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Wireless net to get speed boost Wi-fi is set to accelerate Wireless networks could soon be running 10 times faster than they do now. Competing technology groups are proposing different ways to speed up the data rates of wi-fi which could reach 540 megabits per second. The battling technologies, called WWise and TGn Sync, are being assessed by the US organisation that rubber stamps improvements to wireless technology. Wireless nets have proved a popular because they let people get fast access

PRACTICAL TRAVELER Logging On at 30,000 Feet By BOB TEDESCHI Published: August 8, 2004 ARTICLE TOOLS E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Format Most E-Mailed Articles Reprints & Permissions READERS' OPINIONS Forum: Join a Discussion on Travel in the News TIMES NEWS TRACKER Topics Alerts Computers and the Internet Airlines and Airplanes N late May, Ortwin Freyermuth readied himself for an 11-hour flight from Munich to his Los Angeles home -

WiMax in the wings Last modified: June 25, 2004, 1:26 PM PDT By Richard Shim Staff Writer, CNET News.com A key electronics industry group has approved a significant standard for wireless broadband specifications known as "WiMax," giving a boost to a technology proclaimed as a breakthrough for cheap high-speed Internet access. News.context What's new: There's a lot of enthusiasm behind the developing WiMax standard for wireless broadband, but the market has seen hype before. Bottom line: The

In New York, a bicycle built for Wi-Fi Last modified: May 6, 2004, 11:43 AM PDT By Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET News.com Call him the Johnny Appleseed of Wi-Fi. Yury Gitman, a self-described "wireless and emerging-media artist" in New York, has outfitted his bicycle with an iBook laptop and Wi-Fi antennas so that everywhere he goes, a cloud of free, high-speed wireless Internet access follows him. Get Up to Speed on... Wi-Fi Get the latest headlines and company-specific news in our expan

Wi-Fi phones make a splash Published: August 5, 2004, 4:00 AM PDT By Ben Charny Staff Writer, CNET News.com Cell phone makers plan to release so-called Wi-Fi phones ahead of schedule, bringing new threats and opportunities to wireless carriers and traditional phone service providers. The highly anticipated hybrid phones let people make connections using a local wireless Internet access point and seamlessly switch over to a cell phone network whenever necessary. The net result is greater flexibil

Destination Wi-Fi, by rail, bus or boat Last modified: July 7, 2004, 9:20 PM PDT By Glenn Fleishman The New York Times ABOARD THE KLICKITAT, on the Admiralty Inlet, Wash.--The Klickitat, a 1927 steel ferry boat plying waters between a 19th-century port and an island harbor, may seem a quaint way to travel--and an unlikely place to get work done. But it may be headed for a new frontier in Internet access for commuters. The ship is the test bed for a plan to offer high-speed wireless Internet a

In the Background, a Man in the Gaming Forefront Mark Graham for The New York Times John Carmack, co-founder of Id Software, with a model of a character in Doom 3, being released this week. By MICHEL MARRIOTT Published: August 5, 2004 ARTICLE TOOLS E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Format Most E-Mailed Articles Reprints & Permissions Subscribe to Circuits Sign up to receive a free weekly Circuits newsletter by e-mail, with technology news and tips and exclusive com

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STATE OF THE ART A Palmtop as Wireless Omnivore By DAVID POGUE F today's portable gadgets prove anything, it's that you can't have everything. A gizmo can't be tiny, lightweight and rugged and still have a big screen, roomy keyboard and low price tag. The problem isn't the designers' lack of imagination or the price of components; it's a little thing called physics. When you shop for palmtops, for example, you're really shopping for compromises. If you want a built-in camera, buy this palmtop;

Hitachi announced the release of a tiny wireless ID chip that can be "easily embedded in bank notes." Rumors have swirled that the European Central Bank has been looking to embed such chips, called RFIDs, or Radio Frequency Identification Devices, into Europe's paper money in another year or two. The ECB hopes the chips will thwart both counterfeiters and money launderers. So, what exactly are RFIDs, and how do they work? In the simplest terms, RFID tags are radio devices that respond to a sca

Jargon By HENRY FOUNTAIN Published: May 4, 2004 ARTICLE TOOLS E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Format Most E-Mailed Articles Reprints & Permissions READERS' OPINIONS Forum: Join a Discussion on Technology in the News TIMES NEWS TRACKER Topics Alerts Wire and Cable Cellular Telephones Computers and the Internet IRELESS networking has caught on largely because standards have been established, and adhered to, by the electronics industry

Your Next Computer There are 1.5 billion mobile phones in the world today. Already you can use them to browse the Web, take pictures, send e-mail and play games. Soon they could make your PC obsolete Misty Keasler for Newsweek The body of a cell phone and the brains of a laptop By Brad Stone NewsweekJune 7 issue - One hundred nineteen hours, 41 minutes and 16 seconds. That's the amount of time Adam Rappoport, a high-school senior in Philadelphia, has spent talking into his silver Verizon LG pho

In 1960, MIT meteorologist Edward Lorenz tried to model the weather. He wrote simplified equations and solved them on a primitive computer. Sure enough, his output did behave a lot like real weather. His colleagues watched over his shoulder. They were fascinated. One day, Lorenz tried to continue a run he'd done the day before. He restarted it halfway through. He put in a number from the first run. The output started out just the way it had the day before. Then it began to diverge, crazily.