New fast Wi-Fi products spark MIMO definition war

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MIMO products boost 802.11g nets

MIMO products boost 802.11g nets 03/22/2005 03:35 PM
Our interoperability tests put to rest any concerns about the ability of Belkin pre-N products to work with standard 802.11g offerings. The performance improvements with MIMO-based products on only one end of the connection were impressive.

Just Like High-Definition TV, but With
Higher Definition

Just Like High-Definition TV, but With
Higher Definition 06/03/2004 02:07 AM
With high-definition television only just beginning to catch on, researchers at the Japanese national broadcaster NHK are already working on a successor.

Belkin Goes MIMO

Belkin Goes MIMO 08/09/2004 12:49 AM
Belkin will use Airgo's MIMO technology for consumer products, News.com reports: The multiple-in, multiple-out technology that Airgo is bringing to market has other manufacturers signed on, but Belkin is the first well-known, mass-market brand name planning--reportedly--to sell Airgo-based equipment. The gateway will be $179 and the client card $129; they will be available in mid-October. Airgo's equipment supports 802.11g, and its own faster, further proprietary technology. Airgo claims a fourfold increase in throughput and range: they told me months ago that their 108 Mbps proprietary flavor has a throughput that's much, much higher than competing proprietary extensions. The proof is in the performance. Airgo justifies the higher price their added value brings at this stage in Wi-Fi's development by the greater coverage area. However, you need new client cards to take full advantage, which offsets some of the cost savings of more coverage area....

AirGo Finds MIMO.

AirGo Finds MIMO. 06/13/2004 03:06 PM
Daily Wireless: AirGo Finds MIMO.

NetGear Adds MIMO

NetGear Adds MIMO 01/05/2005 11:17 AM
MIMO is cropping up all over: NetGear is the latest to announce a MIMO (multiple-in, multiple-out) product. They're partnering with Video54. Linksys has apparently chosen Airgo. Samsung and Athena announced single-chip silicon yesterday. The near-term problem with MIMO isn't with the technology itself, but rather the non-standard higher speed modes. No one is claiming interference, but these modes won't be certified by The Wi-Fi Alliance or any other group. That means interoperability, even among devices made by manufacturers using the same silicon isn't assured. The worst part, in my estimation, is that this generation of MIMO technology isn't what the final 802.11n specification will look like. So purchasing MIMO today except for specific applications in which you need substantially higher throughput and range from a single device over interoperable, certified 802.11g means you're buying a dead-on device. 802.11n might achieve speeds of several hundred megabytes per second, and there's is practically a total certainty that the final 802.11n won't be just a firmware upgrade, but rather a difference in both hardware and silicon compared to today's MIMO devices....

Airespace Offers MIMO

Airespace Offers MIMO 05/25/2004 01:30 PM
Airespace will offer multiple-in, multiple-out antennas for its access points later this year: The Intelligent RF Access Point (IRAP) will ship third quarter, and uses the MIMO technology to extend range. MIMO was pioneered by Airgo, which has not supplied the technology for IRAP; Airgo expects to have manufacturers incorporating their MIMO reference design in the next few months. MIMO uses multiple input and output antennas to better sort out actual signal from noise, which can effectively extend range. It works best in combination with both client adapter and access point incorporating MIMO, but there are benefits for an access point by itself. Airespace is effectively either reducing the number of access points an enterprise needs (although raising its per unit price tag), or offering better overlapping coverage in the same areas increasing throughput for a network....

Airgo Has Manufacturers for Its MIMO

Airgo Has Manufacturers for Its MIMO 06/11/2004 08:38 PM
Airgo will be the first company to the hit the market with multiple-in, multiple-out wireless systems for consumers: The MIMO approach has started to achieve traction, with it likely being the basis for 802.11n, a high-throughput IEEE standard in progres. When you build antennas and wireless access points, you can increase signal strength, decrease noise inside the chips, or improve antennas--or all three, among other technqiues. By integrating the signal from several antennas, MIMO effectively increases the range through better receptivity and interpretation. It's all interrelated. While Airgo has received plenty of press, so did Vivato and Etherlinx, both of which firms have had rocky roads on their way to production units which didn't seem to live up to early expectations. Airgo, however, has continued to pursue its same initial goals, and products will start appearing through distributor and manufacturing partners in July, according to the News.com article. In an interview in April with CEO Greg Raleigh, he told Wi-Fi Networking News that consumer products based on Airgo's first generation might cost a bit more--possibly $50 more for an access point--but offer such a greater range even in the Wi-Fi bands that a user might need a single access points instead of two or three, a common problem for even moderately large or old homes. Raleigh also said that while their current generation of product handles 802.11g and its own 100+ Mbps proprietary flavor, he expects the next generation to offer multiples of that speed. Airgo's 100+ Mbps offering has a net throughput of 45 Mbps, he said....

