Wireless Home Network News

'As Cool as it is Sweet - Verizon Wireless Introduces Chocolate by LG in Blue Ice (The San Francisco Examiner)
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. ( Map ) - BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and SAN DIEGO , Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, and LG Electronics MobileComm USA, Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) announced today the newest flavor of Chocolate by LG -- Blue Ice. The newest addition to the Chocolate line-up, the silky-smooth slim slider design comes ...

'Gigs & Bytes: Verizon Wireless' New Hook Up (POLLSTAR)
Verizon Wireless shook up the cell phone service biz when the company announced it will open its network to phones and devices other than those the company endorses, a move that might make people rethink devices embedded with proprietary technology, like DRM-protected songs that only play on certain digital players.

'Verizon Wireless to open network to 3rd party devices and apps (Geek.com)
Verizon Wireless raised more than a few eyebrows when it announced yesterday that it was going to give its customers the option to use wireless devices and applications not offered by the company on its network. During a conference call, the company?s President and CEO, Lowell C. McAdam, stated that Verizon Wireless was making this [...]

'Why old Wi-Fi security is vulnerable to attack (PC Advisor)
Trade in WEP for WPA - today Forty-one percent of businesses ? and an even higher percentage of home users, say experts ? still use WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), an outdated and vulnerable Wi-Fi security protocol. Trust us when we tell you the phrase: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is not the motto to live by when it comes to wireless-network security.

'Wireless in San Marcos (San Marcos Daily Record)
The search for a wireless Internet network provider for San Marcos has been narrowed to two vendors, city officials said this week.