Jim Louderback

It was a great year for wireless, as new capabilities seemed to come out with stunning regularity. But even in a year when so many great things were released, a few products rose to the top. Here, in no particular order, are my favorite new products and technologies for 2003. TREO 600: You can just […]

In what will certainly be a preview of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this January, Motorola and Scientific Atlanta recently rolled out new HDTV set-top boxes that double as TiVo-like digital video recorders (DVR). At the Western Cable Show this month, three different models were on display. Scientific Atlanta had the most intriguing […]

ANAHEIM, CALIF.—Corporations looking for alternatives to expensive T1 service may soon get benefits from an unlikely place—cable TV operators. At the cable industrys Western Show 2003 here on Wednesday, networking startup Advent Networks Inc. of Austin, Texas, showed off its new Ultraband line of switch routers, designed to let cable operators increase cable modem bandwidth […]

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. —Geoffrey Chaucer, “Troilus and Criseyde” A year ago, I thought 802.11g was a dumb idea, but Ive changed my tune. With a ratified standard, and 802.11b interoperability, Ive become a big fan of the 54Mbps wireless networking scheme. Even Cisco and Microsoft have released 802.11g […]

If Deion Sanders can do it, I can, too! If you dont follow football, you might not know what Prime-Time Deion—former star football player and now TV commentator on CBS The NFL Today—did last week: He publicly called out Dan Reeves, the coach of the hapless Atlanta Falcons football team. “I could do a better […]

Last week, I wrote about how VOIP, cellular and WiFi will combine to make traditional phones and POTS obsolete. But based on a discussion I had with a development manager at Intels Systems Technology Lab, there are still some thorny problems that need to be resolved. First some background. Intel has put together an internal […]

Here we go again. According to a paper by security expert Robert Moskowitz, the new WPA security scheme designed to protect 802.11 wireless networks has a fundamental flaw. The problem isnt with the scheme itself, but with how keys are exchanged. Using a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) scheme—as opposed to 802.1X—can leave a network wide open […]

Weve all worn those name badges at conferences, and chances are weve all looked pretty geeky strolling down the street after we forget to take them off. Now name badges have entered an entirely new level of geekiness with the new nTag. Instead of just a pre-printed badge, these are actually tiny computers with wireless […]

Discuss This in the eWEEK Forum Its the end of the phone as we know it, and I feel fine! But I dont think the traditional wire-line phone folks will feel so good. Thats because when you combine Wi-Fi with cellular, you just obviated the need for any wired phones at all. Heres how it […]

A powerful solar storm, characterized as “serious” by NOAA is currently hitting the earth with its full fury. The storm, given a G-3 rating, hit around 11:30am EDT, and is expected to last between 12 to 24 hours. “The primary concern with a storm like this,” explained Larry Combs, a Space Weather Forecaster at NOAA, […]