Linksys Uses Airgo MIMO in New Product

Linksys Uses Airgo MIMO in New Product 01/04/2005 02:27 AM
Linksys adds Airgo's MIMO technology in their WRT54GX: The new product isn't be advertised as pre-802.11n, as Belkin's version is, but it does claim it can achieve as much as three times the range and eight times the throughput. Belkin's package of Airgo technology has gotten fairly positive reviews from many sources that like the performance that the router provides for non-MIMO cards. The one major exception is from David Haskin, editor-in-chief of Mobile Pipeline, who found erratic performance, especially in using the PC Card in non-pre-N environments. [link via Reuters]...

PC World, Mobile Pipeline on MIMO

PC World, Mobile Pipeline on MIMO 03/14/2005 05:47 PM
PC World's advice: go MIMO if you need range: A very sensible array of advice from Becky Waring over at PC World based on testing several of the current MIMO (multiple-in, multiple-out) Wi-Fi gateways and adapters on the market. Waring offers the same recommendation that I have, which is that for homes or small businesses for which the price premium overcomes the cost and/or hassle of installing many individual access points, a MIMO gateway makes a great deal of sense. I would add that for networks in which throughput over Wi-Fi is a significant issue over short distances (up to about 50 feet), MIMO is the only technology on the market that can increase throughput even with existing 802.11g cards to their highest level at their greatest distance. If you don't need range or speed and adding access points is not a big deal--you have Ethernet installed throughout a house or office or understand how to configure Wireless Distribution System and can deal with its limitations--then the price premium is probably worth sitting on your wallet as the cost of this technology drops rapidly because of unit sales and competition. Meanwhile, Mobile Pipeline's editor writes about MIMO's early use in business: It's not ready for the enterprise yet, but even consumer-scale and early small-office MIMO gear has unmistakable benefits in certain cases that Haskin lists....

Airgo Brings MIMO To Existing Wi-Fi

Airgo Brings MIMO To Existing Wi-Fi 06/22/2005 01:47 AM
Airgo Networks said Tuesday that it had adapted its multiple-antenna technology to lower-cost Wi-Fi implementations, promising superior performance using today's technologies.

New WNN Blogs: Cell Data, VoWLAN, MIMO+N

New WNN Blogs: Cell Data, VoWLAN, MIMO+N 03/24/2005 11:23 PM
We've launched another three Weblogs on wireless: We're committed here at Wi-Fi Networking News, otherwise known as WNN, to cover and offer the widest array of reporting on wireless networking, whatever the standard. Several weeks ago, we added WiMax Networking News and WNN Europe to the mix to better separate the increasing number of stories in that area. Today, we've started the engine on three new topics that are of high interest to our readers. As with our other new blogs, you can see the most recent headlines at the right side of any page on any of our sites. Cell Data News will cover developments in 2G, 2.5G, 3G, and beyond in the U.S. and around the world. Voice over WLAN is voice over IP (VoIP) over wireless LAN, but VoWLAN is the most common abbreviation. Many enterprises, schools, and homes are adopting different forms of VoWLAN to make roaming with voice as seamless as roaming with data without the issues and costs of interior cellular voice coverage. MIMO + N News is the central point for details on the coming IEEE 802.11n standard for increasing wireless network throughput through the use of MIMO (multiple-in, multiple-out) antenna arrays alongside a variety of other technical improvements. MIMO devices have hit the market, but 802.11n is as long as two years away. We'll chart the course of both the market and the standard....

