John Cox

Advances in mobile computing make it possible to unmoor line-of-business apps that until recently could be used only by workers at PCs. Now those applications with their data and transactions can be shifted into the hands of workers on the move.

The ZigBee Alliance has ratified the first specification for wireless sensor networks.

Bluesocket Inc. next week is scheduled to uncrate a wireless gateway and a Web-based management application that lets network administrators remotely authenticate, secure and...

A two-year-old wireless LAN company next week is scheduled to introduce software and radio sensors designed to offer users a full-blown intrusion-prevention system for their corporate WLANs.

Trapeze Networks Inc. next week is scheduled to release software it says can be used to divvy up a wireless LAN into 64 logical networks that cater to different groups of users and applications.

Some of the biggest names in the wireless LAN industry recently unveiled products that could help define the next stage for enterprise wireless networks.

The software, called WPA Cracker, exploits one option that can be used in WPA, usually in consumer applications or residential WLANs: a pre-shared encryption key.