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Museum contends with multimedia rights 3/19/2009

Wherever technology goes, legal issues regarding copyright ownership seem to follow.

White spaces and black hearts 10/16/2008

Those pushing white-space proposals, including Google's Larry Page, need some lessons in real-world RF interference, and the industry should put white-spaces plans on hold until we see how badly the digital-TV rollout hurts broadcast television.

Voices: GreenPeak Technologies’ Cees Links: wireless-networking visionary 2/21/2008

Cees (pronounced case) Links is an engineer and the chief executive officer at GreenPeak Technologies, an international supplier of low-power wireless-system modules compatible with IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee. Based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Links has been a pioneer in the wireless industry and was involved in the establishment of the IEEE 802.

Open-cellular-network boasts lack substance 1/10/2008

There are dozens if not hundreds of products that might be more compelling if they integrated a cellular radio.

Holiday wishes target technological harmony 12/5/2007

From an accord among the high-definition DVD camps to signs of progress for UWB and Wireless USB, my list highlights technological developments that I believe would be good for the high-tech segment.

Airing problems in wireless 10/9/2007

Breakfast in the Valley: Rapidly evolving technologies raise questions about data collisions between and within devices; future devices to become aware of what else is on the network.