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Linksys 802.11g gateway for $134 from Amazon.com: Linksys is shipping their Broadcom-based 54G draft 802.11g gateway for a low low price.

Cory Doctorow debunks war-plus-suffix Wi-Fi fears in InternetWeek: Cory says a lot of very sensible, logical things about why the fears raised about warspamming, wardriving, and other problems are fearmongering and misdirection.

SanDisk introduces Compact Flash Wi-Fi: Alan Reiter writes up SanDisk's announcement at CES of their Cmopact Flash-based Wi-Fi cards that are available in configurations with 128 Mb and 256 Mb or no memory. The memory plus Wi-Fi combination is particularly useful because in cameras that could be upgraded to handle Wi-Fi networking support, for instance, it would require much more engineering to add double Compact Flash slots.

No card update for older Apple AirPort users to Extreme: The head of Apple's hardware products confirmed for me yesterday that there will be no possibility of an AirPort "Classic" update to the new 802.11g draft compatible AirPort Extreme standard. He said that the bus through which the older AirPort cards work -- practically identical to the older PC Card bus -- does not have the capacity to handle much more than the 11 Mbps of 802.11b, and thus an update would have no improvement on performance.

Wi-Fi Alliance announces terms of Wi-Fi Zone program: The chairman of the Wi-Fi Alliance told an 802.11 Planet keynote audience that this program was coming, and today's announcement allows wireless ISP to apply for free involvement until the end of March good until the end of March 2004. The program requires basic service standards to be met. Nomadix has already announced their support for the program.

Actiontec announces full 802.11g line: At the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, Actiontec revealed that they'll be selling a whole line of 802.11g gear, including an ADSL gateway with wireless networking.

Avaya software access point in new drivers: I can't find the confirmation of this in the release notes, but reader Tarmo Kaljumäe in Estonia writes to say that the Avaya PC Card update can turn a computer into a software access point.

Free Wi-Fi newsletter from Pyramid Research: Analysis firm Pyramid Research offers a free e-mail Wi-Fi newsletter that starts Jan. 29. [via Alan Reiter

Yamaha Wi-Fi-based audio system: For over $2,000, you can get an 80 Gb music server with CD-R that can broadcast via Wi-Fi to a receiver (included) that has its own 20-watt amplifier and support for external speakers. Extra receivers are $800.