http://blogged.originsingapore.com Industry news, technology trends and commentry. Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:38:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ISP Planet says the FCC has some spectrum and everyone wants a piece of it. As part of the migration of TV broadcast from analog to digital, spectrum previously allocated to UHF and VHF broadcast (and little used) might be opened to other users. The spectrum under discussion (according to the FCC’s ... http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/30 San Francisco's showcase Wi-Fi project is turning into a quagmire for both city mayor Gavin Newsom, and Google. Newsom announced the project in October 2005, and Google showered the mayor with affection: a trip to Davos in Larry and Sergei's private jet, and the company offered him campaign contributions. Not surprisingly, ... http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/29 From "UWB could reduce anti-social use of Wifi - when MPs get round to it," by Clive Akass, Personal Computer World's "The Test Bed" blog, 17 January 2007: "Open a laptop anywhere in central (even outer) London and the chances are that you will find four or five Wifi networks within ... http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/28 Atheros Communications, Inc., a leading developer of advanced wireless solutions, today announced the launch of its highest performance 802.11n solution to date. The AR5008AP-3NX2 chipset's concurrent operation in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless LAN (WLAN) frequency bands delivers up to 600 megabits-per-second (Mbps) aggregate physical data rates and ... http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/23 During next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, San Francisco-based Autonet Mobile will show off its portable router, designed to bring Wi-Fi to an area still largely devoid of Internet access - the automobile. 'Our goal was to make the car cool again,' said Sterling Pratz, Autonet Mobile's co-founder and ... http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/22 A YOUNG man who allegedly used his neighbour's unsecured wireless network to post a bomb hoax online was charged yesterday, the second person to be prosecuted for illegal wireless access.Twenty-one-year-old Lin Zhenghuang is accused of posting a message on popular technology website HardwareZone in July 2005, saying there was a ... http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/20 Here is an excerpt I came across in the Singapore Straits Times Newspaper , a good interesting read I must say. I do not think Garyl Tan should be held liable for using the Wi-Fi network of another subscriber, but it is important to clarify the reason for this. The reason ... http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/19 Earthlink San Franscisco Response to RFP Earthlink San Franscisco Response to RFP Oral Presentation Here is the Earthlink San Franscisco Proposal for a Municipal Wireless Cloud for the City. http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/18 Technically speaking, MoSoSo is radius and proximity based software. Untechnically speaking, it finds like-minded people around you instantly. The problem with MoSoSos is that they’re not really out there yet as they should. To get accurate location data, the preferred method is GPS -but concerns about privacy and costs have ... http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/15 Clearmesh San Dieago An Optical Wireless Solution by Clearmesh for San Dieago "Westfield UTC, an outdoor mall east of La Jolla Village, San Diego, has 155 shops and 25 eateries, plus an ice-skating rink. In 2005, Westfield commissioned Wireless Facilities, Inc. (WFI) to design an ambitious, state-of-the-art expansion of the mall’s information infrastructure to include Wi-Fi ... http://blogged.originsingapore.com/index.php/archives/14