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Wireless networking

• September 23, 2008 23 Sep'08

  London remains world’s top business Wi-Fi zone

  London remains the top business Wi-Fi city in the world, according to the regular survey from business Wi-Fi management firm iPass.

• September 22, 2008 22 Sep'08

  Improve your WLAN's peformance with Pilot

  Pilot is a graphing tool that can improve the performance of the WLAN. Here's how to make it work.

• September 17, 2008 17 Sep'08

  Can a VLAN be happy on a WLAN?

  Can you create a virtual LAN on a wireless LAN? Yes! ... as Lisa Phifer explains.

• September 10, 2008 10 Sep'08

  Gaming router has business smarts

  Ian Yates finds a Wi-Fi router touted as suitable for gamers has features that make it ideal for connecting two offices separated by a street.

• September 09, 2008 09 Sep'08

  Symbian maintains growing interest

  Device manufacturers, software and service providers lend added support for foundation

• September 05, 2008 05 Sep'08

  Lawsuit hits Apple over iPhone 3G access

  Apple and its AT&T mobile operator partner are being sued in the US for providing an overloaded and poor iPhone service.

• September 03, 2008 03 Sep'08

  NFC trial: Londoners want to use their mobiles to travel and shop

  O2 has announced the results of a trial which saw 500 London customers given mobile phones equipped with near field communications (NFC) technology, to make Oyster travel and Barclaycard wireless payments.

• September 02, 2008 02 Sep'08

  Nokia launches iTunes rival with Carphone Warehouse

  Nokia has said the UK will be the first market in the world to launch its music service "Comes With Music". Comes With Music gives people a year of...

• August 25, 2008 25 Aug'08

  Meet 802.11s - the new flavour of Wi-Fi

  A new version of the 802.11 standards will bring mesh networks to Wi-Fi world.

• August 25, 2008 25 Aug'08

  Everything you ever wanted to know about WiMAX

  Burton Group analyst Paul DeBeasi explains the technology behind WiMAX and analyses its future prospects.

• August 20, 2008 20 Aug'08

  MIMO - How ghosts boost bandwidth

  Richard Chirgwin explains how 802.11n boosts speed using the same phenomena that makes 'ghosts' appear on your television.

• August 20, 2008 20 Aug'08

  FIELD TEST: Telstra's Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway.

  Ian Yates heads to rural Victoria to test Telstra's Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway, a device that takes wireless broadband and redistributes it over Wi-Fi. His verdict? This device could be essential for roaming IT types!

• August 20, 2008 20 Aug'08

  First region in Australia with blanket WiMAX

  Yorke Peninsula, in South Australia, has become the first region in Australia to feature region-wide WiMAX connectivity.

• August 20, 2008 20 Aug'08

  Next G chunk pulls 3 from tight spot: Ovum

  A new agreement hatched by 3 to allow users to roam onto Telstra's Next G network will save 3 from being squeezed out of the mobile market, analysts say.

• August 19, 2008 19 Aug'08

  O2 wins awards for top broadband speed and customer satisfaction

  O2 has won awards for providing the fastest broadband service and delivering the best customer satisfaction.

• August 18, 2008 18 Aug'08

  How to extend a WLAN's range with 802.11n and WDS

  Learn how to increase Wi-Fi range beyond your four walls in this tip from Lisa Phifer.

• August 14, 2008 14 Aug'08

  RIM to launch Blackberry Bold

  Orange will be the first mobile operator to offer Research in Motion's (RIM) Blackberry...

• August 14, 2008 14 Aug'08

  Mobile broadband demand soaring, says Ofcom

  Demand for mobile broadband connections is skyrocketing, an Ofcom report revealed today.

• August 14, 2008 14 Aug'08

  Gartner: wireless corporate IT arrives

  Within two to five years, businesses will be able to give users a single wireless computing device that they can carry everywhere to access corporate IT,...

• August 12, 2008 12 Aug'08

  Lack of mobile device encryption placing firms at risk

  Four-fifths of firms have sensitive business information on their mobile devices, but barely 25% use encryption

• August 11, 2008 11 Aug'08

  Beware 'Free Public Wi-Fi' when searching for a net connection

  If you've tried connecting to Free Public WiFi without success, this expert response explains what the network is and why it doesn't work.

• August 05, 2008 05 Aug'08

  Linux to claw lion’s share of mobile Internet

  Growth of Moblin, LiMo and Maemo will enable Linux to wrest control of the Mobile Internet Device market

• August 05, 2008 05 Aug'08

  LiMo drives ahead of Android

  New mobile consortium steals a march on rival with delivery of new handsets

• August 05, 2008 05 Aug'08

  Wireless data revenue to increase 16% over the next decade

  Wireless data options, especially related to location and personalised services, to drive growth

• August 04, 2008 04 Aug'08

  CSIRO to develop GPS-beater

  As part of a new $1 million initiative, CSIRO will collaborate with several other government departments to produce a new technology to work where traditional GPS systems cannot.

