Wireless USB startup WiQuest shuts down, leaves the standard in limbo

Lets be honest -- Wireless USB has never been much more than an afterthought. Sure, weve seen it pop up on a few laptops and USB hard drives, but its never grabbed hold the way that, say, Bluetooth or WiFi has. On top of that, the underlying technology behind WUSB (thatd be Ultra-Wideband, or UWB) has yet to find favor in the market, with the surging WHDI stealing most of the limelight in the wireless HD arena. At any rate, one of the (only) companies keeping Wireless USB alive has kicked the bucket, as startup WiQuest officially shut its doors after being unable to concoct a "one-chip solution that was capable of delivering the upper-band support necessary for worldwide acceptance." Granted, Wireless USB isnt quite six feet under, but its safe to say one foot is planted in the proverbial grave.