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Marriott Moscow Wi-Fi Security Concerns Well-Founded
Talkback The main point of the article is that Russia's Hacker Magazine published complete details of how to exploit the Marriott Moscow Wi-Fi network -- including step-by-step instructions. I wonder what kind of disaster needs to take place before Wi-Fi...
[May 13, 2007, 7:13]
Poor Wi-Fi passwords 'invite attack'
News A security expert has warned users of the latest wireless network security standard, Wi-Fi Protected Access, to pick good passwords or risk being compromised. The Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security specification sported by the latest wireless...
[November 7, 2003, 7:50]
Siemens attacks Wi-Fi-only phones
News Handsets that offer only Wi-Fi connectivity have been a failure, according to the director of home and office communications devices for Siemens. Wi-Fi-only mobile phones have been on the market for nearly two years, and are marketed as an easy way...
[June 26, 2007, 15:18]
London gets monster Wi-Fi hot spot
News The goal of ubiquitous Wi-Fi coverage in the UK has moved closer, with Broadreach unwiring a chunk of London's West End. The high-speed wireless network operator is creating a "Wi-Fi hot zone" that will extend for more than 500 metres along one of...
[November 10, 2003, 14:55]
Wi-Fi gets onboard Asia's trains
News Chris Koeneman, senior vice president of wireless technology provider Colubris Networks, said that his company has clinched a deal to provide Wi-Fi services to commuters in the waiting and boarding areas of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR...
[June 22, 2007, 11:07]
Wi-Fi Alliance defends early certification
News The managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance has defended his organisation's decision to start certifying draft 802.11n equipment before the standard is finalised.n is the latest iteration of Wi-Fi, promising higher throughput, range and bandwidth...
[June 20, 2007, 12:26]
Competition hots up between 3G and Wi-Fi
News The battle between 3G and Wi-Fi for dominance of the wireless internet world will all come down to which offers the broadest benefits to individual users, analysts have predicted. The two technologies offer a variety of different benefits and...
[June 19, 2007, 13:57]
Mobile Wi-Fi battery issues 'solved'
News Shortened battery life in phones using Wi-Fi is an issue that has been "solved" in the latest generation of smartphones, the founder of internet telephony company Truphone has claimed. Truphone founder and chief executive James Tagg says that the...
[March 12, 2007, 15:58]
Singapore Airlines takes Wi-Fi in-flight
News Under the agreement, 40 of Singapore Airlines' planes will be equipped with Wi-Fi connections to a high-speed satellite service. Analysts have identified travel locations -- airplanes, trains and other places where travelling business users are...
[November 12, 2003, 12:30]
The chilling feeling of a Wi-Fi draft
Leader We've never seen anything quite as ugly as the logo the Wi-Fi Alliance has chosen for its latest standard, 802.11n Draft 2.0. The Wi-Fi Alliance has lost control of the process it is supposed to safeguard.
[May 16, 2007, 17:30]
HTC Touch gets 3G, loses Wi-Fi
Blog Not that I'm wanting to harp on about public Wi-Fi's wobbly business case too much, but the latest news from Windows Mobile manufacturer HTC should raise an eyebrow or two. The company's just announced the sequel to the Touch (a.k.a.the iPh*ne...
[August 30, 2007, 11:54]
The wheels come off muni Wi-Fi
Blog Municipal Wi-Fi. And if it doesn't.then it goes the way of Chicago's planned muni Wi-Fi network, now scrapped because it wouldn't have drawn enough punters to be worth the expense. Cities like London are rolling out muni Wi-Fi predominantly as...
[August 29, 2007, 16:31]
US firms to push down Euro Wi-Fi prices
News The arrival of Wi-Fi access providers such as Boingo and IPass in Europe will drive down prices and force home-grown operators to improve their offerings. That's the conclusion of a report into Europe's Wi-Fi pricing published this week by analyst...
[January 14, 2004, 17:45]
Wi-Fi roadshow to tempt firms into wireless
News Some of the leading names in the Wi-Fi industry are teaming up to run a series of roadshows across Britain where companies will be encouraged to deploy wireless technologies. The events will be held in Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Reading and...
[January 16, 2004, 16:20]
What WiMAX Forum Certified Products Will Bring to Wi-Fi
White Papers Wi-Fi allows for wireless broadband connectivity within the local area. WiMAX Forum Certified equipment vendors may develop products that support a combination of Wi-Fi LAN technology and WiMAX MAN technologies to enable untethered roaming between...
[June 19, 2004, 20:00]
Many UK citizens still clueless about Wi-Fi
News Forty percent of respondents to a Freedom2Surf survey didn't understand what Wi-Fi technology was, although the overwhelming majority of those surveyed who were aged between 16 and 24 claimed to know about it.
[April 14, 2005, 18:05]
IPass deal extends European Wi-Fi network
News The agreements with European providers Swisscom Eurospot and ADP Telecom will let customers access Wi-Fi spots at large hotels, train stations and airports across Europe. France's ADP offers Wi-Fi at locations such as Charles de Gaulle and Orly...
[December 3, 2003, 16:18]
Concerns grow over rogue Wi-Fi security
News Rogue and insecure Wi-Fi access points are increasingly posing a threat to the security of corporate networks. And 10 out of the 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel, organised by ZDnet UK's sister site silicon.com, agreed that Wi-Fi security is a...
[April 20, 2007, 16:35]
BBC TV over Wi-Fi
Blog A phone with Wi-Fi If you have those four ingredients then switch Wi-Fi on and visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/live/tv/ from your device. Here's something to try over the Easter break. You will need:
[April 8, 2009, 15:43]
Wi-Fi standards' future mapped out
News Representatives from key industry groups gave an update on upcoming Wi-Fi standards that lay the groundwork for determining what tools manufacturers will have to work with as they develop new products.
[December 5, 2003, 7:55]
