Jeff Partridge

As some of you know, 802.11n looks to be the most likely candidate to bring us 100 Mbps+ wireless networking in the future. After months of wrangling, the differing groups inside the IEEE working on different versions of the standard have joined forces. This should dramatically accelerate the adoption of a final standard.

I’ve just seen a picture of my next mouse purchase. It’s soo right that I can’t imagine anything better, which is high praise, for me. The product? Logitech’s brand new V500 mobile mouse. It’s part of their new program called Business Class Mobility products.
It’s made of tough aluminum and features a wireless USB adapter that [...]

This item certainly qualifies as part of the mobile lifestyle. It’s about mounting a Mac Mini in a car. There are lots of bvious reasons for doing so (to us geeks!), but I admit to having a qualm or two about the quality of the power supply available. Car voltage output varies all over the [...]

An Indiana state bill that would have made it hard for cities to build their own broadband networks was killed on Wednesday after the proposal failed to reach a vote in the state’s House of Representatives.
The decision to block Indiana’s House Bill 1148 highlights a growing clash between cities looking to build their own [...]

What’s wrong with this picture? You’re offered 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi setup that’s both faster and has more range than 802.11g, is both 802.11g- and 802.11b-compatible and doesn’t interfere with conventional 802.11b/802.11g, a la Atheros Communications Inc.’s Super-G. You’d jump at this deal, right?
Not so fast. Belkin Corp. is offering this deal with its Wireless Pre-N [...]

Sprint is near a deal to acquire Nextel Communications for more than $34 billion in a transaction that would further consolidate the rapidly changing telecommunications industry, according to executives involved in the negotiations.
The deal comes as the mobile phone industry faces fierce new market pressures, with competitors seeking to keep and attract customers who can [...]

The change to flash memory from DRAM (dynamic RAM) for PalmOne’s new Treo 650 smart phone appears to have had the unintended consequence of reducing the amount of memory that is actually available to users. As a result, PalmOne plans to offer a free 128MB expansion card to Treo 650 purchasers to get around the [...]

The ubiquitous banner ad has become the latest delivery mechanism for exploit code targeting a known flaw in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser.
During a 12-hour window over the weekend, hackers broke into a load balancing server that handles ad deliveries for Germany’s Falk eSolutions and successfully loaded exploit code on banner advertising served on hundreds [...]

A flaw in Sun Microsystems’ plug-in for running Java on a variety of browsers and operating systems could allow a virus to spread through Microsoft Windows and Linux PCs.
The vulnerability, found by Finnish security researcher Jouko Pynnonen in June, was patched last month by Sun, but its details were not made public until Tuesday. [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Federal Communications Commission gave its approval Tuesday to Cingular Wireless LLC’s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., completing the federal regulatory blessing necessary for creation of the country’s largest cell phone company. The move follows Monday’s announcement that Justice Department antitrust regulators approved the deal. Both agencies attached conditions [...]

This morning Kyocera Corp. announced that several models of their cell phones had batteries that could explode. THEIR MESSAGE IS: STOP USING THESE PHONES IMMEDIATELY!!!
The models involved (as far as has been announced) are: the 3200 series, The Blade, The Rave, The Slider, and The Phantom.
These models may have batteries that were counterfeit and supplied [...]

Panasonic Mobile Communications is unveiling its first Wideband Code Division Multiple Access cell phone for the international market, the company says.
A prototype of the handset, called the Z800, was on show at the PT/Expo Comm China 2004 telecommunications exhibition in Beijing, according to a company statement. Launch plans for the handset were not announced.
Panasonic Mobile [...]

If there is someone out there who has never lost their way when heading for someplace unknown, I have yet to hear about them. In fact, it’s likely to be something we run up against often enough- we head to somewhere we’ve never been and could really use directions.
Google, champion of search, is about to [...]

I was cruising through the latest issue (9/13/04) of CRN magazine when something caight my eye. Viewsonic is a well-known company, but outside of their tablet PC and PDA’s, they’re not a name that normally shows up in connection with a wireless lifestyle.
That’s about to change in a rather drastic way. They’ve released a good [...]

Hotel Offers Free Wi-Fi–to Anyone
Red Lion and WestCoast Hotels, both operated by WestCoast Hospitality
Corporation, recently announced free Wi-Fi Internet access for guests.
You don’t even have to be spending the night at a hotel to use its
free wireless network, the company says. But you must be a member of
WestCoast’s GuestAwards frequent traveler program (your membership
info [...]

Yes, it felt a little like that kind of trip. The one you took with your family becuase family was a total “No child left behind” kind of thing. This report isn’t going in front of the class, it’s being presented as a byway on the highway to real digital freedom.
Actually, I was trying to [...]

“CNet has a little roundup of four new Pocket PCs running on the new Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition operating system, Dell’s Axim X30, HP’s iPAQ hx4700 (pictured at right) and rx3715, and the MyPal A730 from ASUS (they even through the Motorola MPx220 in there for good measure, since it does run on Windows [...]

“Devices using ZigBee, a short-range wireless networking technology, will proliferate quickly starting in 2006, according to a study released Tuesday by ABI Research.
The study predicted that shipments of ZigBee-enabled devices will reach about one million in 2005, but will number about 80 million devices worldwide by the end of 2006.”
Seems to me that this is [...]

“By Mobile Pipeline News
PalmOne has quietly been telling customers that its pioneering but unsuccessful PalmNet network will cease operating at the end of August.
The service was launched about five years ago to support the Palm VII and, later, the i705 handhelds. It delivered both subscription-based content and enterprise data to users [...]

“By Mobile Pipeline News
Wi-Fi equipment vendor Belkin said Monday it will release a router and wireless network card that uses pre-802.11n MIMO antenna technology created by Airgo Networks.
The company claimed in a statement that its pre-N products will provide four times the coverage area and speed of equipment based on 802.11b and [...]