Ethertronics Inc. got some attention in the technology media about a month ago when they announced that they had developed a chip for wireless routers…
OPLIN 4cast #431: Morphing antennas
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Ethertronics Inc. got some attention in the technology media about a month ago when they announced that they had developed a chip for wireless routers…
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In June 2009, television stations in the United States stopped broadcasting analog signals and switched to digital transmissions. This released large areas of broadcast frequencies…
So you have public Wi-Fi in your library, and your users are thankful. But how about power for recharging their wireless devices? Do they have…
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After last week’s 4cast about jamming mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, it was interesting to read some recent articles about Green Bank, West Virginia, where the federal…
We’ve blogged about the Federal Communication Commission’s E-Rate reforms in an earlier 4cast, so you may remember that one of the big changes is a…
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A couple of weeks ago, the Federal Communications Commission fined the Marriott hotel chain $600,000, charging that they “…intentionally interfered with and disabled Wi-Fi networks…
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This weekend at the “Hackers on Planet Earth” conference, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) plans to demonstrate new open source firmware for wireless routers. While…
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Our apologies if you have already heard about this, but this news is important enough to bear repeating. This Friday (July 11), the Federal Communications…
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Ever heard of social WiFi? Well, we know that using any password to authenticate users of a WiFi network, even a simple one posted on…
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On Monday, the FCC announced that they would expand the amount of broadcast spectrum available for use by Wi-Fi devices in order to reduce Wi-Fi…