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Weekend tech reading: Wi-Fi speed record broken, Doom photoshopped, Yahoo-Tumblr deal?
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Think your network is fast? Getting a gigabyte-sized movie over your local wireless network to your hard drive in a few seconds is old hat. Now there’s a network that can push a 2-hour, high-definition movie to a computer a mile away in less time than it takes to read a single word.
Weekend Open Forum: Who makes your favorite networking gear?
- There’s no shortage of choices when it comes to selecting networking gear for your home or at work. Companies like Belkin, Cisco, D-Link and Netgear all have a solid following among consumers. I’ve used several different brands over the years…
FCC chairman wants to build a free nationwide Wi-Fi network
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Free Wi-Fi everywhere? Not so fast... It appears the original story and statements mislead us (and many others) to believe the government was interested in pursuing everywhere connectivity, but that's not the case. It's since been clarified that...
Mobile Wi-Fi hot spots banned from London Olympics
- It appears that the LOCOG (London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games) plans to prohibit the use of mobile hotspots during the Olympics. Various news outlets managed to notice the fine print just before the event begins Friday this week. Although…
Scientists hit wireless speeds of 2.56Tbps using light vortex beams
- Researchers at USC, JPL and Tel Aviv University have managed to transfer 2.56 terabits of information by multiplexing 8 x 300Gbps "twisted" streams of visible light into a single beam. The feat exploits a phenomenon which, up until recently, scientists…
Belkin unveils 802.11ac router lineup, $139 and $159
- According to this press release, Belkin will be joining a small but growing club of vendors who offer wireless routers with 802.11ac. The latest Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ac operates on 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously to deliver higher speeds than current…
Walmart and TruConnect offer prepaid mobile broadband from $10
- Walmart and TruConnect Mobile have announced a partnership to provide a prepaid mobile broadband service. Meant for casual users, Internet on the Go will offer blocks of data for set rates without a monthly commitment. Rates start as low as…
Western Digital intros four wireless routers, one with 2TB of storage
- Western Digital, a company who is better known for its enduring legacy in storage solutions, announced that it will be dipping its toes into the consumer wireless network market. The company unveiled four new home router products that will cover…
Marvell unveils first 802.11ac chip with Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
- Marvell has pulled the curtain on its first 802.11ac chip, a debut which makes Marvell the second manufacturer to produce an 802.11ac solution thus far. The Avastar 88W8897 may feature a name only an industry OEM could love, but marks…
Google may face further WiFi snooping investigation by British ICO
- The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), tasked with the enforcement of the Data Protection Act, has confirmed it's reviewing the recently published report by its American counterpart, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in order to decide whether further action needs…
Five US cable providers join forces to offer 50,000+ wireless hotspots
- Five cable companies have announced a joint effort to provide wireless Internet hotspots across the US. Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable have agreed to let their high-speed Internet subscribers access each other's Wi-Fi networks.…
802.11-2012 Wi-Fi promises 600Mbps, 3.65-3.7GHz, mesh networking
- Over the past 15 years, the Wi-Fi (802.11x) standard has been revised only a handful of times, evolving to include major revisions like 802.11b, g and n and smaller, incremental amendments like 802.11a. For the fourth time since 1997, the…
iPavement stones with embedded PCs used as wireless app hotspots
- Urban dwellers may soon find a new way to obtain information wirelessly while on the go. A Spanish company called Via Inteligente has developed a product called the iPavement stone that, as the name suggests, includes an embedded computer with…
New 802.11ac WiFi standard coming later this year
- A new Wi-Fi standard that is being co-defined by Broadcom and Qualcomm Atheros is preparing to take wireless speeds to the next level. 802.11ac will replace the existing 802.11n standard as the next step in mainstream wireless networking by the…
Hotels using 'web experience manipulation' to serve ads over free WiFi
- Hotel’s that offer free WiFi access generally get a thumbs-up from most travelers in that regard but it turns out that your destination could actually be making money from you while you are on their network.
25% of the world's households have Wi-Fi, will hit 42% by 2016
- Roughly two thirds of US and Canadian households are now outfitted with wireless Internet, according to a study by Strategy Analytics. The outfit reports that 439 million households worldwide (or about 25%) had Wi-Fi installed at the end of 2011,…
Apple investigating WiFi connectivity issues on the new iPad
- An internal AppleCare document obtained by 9to5 Mac reveals that Cupertino is actively investigating WiFi connectivity issues on the new iPad. The memo instructs retail stores and contact centers to accept exchanges should a customer report any unusual behavior when…
Neowin Trivia Tuesday: The many waves of Wi-Fi
- Millions of people use Wi-Fi every day to connect wirelessly to the Internet through their home or work routers; I know I do, not only for some of my PCs, but also for my smartphone and other portable devices. It’s…
Motorola Xoom gets Ice Cream Sandwich update, WiFi only for now
- Motorola has started rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Xoom tablet owners this week as part of a staggered release. The update is initially only being served up to WiFi devices; those with cellular-enabled tablets remain on the…
Skype offers free Wi-Fi in airports, but not for Android
- In a display of Skype's holiday spirit, the company will be gifting travelers with one hour of free Wi-Fi access at over 50 major airports across the United States. The offer will begin on Dec 21 and last until Dec 27.
US malls to track shoppers with their cell phone signals
- You might want to leave your cell phone at home this holiday shopping season if you'll be visiting one of two US malls that are implementing tracking technology. The Promenade Temecula in California and Short Pump Town Center in Virginia…
Gigabyte to include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 with X79 motherboards
- Gigabyte is set to include Wi-Fi and the new Bluetooth 4.0 standard as an add-on card for several of its new X79 motherboards, according to VR-Zone. The card will be in the boxes of X79-UD5, X79-UD7 and G1.Assassin 2 boards, and features…
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