Ed Sutherland

Remember 802.11b, the Wi-Fi standard that lit the fuse of today's explosive wireless networking market? Despite the faster 802.11g grabbing most of the

When the parent of a home-schooled child recently took to a Usenet newsgroup questioning why his wireless home networking gear was behaving oddly, a

As Intel releases its newest Centrino chipset supporting 802.11a/b, some experts are advising their enterprise customers to wait until 2004. Why? Industry

Broadcom , a leading maker of 802.11g chips for wireless devices, plans to use this week's Comdex trade show in Las Vegas to back up charges a

With the profit margin of Wi-Fi chip producers tighter than Britney Spears' blue jeans, why was a Canadian company exhibiting a pair of new wireless chips

Will software giant Microsoft's recently announced Wireless Provisioning Services (WPS) solve the nagging issues of security and configuration for Wi-Fi

The race is on to provide a faster Wi-Fi experience. From special chips to souped-up standards, companies are releasing a bevy of products aimed at

Silicon Valley commuters traveling by rail across the 1,000-foot-high Altamont Pass in California may think they are escaping snarled highway traffic, but

Remember the days when Wi-Fi was simple? Remember when a Wi-Fi network was composed of an access point, an interface card and some sort of Internet

Alongside the tooth fairy and Bigfoot, you might want to add the viable commercial hotspot to the list of imaginary items. Or so says a new report

On the surface, the deal struck between chip-making giant Intel and home networking leader Linksys seems only to make life easier for home-networking

From India to Afghanistan, communities throughout the world are turning to Wi-Fi as an affordable way to bring broadband connections to remote locations.