The Register - Comms: WirelessBiting the hand that feeds ITChrysler shoves hotspots into hot rods- June 27, 2008 Well, Jeeps and pickup trucks Chrysler is to offer a Wi-Fi hotspot in next year's Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models, allowing passengers in the car to surf the information superhighway while struck in traffic on the real one.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/27/chrysler_hotspots/ RFID could kill you- June 25, 2008 Report uncovers hospital menace Researchers in the Netherlands have discovered that RFID systems, intended for tracking hospital kit, can fatally interfere with life-support systems from a distance of 30 centimetres.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/25/rfid_interference/ Wi-LAN expands Wi-Fi litigation net- June 23, 2008 Rest of world now cited too Serial litigant Wi-LAN is suing RIM, Motorola and UTStarCom for breaches of the company's various wireless networking patents, and is asking for triple damages for wilful infringement.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/23/wi_lan_suing_rim/ FCC tests 'vindicate' white space lobby- June 18, 2008 Not so fast, says FCC Supernova Microsoft wants you to know that when its white space prototypes malfunctioned during lab tests at the US Federal Communications Commission, the lab did not burn down.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/18/fcc_completes_white_spaces... Microsoft: 'We will save America from foreign domination'- June 13, 2008 The Great White Space Hope Innovation 08 Microsoft has a plan for sending high-speed net traffic over America's television white spaces. And it's sure the country will eat some serious foreign dust if this plan gets snuffed.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/microsoft_trumpets_white_s... Free Wi-Fi still a goer in San Fran'- June 12, 2008 Free love, free Wi-Fi While municipal Wi-Fi systems are being switched off from Philadelphia to Cupertino, San Francisco is planning to have the whole city connected wirelessly by the end of the year.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/12/free_wi_fi_san_francisco/ Vendor punts coin-operated Wi-Fi base-station- June 9, 2008 Slot machine People rarely need coins to make a call these days, but dont ditch your coppers just yet because manufacturer Handlink has designed a coin-operated Wi-Fi access point.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/09/handlink_wi_fi/ Boffins prove the existence of jet-setters- June 4, 2008 You can believe them. They secretly tracked 100,000 cell phone users According to researchers at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, most people rarely venture more than a few miles from home. And these researchers know what they're talking about. Two years ago, in some unnamed country outside the US, they acquired six months of cell phone records describing the daily movements of more than 100,000 people.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/04/northeastern_cell_phone_st... 100,000 sign for BT Fon wi-fi love-in- June 4, 2008 But where are they all 100,000 punters have signed up to BT's Wi-Fi love-in, sharing their home connectivity in exchange for having access to everyone else's, enabling the operator to call itself the world's largest Wi-Fi community.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/04/bt_fon/ Can Wi-Fi really compete with Bluetooth- June 3, 2008 Ozmo's PAN tech pipes up at Computex Intel isn't ready to give up on pushing Wi-Fi just yet, and is pitching the technology as a competitor to Bluetooth with demonstrations by Ozmo Devices scheduled for today at the Computex trade show in Taipei.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/03/ozmo_intel_cliffside_bluet... |