Wireless Home Network News

'Make Your House a Smart Home (Kiplinger.com)
New products make home automation easier, wireless and more reliable.

'Tools Of The Trade: The Iomega StoreCentre network hard drive (Independent)
External hard disks that plug into a network, rather than to an individual PC, are by no means new. Manufacturers of have long offered network attached storage (NAS) systems, but, Uutil recently, their cost kept them out of reach for small businesses and home office users.

'Existing Technologies Combine to Make Automated Home (PhysOrg)
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan), Ymatic Ltd., and Biometrica Systems Asia Co. Ltd. have jointly developed a novel automated home - not with new technology, but with a clever combining of existing solutions. The home combines robots guided by IC tags, a biometric face authentication system, and a wireless network using a software solution called RT

'Nextel founder calls for wireless public safety network (InfoWorld)
( InfoWorld ) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should set aside 30MHz of radio spectrum scheduled to be auctioned off to commercial users in 2008 for a new multibillion-dollar wireless public safety network, Nextel co-founder Morgan O?Brien said Thursday. O'Brien's new company, Cyren Call Communications, filed a proposal Thursday with the FCC calling for the agency to

'Make security a priority with Wi-Fi network (The Indianapolis Star)
Years ago, a home network was a luxury. But today, with multiple computers sharing an Internet connection in a home, it's a necessity.

'Tiny bridge to music (The Charlotte Observer)
Want to play MP3 files through your stereo? Consider the Linksys WMB54G Wireless-G Music Bridge ($86.99 at Amazon.com). This tiny digital audio receiver is one of only a handful of devices that's immune to copy-protection or digital rights management issues. Using an Ethernet port or wireless network, the Music Bridge pulls audio playing on your PC -- including songs purchased from Napster,