Archive for April, 2008

Yay apple gear!

Posted by Slash on April 30th, 2008

This post brought to you courtesy of our new Aiport Extreme base station, which has finally enabled the wireless access to print and high capacity backup disk I should have had running a while ago. Plugging in the equipment literally took more time than the configuration. Apple gear rocks. (Source: Darth Libris)
Originally Syndicated [...]

C3library: low tech – high fun?

Posted by Slash on April 29th, 2008

Did I hear someone say they were going to do the portable “hot dog” cart idea and take the library on the road?  Maybe at BSU?  See these pix from Penn State Berks – these guys are outside their hallowed halls hawking their library wares with a “hot dog” or “ice cream” cart and umbrella.  I’d [...]

WiMAX Analyzer

Posted by Slash on April 28th, 2008

BVS Clarifies Wi-Fi with Yellowjacket-B/A/N/G Analyzer & FREE Demo DVD at INTEROP 2008 – April 28, 2008
Berkeley Varitronics Systems of Metuchen, NJ today announced it will feature the Yellowjacket 802.11 b/a/n/g analyzer and the latest free demonstration DVD at the 2008 INTEROP Show, April 29th thru May 1st at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas (booth# 2711).
Originally [...]

WiMAX Patents

Posted by Slash on April 28th, 2008

MOSAID Grants First Wireless Patent Portfolio License to Matsushita Electric – April 28, 2008
MOSAID Technologies Inc. today announced that Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., best known for its Panasonic brand, is the first company to take a license to MOSAID’s wireless patents.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from WiMAX Industry News

Tla 08 conference notes: lunches and final thoughts

Posted by Slash on April 27th, 2008

This is kind of the all-around wrap-up post. It covers the lunches, and the only reason I mention lunches is that I actually went to lunch events. The rest is pretty much my final reflection on the experience and my two cents. If you already read the actual session notes and don’t care much for [...]

10 most disruptive technologies

Posted by Slash on April 27th, 2008

Jane Dysart’s blog reports on an IT World Canada article on the 10 Most Disruptive Technologies.
10. DVD’s + Entertainment on Demand
9. YouTube + Cheap Digital Cameras & Camcorders
8. Open Source + Web Tools
7. MP3 + Napster
6. Blogs + Google Ads
5. Cheap Storage + Portable Memory
4. Cloud Computing + Always-on Devices
3. Broadband + Wireless Networks
2. The [...]

Denver international now has free wifi

Posted by Slash on April 27th, 2008

I’ll admit it — I arrange me layovers (when I have to have them) around airports that have free wifi.  For that reason, I’ve avoided Denver International for years.  Well, on my way to DLF — I had to layover in Denver for a couple of hours (thanks to a delayed flight) and imagine my [...]

Wireless printing from your mac at usf law

Posted by Slash on April 26th, 2008

A question from a student and fellow Macintosh user reminded us at ZiefBrief that we’ve been wanting to post some handy instructions on how to print wirelessly from Macs (Source: ZiefBrief)
Originally Syndicated via RSS from LibWorm: Wifi

I’m a bit confused. Aren’t I living in 2008 in the United States, not the Soviet Union in the Stalin era?
So why am I reading in a CNET story that FBI Director Robert Mueller “seemed to suggest that the bureau should have a broad ‘omnibus’ authority to conduct monitoring and surveillance of private-sector networks,” [...]

FBReader software and the Cybook Gen3 and Sony PRS 505 E Ink readers are among the porting priorities of three student volunteers, chosen for the independent OpenInkpot project under the Google Summer of Code.
 OpenInkpot is creating a “free and open-source Linux distribution” for E Ink machines. Among other things, OpeInkpot is aiming for dual-boot capabilities [...]