• August 04, 2008 04 Aug'08

  Wi-Fi networks catch autoimmune disease, lock out legitimate users

  Wi-Fi networks can be persuaded to lock out their legitimate users by an "autoimmune disorder" attack, researchers at the Defcon-16 security conference will show this week.

• August 04, 2008 04 Aug'08

  Radar tracks snooker ball-sized objects from 20km

  BAE Systems has developed a three-dimensional radar system that can track a target the size of a snooker ball from...

• August 03, 2008 03 Aug'08

  Are WiMAX devices on the way?

  While a trickle of WiMAX devices have already reached the market, prepare for a chicken-and-egg wait for more.

• July 31, 2008 31 Jul'08

  Oyster security breach could mean major headache for other MiFare users

  The recent court victory by Dutch academics, which allows them to publish...

• July 25, 2008 25 Jul'08

  Networking Lesson: Prioritising wireless traffic

  Learn how Wi-Fi multimedia can help your WLAN offer better service to users by prioritising traffic flows.

• July 23, 2008 23 Jul'08

  Business value of RFID-based supply chains remains elusive

  Analyst asks whether deploying RFID for supply chain visibility actually makes business sense

• July 22, 2008 22 Jul'08

  Rapid mobile broadband growth spurred by price cutting

  Forecasts indicating that mobile data usage will increase to over 1 Exabyte likley to be somewhat of an underestimate

• July 21, 2008 21 Jul'08

  Business-class WiMAX will test fixed and mobile broadband operators

  WiMAX's increasing popularity among business users fuelling need for operators to round out service options

• July 21, 2008 21 Jul'08

  iPhone sales hit one million in first week

  Apple has said that it has sold a million 3G iPhones within three days...

• July 18, 2008 18 Jul'08

  Young British explorers use GIS to map Himalayas

  A group of young British explorers are to use a satellite mapping system on their month-long trip to the Himalayas.

  The 38 students, aged 16-20, are...

• July 16, 2008 16 Jul'08

  Lenovo, Vodafone and Ericsson bring down cost of integrated laptop mobile broadband

  Lenovo, Vodafone and Ericsson have joined forces to lower the cost of integrated mobile broadband

• July 16, 2008 16 Jul'08

  Mobile handset market to have strong finish to 2008

  Big players' launches and reduced complexity will add to stronger device sales

• July 16, 2008 16 Jul'08

  iPhone and Android steer wireless industry shake up

  Google and Apple may co-operate to change face of mobile telecoms says analyst

• July 15, 2008 15 Jul'08

  Help a WLAN AP to find its lost IP address

  Find out how to find a missing IP address for an Access Point from network security expert Puneet Mehta.

• July 15, 2008 15 Jul'08

  Mobile WiMAX take-up boosted by falling chipset prices

  Falling WiMAX chipset prices could be critical for inclusion of the technology in smaller mobile devices

• July 15, 2008 15 Jul'08

  Linksys WAP2000 Business Access Point: Review and configuration

  Our labs run their eyes over Linksys' new WAP 2000, a VoIP and WLAN router for small businesses.

• July 14, 2008 14 Jul'08

  Prevent latency when using different WLAN cards

  If your users connect to WLANs at different speeds, can it slow your whole network? Lisa Phifer explains how to mix access speeds without messing up your WLAN.

• July 11, 2008 11 Jul'08

  Oracle and Salesforce develop iPhone business apps

  Apple has opened AppStore , the online shop for buying iPhone applications. Users running...

• July 10, 2008 10 Jul'08

  COMMENTARY: Do anaemic iPhone plans make ANZ broadband backwaters?

  iPhone plans are (almost) all out across Australia and New Zealand, but none feature the all-you-can-download schemes on offer elsewhere in the world. All are, in fact, more expensive for less data, leading TechTarget ANZ to ask why we pay more for ...

• July 08, 2008 08 Jul'08

  How to troubleshoot authentication problems on WLANs

  In this book extract, Jim Geier discusses how to troubleshoot 802.x networks to ensure all the devices on the WLAN can authenticate.

• July 07, 2008 07 Jul'08

  Poole hospital deploys wireless local area network

  Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is deploying a wireless local area network (WLAN)

• July 03, 2008 03 Jul'08

  Wimbledon boosted by Ethernet network software

  Bandwidth at Wimbledon is being given a boost with a new bespoke Ethernet network system from Exponential-e.

  The All England Lawn Tennis Club has deployed...

• July 02, 2008 02 Jul'08

  Netgear embraces open source

  Netgear is supporting the open source developer community with the introduction of its WGR614L wireless-G router.

• June 25, 2008 25 Jun'08

  Analysts acclaim Nokia’s Symbian acquisition

  Open Symbian platform heralded as 'a refreshing sign of agility, and a changed mobile landscape'

• June 24, 2008 24 Jun'08

  Vizida brings satellite services to Australia

  International satellite communications provider Vizada will now supply its Thuraya services to the Australian market.