Have you been waiting on pins and needles, afraid the cost of all future equipment with Wi-Fi inside would skyrocket because Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) was suing just about every company that makes such product for patent infringement? Well, stop worrying.

Actually, you probably knew about this suit only if you liked Wi-Fi routers from Buffalo Technology, the only company that was enjoined from selling products in the U.S. for a short term due to the case. Today, Wi-Fi Networking News wrote that the battle between CSIRO and 14 companies including Microsoft, Dell, Fujitsu, Belkin, D-Link, and Toshiba, to name a few, is over. All companies involved have agreed to pay CSIRO a fee.

You, the consumer, will probably never notice. Chances are CSIRO's fees are minuscule and what's more, it'll pump what it gets back into research--on future wireless technology.