible with your system, or vice versa. A significant number...
Lots of metropolitan areas have public Wi-Fi networks. If your next business trip takes you to a Wi-Fi capital, think of all the wires you can leave at home. Who knows maybe you can even give your laptop computer a break and take your Wi-Fi enabled Pocket PC along? So...
The primary reason for building a Wireless LAN WLAN is for increased mobility - so that one can move around from room to room without being tethered to a network jack. Another reason people like wireless LANs is because they can network their computers together without having to snake wires...
Better networking can improve your company's productivity - and boost profitability. But is tracking an emerging standard like wireless "n" - which is well down the road - really a good way to spend your time? This paper explains a few points about Wireless "n," the next generation of Wireless-Fidelity...
At Ingleburn, Patrick Autocare has deployed LXE mobile computers connected to their pioneering and comprehensive Vehicle Tracking System VTS by a wireless local area network. This on-line system allows Patrick Autocare to keep track of their vast vehicle inventory in real time. The Vehicle Tracking System VTS has been designed...
Aircell's Gogo, an airline Wi-Fi service, is about to go mainstream this summer and the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg gives it a good review. Why aren't I more enthusiastic? As Mossberg notes, people are about to become more productive on airplanes or lose their last refuge...
Voice-over-IP service iCall lets you make and receive free calls anywhere in the U.S. and Canada -- as long as you're sitting at your PC. But now iPhone users can get in on the action: A new iCall applet for iPhone enables free calling anywhere there's a Wi-Fi hotspot. ...
For years I've predicted that Starbucks would eventually abandon its ridiculously overpriced Wi-Fi and join Caribou Coffee, Panera Bread, and other chains in setting connectivity free. Well, I was right. (Hey, it doesn't happen often, so I have to brag when it does!) As of yesterday, you can get free...
Last time we broached this subject, Rick mentioned several things you can do to save juice, including the most important one: dim your laptop's screen. Today, Tablet PC Review has a few more useful tips to make your computer last longer, including turning off any Bluetooth or WiFi devices. The...
Before David Hagan became President of Boingo Wireless, he spent 15 years bring Sprint from obscurity to a 600 million dollar a year business. Boingo Wireless, a Hot Spot wifi travel service for laptops and dual mode handsets, does partnerships with 150 operators including Nokia and Skype and...
Remember the CradlePoint CTR-350 Cellular Travel Router, which leverages your broadband USB modem to create a go-anywhere Wi-Fi hotspot? The WAAV AirBox CM3 does more or less the same thing, except that it packs its own 3G modem. In other words, it's a hotspot-in-a-box -- or, if you prefer, an...
Right now I'm totally digging the Sierra Wireless U595 USB modem, which plugs into my notebook to provide high-speed Internet access just about anywhere. The only thing that would make it better is if I could share the wireless love with my co-workers. CradlePoint's CTR-350 Cellular Travel Router makes it...
The iPhone saga continues today with security concerns and news from Wall Street. The New York Times reported yesterday that a team of security professionals working for Independent Security Evaluators successfully hacked into the iPhone through a WiFi connection. This news, along with the iPhone's anemic...
