BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is prepping a new version of its only touchscreen phone, the BlackBerry Storm, as soon as this September, according to reports. The new phone is set to bring improvements over the current offering, especially with the addition of WiFi. SlashGear is citing an unnamed...

  The CSIRO has one less target in its ongoing litigation battle with the big guns of the ICT industry over its claims to patents on Wi-Fi technology. The Australian Government funded research organisation has confirmed it has settled with HP for an undisclosed sum. “CSIRO can confirm that a...

As Cisco Systems enters the beam-forming Wi-Fi market, a pioneer of that technology, Ruckus Wireless, is taking aim at Cisco territory: large enterprises. Ruckus developed its patented antenna-control software with home entertainment and hospitality in mind, but later added products for small and ...

Block Wi-Fi Intruders with a Secure Paint Job IT managers should start familiarizing themselves with a new security tool — the paint brush — as Japanese researchers have come up with a paint that they say will block high-speed wireless signals, giving businesses a cheap option to protect their...

A federal court in the U.S. has temporarily lifted an injunction that banned Buffalo Technology (USA) from selling its IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g Wi-Fi products due to a patent claim by an Australian scientific agency. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) sued Japanese IT...