Stories by John Cox

CES - Vendors tune 802.11n devices to meet networking demands

One of the surprises to emerge from CES 2008 is the idea that the 802.11n wireless LAN standard just isn't good enough.

Google's Android ambition is to reshape the mobile industry, report says

But Android faces big problems, tight deadline, says report.

CES - Netgear gets aggressive on 11n wireless pricing

Netgear this week will unveil a two-radio 5GHz 802.11n router with a new internal antenna system and a price tag under US$130, less than half the price of some rival products for the SOHO and residential wireless LAN market.

Strange Xbox signal suspected of jamming wireless LANs

Microsoft's popular Xbox 360 game console can create a strong and strange signal on wireless LANs, according to IT staff at Morrisville State College.

Two wireless LANs better than one, Carnegie Mellon says

Carnegie Mellon University has launched a massive upgrade of its campus-wide wireless LAN and chosen two WLAN vendors to supply the 802.11n infrastructure for it.

Mobile workers put company data at risk, study says

Despite highly publicized data breaches, mobile workers still endanger company data with risky behaviors, according to a new survey.

Project shows big differences in mobile 'Net performance

A new mobile market research project now measures and ranks mobile Web sites, trying to identify how well they perform for handheld device users.

MIT digitizes its courses, throws them online

MIT this week announced an important digital achievement: the completion of its pioneering OpenCourseWare project. And everyone involved seems quite happy with being unsure about why exactly it's important.

First large-scale 802.11n wireless LAN now operational

The world's first large-scale 802.11n wireless LAN is now operational. And students using the network at the small, rural New York state college where the wireless technology is deployed say they see a dramatic difference in what they can do with it,...

Berners-Lee warns of 'walled gardens' for mobile Internet

There may be all kinds of technology issues, business plan problems and potential failures to address before the mobile Internet becomes a success. But for Tim Berners-Lee there's really only one issue.

Silicon Valley's huge wireless network stalling

The ambitious plan to blanket 1,500 square miles of California's Silicon Valley with a wireless network may be on the edge of stalling, still unable to raise funds for even two one-square-mile.test sites, according to a recent column in the San Jose ...

DARPA looks to adaptive battlefield wireless nets

A new Department of Defense project is trying to use cutting-edge wireless research to create a tactical radio net that can adapt to keep soldiers linked with each other on the battlefield.

Apple: 250,000 iPhones unlocked from AT&T

Apple COO Tim Cook revealed this week that some 250,000, or about 18 percent, of all iPhones sold so far have been unlocked, so they can run on cell nets other than AT&T's.