| Wireless vendor simplifies IPv6 sensor networks Arch Rock has unveiled hardware and software that makes it easier to deploy and run IPv6 sensor networks, and link these with the enterprise backbone. Sensor nets gain enterprise scale Sensors, when they become liberally and universally installed, hold the power to transform how the world operates. But doing so requires wireless sensor networks that scale massively. And that likely means following in ... ZigBee gets an IP-based rival The wireless sensor network standard ZigBee should be worried, according to a company launching a rival based on the universal network standard, IP. Video: DEMO 09: Avaak's Vue cameras The Vue personal video network uses wireless mesh technology and lets you place wireless Webcams almost anywhere. Bill takes aim at anonymous hot spots, like coffee shops The local mom-and-pop cafe that serves open, anonymous Wi-Fi access along with coffee and muffins may soon be on the front lines of a war in Congress over privacy. Sprint comeback: Hard, but doable Sprint had a rough year in 2008, but its WiMAX launch and incremental gains in customer service ratings could help its turnaround chances. Nokia Gets the Hiccups with 5800 U.S. Launch Nokia is having problems with launch of the North America model of the 5800 handset. Nokia USA this weekend stopped selling the American version of the 5800 in its two flagship stores in New York and Chicago, just a few days after the U.S. introduction on February 26. Nokia is now selling the European version of 5800 as a replacement. Managing the largest 802.11n deployment Planning to build out the largest 802.11n wireless deployment required the network team at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis-St. Paul to also have in place a management platform that could cover potentially 9,500 access points spread across 300 buildings while also keeping an eye on the wired net. Obama's broadband stimulus: Will wireless fit the bill? Could wireless technologies offer the national broadband capabilities President Obama seeks? Although the government has allotted $7.2 billion for broadband deployment in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the bill does not specify what sort of technology the money will be spent on. iPhone plagues Princeton with flaky Wi-Fi problems Princeton University iPhone and iPod Touch users are being plagued with Wi-Fi connectivity issues on the campus network, according to a story this week in the Daily Princetonian, an independent student newspaper. WiMAX system warns drivers of dense fog on dangerous roads A 12-mile stretch of highway in California's Central Valley that has been the scene of deadly car crashes due to thick fog now has a wireless warning system to alert drivers. Cisco creates new CCNP wireless cert Cisco has filled a gap in its cert program but readers wonder if certs are worth the effort these days. iRony: A lesson in why iPhone is remarkable, except as a phone Microsoft Subnet blogger Glenn Weadock explains why the coolest mobile device isn't always the best. Be like Dilbert with your own multidimensional database If you wanted to be like a Dilbert cartoon and find out everything that’s happening around your cube, you need a multidimensional database built by Analysis Services says Microsoft Subnet blogger Brian Egler. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
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