The Coming To Be Of Wireless Internet
History: In 1985, Wireless Internet (WI-FI) became possible when the US Federal Communications Commission freed up band of radio airwaves. This needed no licensing at the time. A technology primarily designed for use with cashier systems, was developed for AT &T and NCR Corporation in Niewegein, the Netherlands. AT&T became Lucent Technologies and NCR Corporation became knows as Agere Systems.
The person responsible for making the public aware of WI-FI is Vic Hayes, and is called the father of WI-FI, and the first Wireless Internet product was called WaveLan.
Today: Large and small businesses are benefiting from wireless internet, as the costs of a network infrastructure is no longer a problem for companies. No wiring is needed and anywhere in the world you can go with your standard wireless internet enabled laptop, you can use wireless internet, no restrictions, as you have in using a mobile phone in another country. Almost all manufacturers of laptops produced and made available to the public in 2010, are offering wireless internet capabilities in these devices.
Wireless internet has taken off to such an extent that almost everyone using a laptop for business and travel uses it. It is everywhere, down to the little man in the street who sees the benefits of reduction in costs, the wide-spread availability, and freedom of movement (no wires). Wireless internet is provided by hot-spots, which is why large companies and restaurants, hotels and airports, use this as a client-attracting marketing strategy, as part of their client service, to offer their clients free use of wireless internet hotspots at these locations.
From 2010, most multi-media such as Video Game Consoles, Printers, PC’s, palm sized PC’s and Laptops incorporate an IEEE 802.11 device for wireless internet compatibility. These devices, when within range of a hotspot or access point that is already connected to internet can connect to internet. Access points, or wireless networks, are known as hotspots.
The area covered by a hotspot can be square miles or square feet, depending on the overlap of the group of access points covered by the wireless network, which are all interconnected.
Wireless internet’s future: As the benefits and capabilities offered as far more attractive than the wired networks, these networks have been made redundant and outdated since wireless internet is the option chosen by the business community, and large infrastructures, plus the normal man on the street. Just a few of the benefits offered by wireless internet are: Intrusion detection, WVOIP, a secure computer network gateway, Firewall and a DHCP server. There are many others which due to space constraints, cannot be mentioned here.
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Free local TV soon on cell phones
With the technology advancing by every split second, very soon, the prospect of watching live, local TV shows on mobile phones and other portable devices shall also be fulfilled.
At the International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, the manufacturers this week are showing off gadgets that can receive a new type of digital TV transmissions.
Dubbed as “Mobile DT” gadgets, these will be available this spring for consumers in the Washington, D.C. area for trial. The device includes a cell phone made by Samsung Electronics Co. and a Dell Inc. laptop.
In addition, there is Tivit, a device about the size of a deck of cards that receives a TV signal and further rebroadcasts it over Wi-Fi enabling it to be received by an iPhone or BlackBerry.
Nokia blames apple for patent violation
Carrying on with it’s legal fight with the American giant apple, Nokia alleged on Tuesday that Apple’s almost all the products violate Nokia’s patents and not just their iPhone.
On Tuesday, Nokia also said that the company has filed a complaint against Apple with the US International Trade Commission.
The Finnish phone making giant Nokia, said that Apple’s iPhone, iPods and also the computers, violate its intellectual property rights.
Earlier, Nokia has sued Apple over the massively popular iPhone, claiming it infringes on 10 of its patents related to phone calls and Wi-Fi access.
Later, apple countered with a fresh lawsuit alleging that Nokia has copied aspects of the iPhone in its own phones.
Comcast to offer wireless Internet service
Comcast is all set to roll out its wireless Internet service from Tuesday in Portland, Ore. The company plans to add three other cities by the end of the year.
Comcast would b the first major cable operator to roll out its very own, wireless broadband which would be offering up to 4 Megabits per second speed and would be carried over the 4G network of Clearwire Corp., where it’s offered.
Elsewhere, the service will use Sprint Nextel Corp.’s 3G network.
The Comcast High-Speed 2go Metro service, on promotion for $49.95 a month for a year, would include Comcast’s wired Internet home service and a Wi-Fi router. The regular price for it is about $73 a month. The national version, using Sprint, costs $20 a month more.
About its plan to add other cities, Comcast plans to offer the service in Philadelphia, Atlanta and Chicago later this year.
Sony unveils new PSP Go
Aiming to give a tough competition to the arch rival Nintendo’s Wii, Sony Corp unveiled a smaller, lighter PlayStation handheld game device named PSP Go.
Sony’s PSP Go goes on sale October 1 in North America and Europe for about $249, followed by Japan on November 1. According to the company executives, the new PSP shall be only half the size of the Sony’s current PSP 3000 and 40 per cent lighter that it.
Earlier, Nintendo said it sold more than 15 million units of its highly popular “Wii Fit” fitness game. The company also announced its plans to update it to the Wii Fit Plus later in the year 2009.
The Japanese electronics giant, Sony is aiming to sell 15 million units of the PSP in the financial year to March. This is about 1 million more units than the previous year’s 14.1 million units, giving a neck to neck fight to rival Nintendo.
The new PSP is about the size of a regular smart phone featuring a large sliding screen. It comes with Wi-Fi range wireless capability, and 16GB of memory for storing pictures, music and games.
Google to keep a check!
Do you want to keep a check on your kids? Or your spouse? Refer Google Maps!
The new software released on Wednesday would enable the users with mobile phones and other wireless devices to share, without human intervention, their whereabouts with family and friends or to keep a check on their Gen Y kids.
In 2007, Google Inc. enabled the mobile phone users to check their own location on a Google map. The added feature, called ‘Latitude’ is an expansion of the same and allows tracking people in Us and 26 other countries.
According to Google product manager, Steve Lee, “This adds a social flavor to Google maps and makes it more fun.”
However some foresee privacy apprehensions. Though Google has assured that it is doing its best to avoid criticisms by asking each user to turn on the tracking software manually hence making it easy to turn off or limit access to the new service.
Google also promises that it will not retain any information about its users’ movements instead only the previous location picked up by the tracking service will be stored on Google’s computers, Mr. Lee said. The software plots a user’s location — marked by a personal picture on Google’s map — by relying on cell phone towers, global positioning systems or a Wi-Fi connection to locate them.
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