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Microsoft's Wi-Fi sales slip without a G product on the market: Microsoft will announce that it will ship an 802.11g set of products in the second half of the year. Which means that they chose Intersil or Agere/Infineon over Broadcom.
Forbes on Centrino/Pentium-M battery life: Steve Manes developed the Merengue Test for checking battery life, and figures from his results that Wi-Fi transmission and other factors have much more to do with realistic battery life than a lower-powered processor. He also points out that the Centrino option, a plug-in card, isn't actually integrated with the Pentium-M any more than any other mini-PCI card.
British firm says wardriving is evil, evil I tells ya!: KPMG reports that a honeypot they set up -- an attractive nuisance network -- received mostly harmless wardriving attempts, but some visitors were more hostile.
Book of Wi-Fi reviewed: The Sacramento Bee (industrious, you know) reviews John Ross's The Book of Wi-Fi, a new title from No Starch Press. I've had a chance to read through the book myself, and although I have a competing title, I'll honestly say I quite like Ross's book. It's got a nittier-grittier focus than Adam and my book talking about configuration in a more detailed fashion, with chapters devoted to Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Business 2.0 on Vivato: An overview of Vivato's technology, market approach.