Smaller 802.11b chips from TI
TI reps told the press that they have been working on chips that are 44% smaller. They are looking to introduce the wi-fi technology in to cell phones and other devices. They went on to state that they will be making the devices available to chipmakers in about six months. People worry about hackers opening holes in security? Why do they keep building insecure technology? More here

News about Ricochet
Now I can't really count this as news but I was watching one of the episodes of "Fresh Gear" on my TiVo and they reported on Ricochet. They went on to say that Aerie Networks are now in negotiations with New York City to provide Rocochet access. They will not be focusing on the corperate user but the personal user, unlike last time. Right now Richochet is available in Denver and is supposed to be in Los Angeles soon.

The battle keeps on being added to
The RIAA keeps wanting to get into our computers to break the privacy issue and delete all the mp3's. Well, it looks like the harder they push the issue, the hacks hit harder. Someone provided Cnet News.com with this screenshot located at http://minordamage.com/riaa_hack.jpg. One more thing, just just down loaded more mp3s just because for this story. Thank you. More at Cnet News.com

Sorry that there have been no updates
There have been no updates due to the busy work schedule and different projects that I have been doing. I took this past weekend off from the beach area and headed to the desert. Pictures of the desert camping are here. I am trying to not to be worried for the upcoming September 11th anniversary. I cannon leave town because of work and duty. I am going to get out of this dead end job that I am in soon. It is becoming unbearable. I will get back to the updates tomorrow, and I apologize for the laziness.