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The following list summarizes the main benefits of using wireless technologies:

Radio-frequency identification of products is one possible tool to combat theft, and the technology performed well in a new feasibility study on its use as a potential sales-floor theft-deterrent system. The study, conducted by researchers in the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas, demonstrated RFID’s usefulness in several shoplifting scenarios, including many items moving through a security/reader portal at a high rate of speed and many items stuffed into a “booster bag,” a traditional shopping bag lined with aluminum foil. Read the rest of this entry »

Advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) chipsets supplier Atheros Communications, Inc. announced that two of its WLAN reference designs have been Wi-Fi-certified for Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Atheros’ dual-band access point and Universal 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapter reference designs have also been chosen for inclusion in the WMM certification test bed. WMM is the Wi-Fi Alliance’s new program that is based on a subset of the 802.11e standard, which provides Quality of Service (QoS) for wireless networks.
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We first heard about Huawei’s E583X wireless modem back in February, and now the company has been showing it off at CommunicAsia in Singapore.  A MiFi rival, the E583X – also known as the i-Mo – packs an HSPA modem and WiFi router into a palm-sized battery powered box. Read the rest of this entry »