Wi-Fi (a.k.a. 802.11b, a.k.a. AirPort) is mainstream. We know this because my mom recently asked me what “wardiving” was. I calmly explained that “wardiving” was a tragic occurance in which Slashdot readers die while looking for open wireless access points at the bottom of the ocean. The good news is that when they wash up […]

In a survey recently released by GartnerG2, 77% of respondents said that they should be able to copy CDs for personal use in another device, 60% said they should be able to give copies of CDs to members of their families, and 82% said that they should be able to copy CDs for personal backup […]

A Red Herring article discusses where we are on the high-speed wireless data curve, comparing this period of network upgrades to the analog-to-digital transition of the last decade.

…the industry remains in the midst of its most difficult transition since the migration from analog to digital voice service in the mid-’90s. Back then, the business suffered […]