Tom's Networking Reviews NetGear MIMO
Router

Tom's Networking Reviews NetGear MIMO
Router 04/11/2005 01:03 PM
Tim Higgins of Tom's Networking offers his exhaustive look at the NetGear RangeMax Wireless Router: This device uses Atheros's Super G technology combined with Video54's multiple antenna approach. The folks at Airgo say that Video54's MIMO isn't MIMO because it doesn't support spatial multiplexing (multiple signals taking different paths over the same frequencies). Video54 says multiple antennas are multiple antennas; they're using a phase-array approach per packet in which each packet can be sent through a different antenna combination. The device has a street price of just $118, far below its "true MIMO" competitors. Higgins thinks that the device delivers on some but not all of its claims, and that because four different technologies are involved (three from Atheros then Video54 on top) he has some issues with the simplicity of it, too. He doesn't know which technologies need to be turned on, off, or changed in order to achieve the best results with that combination. That's a key advantage for the True MIMO line of products using Airgo chips: it's essentially one technology that wraps around all these ideas while delivering better results....

eBay’s Global Transformation: Fast, but
Not Fast Enough

eBay’s Global Transformation: Fast, but
Not Fast Enough 03/17/2005 03:02 AM
Byte Level Research publishes a global analysis of eBay’s business strategy and Web site. By 2006, more than half of eBay's revenues will come from outside the US. However, to maintain mementum, eBay must expand its pace of expansion and improve its Web globalization navigation. [PRWEB Mar 16, 2005]

Fast Internet turns a fast buck

Fast Internet turns a fast buck 12/23/2003 08:07 PM
Haaretz Dec 23 2003 7:26PM ET

CompAmerica Opens its PC-Giants.com
Portal, Offering Over 250,000 PC &
Consumer Products at Exception
Discounts, for Those Wanting Lowest
Prices and Top Puality Products

CompAmerica Opens its PC-Giants.com
Portal, Offering Over 250,000 PC &
Consumer Products at Exception
Discounts, for Those Wanting Lowest
Prices and Top Puality Products 03/28/2005 03:39 AM
In conjunction with famed CNET.com, CompAmerica has opened a new electronic discount b2b, b2c computer and consumer electronics store, PC-Giants.com. The new portal is said to be designed to make it far easier for shoppers in corporate America and consumers to find computer products at low prices, backed by exceptional service offerings. [PRWEB Mar 28, 2005]

Apple products abound in CNET's Top 100
Products

Apple products abound in CNET's Top 100
Products 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
Seven Apple hardware and software products made CNET's Top 100 Products list...

Spark 2.0

Spark 2.0 01/03/2005 10:10 PM
A Shortcuts manager.You can create Hot Keys to launch applications, execute AppleScript, command iTunes, and more.

Ivan Richman, From Dania Beach, FL,
Announces Plans to add another Enormous
Organization with AMS in COGNIGEN that
offers telecommunication products at
great prices but using Long Distance and
Dish Network as His Lead Products as
well as Free Weight Loss Supplements
with AMS.

Ivan Richman, From Dania Beach, FL,
Announces Plans to add another Enormous
Organization with AMS in COGNIGEN that
offers telecommunication products at
great prices but using Long Distance and
Dish Network as His Lead Products as
well as Free Weight Loss Supplements
with AMS. 08/27/2004 02:04 PM
Ivan Richman, a successful internet entrepreneur, chooses to go full time to build and add a million dollar business with Dish Network and COGNIGEN. Ivan is looking for current MLM distributors who are not satisfied with their current companies, and who want to team up with millionaire makers under a specialized and unique internet marketing system. [PRWEB Aug 27, 2004]

Fast Company | Fast Company Contacts and
Customer Service

Fast Company | Fast Company Contacts and
Customer Service 06/27/2004 04:46 AM
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Law could spark web 'chaos'

Law could spark web 'chaos' 02/13/2004 02:39 PM
News 24 Feb 13 2004 6:26PM GMT

"U.S. maneuvers could spark a war."

"U.S. maneuvers could spark a war." 07/18/2004 03:10 PM

Update: Spark 2.0

Update: Spark 2.0 01/04/2005 01:37 PM
Spark is a shortcut utility that can create hot keys to launch applications and documents, execute AppleScripts, control iTunes, and more.

Next gen consoles spark concern

Next gen consoles spark concern 02/06/2005 03:05 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Tue Feb 1, 06:30 pm GMT

Vic looks to spark computer gaming

Vic looks to spark computer gaming 06/18/2004 03:23 AM
ZDNet Australia Jun 18 2004 7:33AM GMT

Red Hat, Sun Spark Middleware Turf War

Red Hat, Sun Spark Middleware Turf War 08/03/2004 12:38 PM
LinuxWorld: Day is night, Java is open source and Sun Rays now run on Linux.

