Traveling Success With Linux
Blog Comment I promise you, I didn't download or add anything to get WiFi connections working on Ubuntu and Kubuntu (both Hardy Heron 8.04.1). As for Mandriva, it was every bit as easy to set up the WiFi, and it works just as well.
[July 29, 2008, 9:23]
Schools Panic Over WiFi
Blog Comment As with so many things, this is confounded by the fact that most people appear to have no negative response whatsoever to WiFi radiation - but similarly most people don't react negatively to Penicillin, yet you would not give that to someone with...
[November 22, 2006, 11:19]
An Impressive Week With Ubuntu
Blog Next I wanted to see if the WiFi connection would work with my home network. I found the hardware management window, and according to that, there were only a few "problems" - the built-in softmodem required a proprietary driver which had not been...
[May 30, 2008, 13:59]
Does O2 Do EDGE?
Talkback So 70% of the UK don't have EDGE -- so can't get e-mail or web browsing on an iPhone without a personal WiFi network -- so would do better with the bottom of the range Nokia (that can get e-mail over the "plain old telephone system").
[September 23, 2007, 18:39]
SightSpeed To Announce Linux Version
Blog It looks like they are trying to make it as easy as they have already done with WiFi networking. Assuming that succeeds, you can then have a really portable video calling system - no more running around looking for an adequate WiFi hotspot.
[September 15, 2008, 18:03]
Isn't IPhone A Limited Market .... As It Is?
Blog PREDICTION: ONE DAY Apple will put all this together and make a closed consumer Network Computer that does all the stuff you need in Web 2.0 Style and with enough local power to do what little creation most want - WiFi'd to the mechanical...
[July 15, 2008, 13:09]
A Good PDA And A Decent Phone But...
Member Review WiFi: The settings and network selection are not user friendly. Wifi connection is not quite stable when used in power conservation mode, otherwise it is stable and fast. Skype: If the WiFi is reliable the sound quality is very good.
[December 20, 2007, 10:44]
Is Your World Still Flat?
Talkback The other FON users accessing your HomeHub do so on what is, in essence, a VLAN with a seperate WiFi channel and, I believe, seperate IP addressing schema. I would hope that before these comments were posted a quick check of the BT site was made...
[October 19, 2007, 22:44]
I Bought One
Member Review The lack of Wifi is an issue. While there are better devices out there, I got this because it was one of the first devices out with GPS and phone that had network operator support. I could have bought more powerful devices, but without a plan and...
[February 22, 2008, 9:44]
Place Your Bets Folks
Talkback If I were planning a criminal enterprise and wanted to chat about it with my co-conspirators, I would probably set up a self hosted email server and equip my fellows with netbooks, paltops or laptops using a mail client enabled for IMAPS & SMTPS...
[October 16, 2008, 14:23]
Schools Panic Over WiFi
Blog Comment There is an enormous amount of data in regarding various aspects of Microwave frequency radiation as a whole, but there is still very little data regarding the radiation from phone masts and phones, and almost none regarding WiFi networks.
[November 22, 2006, 12:40]
Enlightenment Could Have Been The Best
Talkback Without it, it's kind of a pain in the ass, or takes some scripting knowledge to use wifi. I think Enlightenment represents the true window manager. True in a sense that it allows you to control every detail of your windows.
[November 21, 2007, 10:59]
802.11-ngratitude
Blog Comment I've had it installed for a couple of months now, and I have several different kinds of WiFi devices around the house, so I suppose I have some good interoperability experience: Hi Rupert, gosh, several things to comment on in that excellent blog...
[February 27, 2008, 14:13]
More On Windows Mobile 6
Blog Seems BT is a partner now, particularly re the integrated WiFi and VoIP capabilities. Windows Mobile 6 got officially announced today, although everybody's known about it since last week at least. I'm currently sitting in a Microsoft press...
[February 12, 2007, 13:45]
Vista To XP - Two Weeks Later
Blog On a typical day, I use it at home with a WiFi connection, then suspend it while I go to catch the train; use it on the train with a cellular data connection (Swisscom Unlimited Data HSDPA / UMTS / EDGE / GPRS), then suspend again and walk to the...
[December 8, 2007, 19:06]
Lord Of The Ring-Tones
Blog Nokia N95 users can install applications via WiFi connections. Oh no, not mobile phones again. You see; I’m not that attached to my mobile. I rarely text, I prefer to e-mail. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I’m pay-as-you-go.
[August 4, 2007, 20:15]
Ultrawideband In 2005, But Only In America
News The WiMedia Alliance is like the WiFi Alliance," said Jim Meyer, a board member. Intel on Wednesday pledged to remove the cables cluttering up homes as it outlined its strategy to introduce a new generation of high-speed radio networking.
[February 19, 2004, 8:45]
Comdex 2001: Pico Pushes Bluetooth As A LAN
News When most people think of wireless networking, they think of standards such as 802.11b (WiFi) and its faster successor, 802.11a, recently dubbed WiFi5 because it operates in the 5Ghz frequency. However, Comdex exhibitor Pico Communications...
[November 14, 2001, 15:04]
WiFi Scares Set To Mushroom
Blog The scares over the use of Wi-Fi technology keep rumbling on, and it's starting to get concerning. Events kicked off in March when controversial medical professional George Carlo was welcomed into Parliament by Ian Gibson MP to call for wireless...
[May 30, 2007, 12:48]
