Monthly Archives: August 2001
Every Machine Will Be Able to Communicate Wirelessly
James Turner is suing Acme Rent-A-Car in New Haven, Conn., to recoup the $450 he was charged by the company when an on-board telemetry...
Red Hat Proposes Open Source for Next-Gen Wireless Devices
Red Hat will try to unravel the close-knit wireless handset marketplace with a new open source, license- and royalty-free operating system for next-generation mobile...
10 Myths of Wireless
If modern wireless mythology is to be believed, it wont be long before everything in the business world will be linked to the Internet...
Wireless LANs Will Link the World
While most wireless technologies are only beginning to toddle, wireless local area networks are now proving more than capable of handling some significant corporate...
The 3G Wireless Auction Will Happen in 2002
U.S. service providers cant wait for third-generation wireless spectrum to hit the auction block. But that doesnt mean were only a year or two...
Broadband Fixed Wireless Is Dead
Broadband fixed wireless supporters still have a lot of confidence in the technologys potential. Although independent providers continue to struggle for survival, incumbent carriers...
Your Wireless Phone Will Replace Your Wallet
Talk to people who live abroad or who travel frequently, and youll hear the same thing: Americans are wimpy when it comes to mobile...
Retailers — and the Government — Can Find You Wherever You Are
Technology that can dispatch an ambulance to within 50 meters of the wireless phone from which a 911 call was made has commercial enterprises...
The New Wealth of Nations
In the 1700s, a British citizen could not legally emigrate if he knew how to design and build textile machinery. An ambitious 21-year-old named...
The Wireless World Will Be Voice-Activated
Small form-factor wireless phones and personal digital assistants have pushed users about as far as they can go. Typing commands on a dial pad...