Fast Company's Fast 50

Fast Company's Fast 50 02/16/2004 08:13 PM
Ben and I made Fast Company's Fast 50. The issue available on newstands now. Wow. That's pretty darn neat....

Kozio, Inc. Introduces Two New Products;
Colorado embedded systems software
developer saves customers time, money
with ready-to-run manufacturing test and
self-test software for shipping products

Kozio, Inc. Introduces Two New Products;
Colorado embedded systems software
developer saves customers time, money
with ready-to-run manufacturing test and
self-test software for shipping products 07/12/2004 02:14 AM
Kozio, Inc., a developer of embedded systems software, has introduced two new products that provide end-of-production-line manufacturing test and power-on-self-diagnostic test capabilities for manufactured products that use embedded single-board computer systems. [PRWEB Jul 12, 2004]

Semantic Web definition

Semantic Web definition 11/11/2003 12:54 PM
The Devil's Dictionary (2.0): Semantic Web An attempt to apply the Dewey Decimal system to an orgy...

Net Map Services Spark Fears of Stalking

Net Map Services Spark Fears of Stalking 12/19/2003 07:34 PM
Internet mapping services are powerful and simple: Type a phone number into Google or other sites for a map with door-to-door directions. ...

Regiment remarks spark outrage

Regiment remarks spark outrage 07/25/2004 02:20 PM
The Army's highest ranking officer is criticised for remarks he made about Scottish regiments.

Net map services spark fears of stalking

Net map services spark fears of stalking 12/19/2003 05:08 PM
Boston Globe Dec 19 2003 3:39PM ET

Net map services spark stalking fears

Net map services spark stalking fears 12/23/2003 07:59 PM
Internet mapping services are powerful and simple: Type a phone number into Google or other sites for a map with door-to-door directions. ...

Abbey talks spark job cut fears

Abbey talks spark job cut fears 07/24/2004 07:58 AM
Unions voiced fears for the future of thousands of Scottish jobs if Abbey is taken over by Spain's largest bank.

'Designer baby' plans spark row

'Designer baby' plans spark row 07/17/2004 01:18 PM
Pro-life groups condemn doctor-backed plans to allow the selection of embryos to cure siblings.

Celebrities spark dental trips

Celebrities spark dental trips 05/18/2004 07:35 PM
Young Britons are putting pressure on dentists to give them perfect teeth, an expert says.

Microsoft may spark largess by other
firms

Microsoft may spark largess by other
firms 07/25/2004 07:21 AM
Chicago Tribune Jul 25 2004 10:43AM GMT

Impending 3G to spark sector's growth

Impending 3G to spark sector's growth 01/06/2005 12:35 AM
China Economic Net Jan 6 2005 4:46AM GMT

Blair Is Trying for New Spark Among
Disenchanted Voters

Blair Is Trying for New Spark Among
Disenchanted Voters 03/23/2005 12:19 AM
Some Britons have begun to question Tony Blair's leadership, entertaining the once unthinkable prospect of life without him.

FeedBurner - The spark for syndication
success

FeedBurner - The spark for syndication
success 05/29/2004 06:08 PM
FeedBurner – The spark for syndication success .. Feedburner lets you track traffic from your RSS feed .. FeedBurner .. SmartFeed .. free

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Grok Description matches for New fast Wi-Fi products spark MIMO definition war
GrokA matches for New fast Wi-Fi products spark MIMO definition war

ExpressVu enhances signal strength

ExpressVu enhances signal strength 08/23/2004 10:57 AM
globetechnology.com Aug 23 2004 3:39PM GMT

When Your Signal Needs a Lift, Quickly
Attach A Portable Antenna

When Your Signal Needs a Lift, Quickly
Attach A Portable Antenna 06/17/2004 01:05 PM
A new cellphone antenna boosts a signal enough to add at least a couple of bars to your phone's signal-strength display.

