D-Link has removed the controversial DIR-655 1.30 “Beta” firmware from its support site and posted version 1.31. The new firmware makes no mention of removing 802.11b, but is still non-downgradeable. The company apparently wants to pretend that the whole incident did not happen, since it has removed any references to the 1.30 “Beta” firmware from … Read more

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) today said that the patent case being fought in the Eastern District Court of Texas over its claim to inventing the technology behind Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) has been settled. According to iTnews, CSIRO admitted settling with each of the fourteen companies involved in four suits. … Read more