On December 12, 1901, Italian born engineer Guglielmo Marconi succeeded with the very first radio transmission across the Atlantic, by receiving the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland transmitted by the Marconi company's new high-power station at Poldhu, Cornwall. The distance between sender and receiver was about 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi) and with this groundbreaking long distance record the era of wireless telecommunication started.
On November 9, 1913, Hollywood movie star Hedy Lamar was born, co-inventor of an early form of the spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary for wireless communication from the pre-computer age to the present day.
Get access to the files on your desktop computer from your wireless PDA or cell phone. You're a hacker? then why stop with your own desktop - the world is your oyster!
M. Sawada, D. Cossette, B. Wellar, and T. Kurt. Government Information Quarterly, 23 (3):
454-479(2006)M3: Article; Sawada, M. 1; Email Address: msawada@uottawa.ca; Cossette, Daniel 1; Wellar, Barry 2; Kurt, Tolga 3; Affiliations: 1: Laboratory for Applied Geomatics and GIS Science (LAGISS), Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Canada 2: Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, and former Advisor for Federal Task Force on Tax Benefits for Northern and Isolated Regions, Canada 3: School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa and Research Engineer for Ericsson TEMS, Canada Source Info: 2006, Vol. 23 Issue 3/4, p454; Thesaurus Term: WIRELESS communication systems; Thesaurus Term: BROADBAND communication systems; Thesaurus Term: GEOGRAPHIC information systems; Thesaurus Term: INTERNET service providers; Number of Pages: 26p. Document Type: Article.
A. Mutch, and K. Ventura. Computers in Libraries, 26 (3):
6-56(March 2006)M3: Article; Mutch, Andrew 1 Email Address: amutch@waterford.lib.mi.us Ventura, Karen 2 Email Address: Karen. Ventura@rhpl.org; Affiliations: 1: Library systems technician, Waterford Township Public Library, Waterford, Mich. 2: Head of information technology, Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester, Mich.; Source Information: Mar2006, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p6; Subject Term: IEEE 802.11 (Standard); Subject Term: WIDE area networks (Computer networks); Subject Term: WIRELESS communication systems; Subject Term: INTERNET protocol; Subject Term: OPEN source software; Subject Term: AUTHENTICATION; Subject Term: ETHERNET (Local area network system); Subject Term: COMPUTER network resources; NAICS/Industry Codes: 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517212 Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517310 Telecommunications Resellers; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution; Number of Pages: 6p; Illustrations: 4c; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 3054.
G. Gruman. PC World, 23 (6):
88-88(June 2005)M3: Article; Gruman, Galen; Source Information: Jun2005, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p88; Subject Term: WIRELESS Internet; Subject Term: BROADBAND communication systems; Subject Term: INTERNET service providers; Subject Term: INFORMATION services industry; Subject Term: INTERNET industry; Subject Term: UNITED States; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517212 Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution; NAICS/Industry Codes: 518111 Internet Service Providers; NAICS/Industry Codes: 519190 All Other Information Services; Number of Pages: 2/3p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 531.
H. Feld. Educause Review, 40 (1):
62-63(2005)M3: Article; Feld, Harold 1; Affiliations: 1: Associate Director of Media Access Project; Source Information: Jan/Feb2005, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p62; Subject Term: WIRELESS communication systems; Subject Term: EDUCATION, Higher; Subject Term: UNIVERSITIES & colleges; Subject Term: COMPUTER networks -- Security measures; Subject Term: United States; Subject Term: UNITED States; NAICS/Industry Codes: 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517212 Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517310 Telecommunications Resellers; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution; NAICS/Industry Codes: 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Number of Pages: 2p; Document Type: Article.
D. Dorman. American Libraries, 33 (11):
70(December 2002)M3: Article; Dorman, David; Source Information: Dec2002, Vol. 33 Issue 11, p70; Subject Term: LIBRARIES -- Automation; Subject Term: WIRELESS communication systems; Subject Term: OPEN source software; Subject Term: TELECOMMUNICATION in libraries; NAICS/Industry Codes: 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517212 Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517310 Telecommunications Resellers; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution; Number of Pages: 2p; Illustrations: 1 chart; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 1262.
M. Breeding. Library Technology Reports, 41 (5):
37-39(2005)M3: Article; Breeding, Marshall 1 Email Address: marshall.breeding@vanderbilt.edu; Affiliations: 1: Director, Innovative Technologies and Research, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University; Source Information: Sep/Oct2005, Vol. 41 Issue 5, p37; Subject Term: WIRELESS LANs; Subject Term: PUBLIC access computers in libraries; Subject Term: COMPUTER security; Subject Term: LOCAL area networks (Computer networks); Subject Term: WIRELESS communication systems; NAICS/Industry Codes: 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517212 Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517310 Telecommunications Resellers; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution; Number of Pages: 3p; Document Type: Article.
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