Increase in Indian websites hacked by
Pak

Increase in Indian websites hacked by
Pak 12/26/2004 07:28 AM
Tribuneindia.com - Sat Dec 25, 11:56 pm GMT

Senate Backs Increase in Army Troop
Strength (Reuters)

Senate Backs Increase in Army Troop
Strength (Reuters) 06/17/2004 10:23 PM
Reuters - Despite resistance from the Pentagon, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to boost the Army by 20,000 troops to relieve stress on soldiers forced into extended duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Consumer Prices Increase, Adding to
Concerns on Inflation

Consumer Prices Increase, Adding to
Concerns on Inflation 03/23/2005 10:18 AM
Consumer prices rose by 0.4 percent last month, the most in four months, in a new sign that inflation is gaining momentum.

Linksys Claims Eightfold Speed Increase
For Router, Adapter

Linksys Claims Eightfold Speed Increase
For Router, Adapter 01/05/2005 08:15 AM

If There's a Wireless Signal in the
Woods but No One Around to Use It, Can
It Still Be Stolen?

If There's a Wireless Signal in the
Woods but No One Around to Use It, Can
It Still Be Stolen? 08/27/2004 01:54 PM
So Weirdly Wrong

"A few minutes ago, a police officer passed the bench where I was sitting outside the Athenaeum, enjoying the mild temperature and the wifi signal, and he said, 'Sir, you can’t use the Internet outside the library.'

I said, 'What?' (I’m pretty clever under pressure.)

The officer in question (whose conduct was entirely professional, firm, and calm behind those mirrored shades) solemnly assured me that in order to use the library’s open wireless signal, I had to be seated within the library....

'Maybe if you had permission it would be all right, but it’s a new law, sir; ‘theft of signal.’ It would be like if you stole someone’s cable TV connection....'

'...Is this a state law?' I asked.

'It’s a federal law, sir; a Secret Service agent came and explained it to us....'

At this point, it became clear that my uniformed interlocutor had to head in a different direction from me, so we shook hands and parted. And I walked back to the studio, dumbfounded that someone just rousted me for picking an open wireless signal in public — indeed (as it turns out) for using a laptop within a wireless signal’s range of the library. Weird." [AKMA’s Random Thoughts]

This truly is unbelievable, and it makes you wonder why on earth the Secret Service is going around lecturing local law enforcement about wireless "signal theft."

AKMA, please, please, please, go back to the library and talk to the librarians there. I wonder if they even know about this, but I am 100% sure they would love to help verify the law at every level (local, state, and federal). Perhaps they need to start handing out cards that declare their wireless signal open so that there can be no claim of theft.

For the Fretting Pet Owner, a Wireless
Distress Signal

For the Fretting Pet Owner, a Wireless
Distress Signal 07/15/2004 10:38 AM
Wireless technology may one day allow owners to find their missing pets, whether the animals have strayed across town or across the border.

Comprehensive 3G 1xEV-DV Wireless Signal
Analysis

Comprehensive 3G 1xEV-DV Wireless Signal
Analysis 11/04/2003 05:19 AM
3G Nov 4 2003 3:27AM ET

New Wireless Standard to Carry Cable TV
Signal

New Wireless Standard to Carry Cable TV
Signal 01/27/2004 12:41 PM

New Wireless Standard to Carry Cable TV
Signal (Reuters)

New Wireless Standard to Carry Cable TV
Signal (Reuters) 01/27/2004 05:20 AM
Reuters - A new wireless technology with enough bandwidth to carry cable television signals from a wall-mounted outlet to a TV anywhere in the home could be on the market as early as next year, an industry group said Tuesday.

Maxtor, Linksys to debut wireless
external hard drive

Maxtor, Linksys to debut wireless
external hard drive 06/14/2004 08:59 PM
The two want to make it easy to put hard drives on wireless networks, even at home or in small offices.

A Big Mac and a signal please

A Big Mac and a signal please 06/07/2004 01:35 PM
SBC announced plans to install Wi-Fi access at 6,000 McDonalds locations. This is part of SBC’s goal to have 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots built in three years. Daily access to use the SBC Wi-FI network will cost $7.95 and monthly access will cost $19.95. Full Story

ParkerVision Intros D2D Wireless Chips
for Mobile Devices

ParkerVision Intros D2D Wireless Chips
for Mobile Devices 02/05/2005 09:51 PM
Power Pulse.Net Feb 4 2005 11:36PM GMT

