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Why the downturn can be good for digital nomads

The stock market continues to slide, companies are going out of business and layoffs are on the rise. The economic downturn is bad for just about everybody. But digital nomads can weather the storm better than most. Here's why.

By Mike Elgan | 11 December, 2008 09:26

Tags: financial crisis

5 reasons why the Android phone isn't game-changing

T-Mobile, HTC and Google launched the "world's first Android-powered mobile phone" today and proudly announced that this phone was going to be "game-changing". But after reading details on the phone, the service and some of the new applications, I'm left wondering where the game is actually changing.

By Keith Shaw | 24 September, 2008 09:54

Tags: Google Android

Predicting Wi-Fi performance: Can it be done?

Whenever I plan and configure an enterprise WLAN system, I always advise that an additional 10 to 20 percent of the capital budget be reserved for expansion and filling in holes in coverage or capacity that couldn't be anticipated during the planning process.

By Craig J. Mathias | 19 September, 2008 09:57

Tags: wi-fi

New twists on Wi-Fi

It's a wireless world, some say, conveniently overlooking the giant balls of cables behind every personal computer and every server, router and printer. But many want to expand the wireless world, so let's look at two companies doing just that.

Is fixed-mobile convergence worth the bother?

Whether fixed-mobile convergence is for you in the near-term depends in part on how you define it, but for most, there's no rush.

Yet Another Personal Area Network Technology

Ozmo wants to be part of the latest round of Personal Area Network (PAN) technology, this time leveraging Wi-Fi.

Eye-Fi links digital cameras to Wi-Fi nets

Every now and then you come across a product that is, what's the word I'm looking for, compelling? intriguing? Way cool? Today's topic is a product that is all of those things. It is the US$99.95 Eye-Fi Secure Digital (SD) memory card for your camera that has built-in wireless networking. Once configured, the card will log on to your Wi-Fi network and automatically upload images to one of a number of popular photo management tools or storage services such as Flickr and Picasa.

It's not your father's wireless anymore

Back in the day, wireless data was a neatly self-contained niche technology used by folks such as field force workers and logistics companies, but virtually ignored by everyone else.

Your mobilel phone wants to be a Wi-Fi hot spot

For years, "Wi-Fi" has been synonymous with "wireless" for the majority of laptop users looking to connect on the go.