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IEEE issues WiFi spec that could expand hot spot from 60 feet to 60 miles

Posted July 27, 2011 - 2:26 pm

TV companies opposed it, but the FCC approved use of UHG and VHF 'white spaces' for data broadcast. This week IEEE issued a spec that could reach far enough to eliminate the need to run from one tiny hot spot to another or use your cell net to get access.
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Wi-Fi enhancements make cell-phone costs clearer

Posted March 22, 2011 - 3:12 pm

The Wi-Fi Alliance is enhancing its specifications to let hotspot providers hand user connections off more easily; too bad cell carriers won't do the same.
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Time to kill Bluetooth

Posted January 10, 2011 - 3:33 pm

New WLAN protocol Wi-Fi Direct can link your phone to a headset, keyboard, disk drive or network, simpler, more securely and more easily than Bluetooth.
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That Audi wants to ask your car where to park

Posted January 10, 2011 - 11:50 am

Audi announces automotive WLAN to let cars, traffic lights talk to each other, not just servers, making rollout easier, performance more scalable.
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Thanksgiving dinner phone jammer points the wrong direction

Posted November 23, 2010 - 10:46 am

There are lots of high-tech ways to make Thanksgiving dinner better, and make people at work pay closer attention. Using either might make a small problem into a big one.
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Dissatisfaction in Convergence? LTE Beats WiMax

Posted October 8, 2010 - 4:38 pm

Will standardization on the network spec of the vendor everyone loves to hate make IT happy or mad as it builds next-gen mobile nets?
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