Thread-Signal-1.10

Thread-Signal-1.10 11/03/2003 10:36 PM

A signal honor

A signal honor 07/06/2004 01:54 AM
USA Today Jul 6 2004 6:05AM GMT

Best Wi-Fi Signal Finder Yet

Best Wi-Fi Signal Finder Yet 04/22/2004 05:19 PM
Chrysalis previews their WiFi Seeker, a keychain sized device for instant Wi-Fi signal finding: Chrysalis sent me a demo unit of its just-unveiled WiFi Seeker, which they designed to differentiate 80211b/g networks from other devices. Two previous Wi-Fi signal finders fell short in ways the Seeker does not. The Kensington WiFi Finder is relatively large (credit card sized) and scans before displaying the results instant of a constant active scan--but it can tell Wi-Fi from junk. WFS-1 from SMart ID is much cooler offering a no-industrial-design-intended box with instant scanning--but which "hears" all 2.4 GHz signals the same. object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" height="196" width="232" align="left" hspace="4"> Push the button on the WiFi Seeker and it scans briefly, often under a second, before displaying a signal strength in zero to four LEDs. Keep the button held down and it's a Wi-Fi dowser, allowing you to move around and see immediate response to different signal strengths. It's more directionally sensitive than the WFS-1. Chrysalis will sell the device starting in June for $29.95. Earlier, PC Tel has said they would make the device available to their customers, so one presumes that Chrysalis can sell custom branded versions of the device....

SIGNAL ORANGE

SIGNAL ORANGE 06/15/2004 03:56 AM
Signal Orange is a project .. orange

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PalmOne to cut its signal

PalmOne to cut its signal 08/10/2004 05:47 PM
globetechnology.com Aug 10 2004 10:27PM GMT

Dowsing for a Signal

Dowsing for a Signal 02/16/2004 07:00 AM
Hunting for wireless connectivity, a good signal remains hard to find.

New 3G Signal Analyser

New 3G Signal Analyser 05/21/2004 03:59 AM
3G May 21 2004 7:07AM GMT

Help! my Belkin router is spamming me

Help! my Belkin router is spamming me 11/07/2003 11:02 AM
Nagware promotes censorware

Free 802.11b Belkin Router

Free 802.11b Belkin Router 12/19/2004 03:18 PM
Free After Rebate catches the latest good deal: With two valid rebates, order the Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL 802.11b Gateway Router for negative five cents plus $9.40 in shipping--oh, and two 37-cent stamps to send in the rebate coupons. Remember to photocopy those receipts and coupons in case someone "forgets" to process your rebate. This is actually quite a good unit--I recall it well from the 802.11b days. If you need to extend an existing network or set up a network in a place where 802.11b is the fastest speed you'll need, why not settle for free (plus shipping)?...

QuickerTek brings new external antenna
for 12-Inch aluminum PowerBooks

QuickerTek brings new external antenna
for 12-Inch aluminum PowerBooks 07/19/2004 08:18 AM
QuickerTek have extended their range of antenna products to include a whip antenna for the 12-inch aluminum PowerBook. According to the press release. "The exclusive wireless signal technology of the Whip Antenna typically increases signal strength up to 50%, and increases line-of-sight distance by an average of 250 yards." As always, your milage may vary. This new wireless antenna is $89.95 at QuickerTek dealers.

"a strange signal from space"

"a strange signal from space" 09/03/2004 02:42 AM

Models of signal transmission

Models of signal transmission 09/09/2004 03:03 PM
"Nature" reprints conclusions and the most important figure

Day Three, Mars Probe: No Signal

Day Three, Mars Probe: No Signal 12/27/2003 06:36 AM
The failure to pick up a signal from Beagle 2 raises fears that the tiny probe may have ended up -- like so many other missions -- as scrap metal strewn across the bleak Martian landscape.

Traffic signal prankster

Traffic signal prankster 06/22/2005 01:49 AM
David Pescovitz: A prankster in Sunnyvale, California has been toying with traffic lights across the city for three months. Police say he or she has turned them to face the wrong way, altered the timing, and made them flash red in all directions. From the San Francisco Chronicle:

"There is evidence that whoever is doing it knows what they're doing," (city spokesman John) Pilger said. "The evidence suggests they're an electrician or have that background. This isn't a high school prank."

Further puzzling investigators is the fact the traffic trickster used a cherry-picker truck to reach an overhead signal spanning a busy intersection -- apparently without anyone being any the wiser, Pilger said. What's more, the practical joker has effortlessly opened the control boxes that contain the signals' electronic guts.

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New fast Wi-Fi products spark MIMO definition war

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