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AT&T takes wraps off wireless data network
Unbeknownst to most customers, AT&T; Inc. has fired up a new wireless data network in five cities in the last few months, offering roughly double the speeds of its older network for a handful of devices.
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Smartphone battery life could dramatically improve with new invention
A new "subconscious mode" for smartphones and other WiFi-enabled mobile devices could extend battery life by as much as 54 percent for users on the busiest networks.
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Google to offer tracking opt-out to Wi-Fi owners (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc. is going to let people with home wireless networks decide whether they want to be lumped into a system that helps pinpoint the locations of people on cell phones.
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Researchers find way to measure effect of Wi-Fi attacks
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a way to measure how badly a Wi-Fi network would be disrupted by different types of attacks – a valuable tool for developing new security technologies.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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EW Scripps to stream live video to mobile devices
(AP) -- The E.W. Scripps Co. said Thursday that it will become the first TV station group in the nation to deliver live video programming to mobile devices.
Sep 08, 2011 |
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S.Africa won't tap into Blackberry smartphones: ministry
South Africa's communication ministry on Thursday said it would not regulate Blackberry smartphone's encrypted messenger service to help catch criminals.
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Iridium launches Wi-Fi hotspot for extreme roaming
Want to get email on your iPhone or BlackBerry in the middle of the ocean, or in the Arctic? Now you can - but it'll cost you.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Breakthrough could double wireless capacity with no new towers
The days of waiting for smartphones to upload video may be numbered. Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless phone companies to double throughput on their ...
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Comcast to launch discounted Internet for low-income families
Fulfilling a pledge to the federal government when it acquired NBC Universal Inc., Comcast Corp. is launching a program to offer $9.95-a-month Internet service for low-income families with school children.
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Even with low prices, T-Mobile customers flee
(AP) -- The Justice Department's move to block AT&T; Inc. from buying T-Mobile USA is motivated by the desire to keep a low-priced competitor in the game. But that's a game T-Mobile is losing.
Aug 31, 2011 |
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London 2012 to be broadcast in 3D
The London 2012 Olympics will be the first to be broadcast live in 3D, Japanese electronics giant Panasonic announced on Wednesday.
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Support brings network-less mobiles closer to reality
A new, open source mobile phone technology developed by Flinders University’s "digital blacksmith" Dr. Paul Gardner-Stephen and which promises to revolutionize telecommunications has earned him a $400,000 Fellowship ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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All events live in some form for Olympics on NBC
(AP) -- NBC's Olympic coverage in London will look very familiar, with one major twist.
Aug 30, 2011 |
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SK pays $920 mn for super-fast wireless spectrum
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom has won a licence to operate super-fast wireless services after bidding 995 billion won ($920 million), regulators said Monday.
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Irene takes out some East Coast cellphone service
(AP) -- Wireless networks fell quiet Sunday in some coastal areas of North Carolina and southern Virginia, but calls were going through in most areas affected by Tropical Storm Irene, the Federal Communications Commission ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Could silicon be ideal in quantum computing?
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Graphene nanoribbons grow due to domino-like effect
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Inside story: Chemical reactivity on the inner surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Improving lasers with microring mirrors
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Millions of molecules screened in search for the ideal organic solar cell material
Sep 12, 2011 |
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How to stay connected during Hurricane Irene
(AP) -- Phone service often cuts out when it's needed the most - when disaster strikes.
Computer scientist helps verify new satellite communication rules
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Illinois at Chicago computer scientist is at work on communications verification methods for a customized network of satellites.
SF area transit agency to discuss wireless policy
(AP) -- The transit agency in the San Francisco Bay area hopes to ease tensions with a public meeting over whether there should be a policy on cutting wireless access to its stations during protests.
Did you feel that? Cell networks clogged by calls
Cell phone and landline customers experienced connection problems after Tuesday's earthquake, but there were no immediate reports of trouble for police and rescue workers.
Dish asks FCC to let it build wireless network
(AP) -- Satellite TV broadcaster Dish Network is asking regulators to let it build a wireless broadband network. Having one would let Dish compete more effectively with cable companies that can bundle broadband and TV signals.
Other News
200 mn in US to use smartphones or tablets by 2015: forecast
Some 200 million Americans will own smartphones or tablet computers by 2015, with many people having both, marketing intelligence firm In-Stat forecast on Tuesday.
Simple security for wireless: no password required
In early August, at the Def Con conference — a major annual gathering of computer hackers — someone apparently hacked into many of the attendees’ cell phones, in what may have been the first successful breach ...
$103M to expand broadband Internet in rural US
Telecommunications companies in 16 states will share more than $103 million in federal funding to help expand broadband Internet access to those areas of rural America that haven't been reached by the high-speed service or ...
Scientists designing next generation of Internet to keep up with mobile users
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are helping develop the next generation of the Internet -- a more mobile version -- and the campus's Office of Information Technology is using this new technology ...
China Mobile 1H profit rises to $9.6 billion
(AP) -- China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Thursday its first-half profit rose 6.3 percent as sales were boosted by greater usage of mobile Internet devices.
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