Naomi Graychase

One Step Closer to the Wireless Enterprise

At its Wireless Innovations Day event in Boston last week, Motorola introduced a new 802.11n wireless LAN switch that it says will enable “the all-wireless enterprise.”   The...

A Couple Hundred Gadgets Certified Wi-Fi Protected

During the Mobile World Congress last week, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced that it has certified more than 200 devices as part of its Wi-Fi Protected Setup Program. ...

Chicago Transit Authority Gets Aboard the Wi-Fi Train

The nation’s second largest public transit system announced today that it has successfully deployed a solar-powered wireless mesh network in its rail yards. The Chicago Transit Authority...

EarthLink to Sell Off its Muni Wi-Fi Business

Last November, EarthLink announced it would not make any further “significant investments” in its muni wireless business and that it would “begin a process to consider its...

JiWire Grants Free Access to iPhone Users

Some good news for Apple consumers: JiWire announced this week that it will provide free Wi-Fi hotspot access to iPod touch and iPhone users. The catch? Ads,...

Billions and Billions (to Be) Served

The Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) announced this week that it has certified its 4,000th product. The ever-expanding list of Wi-Fi certified products includes a wide range of devices...

Grape Networks Turns Wi-Fi Into Wine

Grape Networks, a Northern California-based company founded in 2002, is using wireless mesh to improve both the yield and quality of grapes for vineyards, while also decreasing...

Is Wi-Fi Bad for Humans?

here has been some concern lately, mostly in the UK, that the radio frequency radiation (RFR) emitted by Wi-Fi devices poses a health risk to people. Individuals...

Can Muni Wi-Fi be Free?

Much as cities and towns around the country loathe to hear it, when it comes to municipal Wi-Fi, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. At...

A Wi-Fi-ed Traveler’s Holiday Wish List

Shopping for road warriors is a cinch, just so long as each gift passes three simple tests: will it make life on the road easier? Will it...

Marine Laboratory Unwires Researchers

Woods Hole, Mass. is no ordinary Cape Cod town. In addition to the typical influx of tourists during the summer months, many of whom come to visit the...

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