Free Wi-Fi with that coffee? Embracing free connectivity

Free Wi-Fi with that coffee? Why cafes are embracing an age of connectivity...
As Wi-Fi hotspots increase, small UK businesses are preferring to give access to smartphone and tablet users for free. By Charles Arthur.
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Verizon Attributes 4G LTE Service Disruptions to 'Growing Pains'
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Verizon Wireless on Thursday attributed recent service disruptions on its 4G LTE network to "growing pains" associated with building out an advanced network. "Being a pioneer comes with growing pains," Verizon said in a statement. ...

AT&T to get the first 4G LTE Windows Phones?
CNET
But he was very specific about the devices and launch dates for the new Windows Phone LTE devices. And he was very clear that AT&T and not Verizon Wireless, which has a much larger 4G LTE network deployed today, will be the first to offer a Windows...

CNET

Flaw Makes WiFi Network Security Vulnerable to Brute-Force Attacks: US-CERT
eWeek
A security researcher has demonstrated a flaw in the WiFi Protected standard that would expose Wireless networks to brute-force attacks, prompting the United States Computer Emergency Response Team to issue a vulnerability warning. "The Wi-Fi Protected ...

HTC Amaze 4G vs Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket: Who Will Win 4G Smartphone Battle?
International Business Times
By Balasubramanyam Seshan: Subscribe to Balasubramanyam's RSS feed HTC Amaze 4G, which was released in October for T-Mobile, is expected to see or give stiff competition to Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, which is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) version of ...

Clackamas County threatens to reroute broadband network and bypass Oregon City...
OregonLive.com
By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian After months of fruitless and frustrating negotiations over a publicly funded high-speed broadband network, Clackamas County threatened last week to bypass Oregon City rather than pay a franchise fee to use the city's ...

OregonLive.com

Tulsa's PennWell acquires broadband information assets
NewsOK.com
BY ROD WALTON rod.walton@tulsaworld.com Leave a comment TULSA — PennWell Corp. has acquired broadband information assets from Arlington, Va.-based Hermes Media and Research LLC, the technology publisher announced Thursday. Broadband Technology Report ...

Qualcomm to offer nationwide 4G services
The Mobile Indian
By Nilabh Jha, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi, December 30, 2011 Qualcomm to offer nationwide 3G and 4G roaming for its future LTE customers in the four circles where it acquired BWA spectrum. Mobile technology provider Qualcomm, which bagged BWA...

The Mobile Indian

Verizon blames “growing pains” for LTE 4G outages
VentureBeat
Verizon Wireless may be paying the price for being the first carrier in the world to widely roll out LTE 4G technology. The carrier has pointed to the relative immaturity ofLTE as the reason for its 4G service outages throughout 2011, reports GigaOm, ...

VentureBeat

Broadband access should be for all
Monroe News Star
Broadband expansion and access are a very important part of our world and everyone should have a chance to use this wonderful technology. With Internet access, I am able to communicate with my son and extended family who are out of the area on a ...

Year in Review: 2011
thinkbroadband.com
With another year over, we look back at the events and revelations within broadband over the last year, and look to 2012 to see what we might be looking forward to in the industry. In rural areas, the announcement of broadband funding to provide a ...

BT promises business broadband upgrades
Telappliant VoIP News
Firms in South Chard and other locations around the south-west have been promised by BT their business broadband options will be upgraded over the coming months. According to the Chard and Ilminster News, the telecommunications provider has assured ...

Broadband battle for Government's £15m
Yorkshire Post
A CAMPAIGN to roll out superfast broadband to homes and businesses in North Yorkshire could benefit from a £15m Government pilot scheme to help to overcome barriers to growth in rural areas. The project, announced yesterday by Rural Affairs Minister ...

Broadband to boost tourism
Peeblesshire News
INNERLEITHEN's soon-to-be-installed superfast broadband upgrade will provide a real boon for local tourism and business. This is the claim of campaigner Brian McCrow, from Cardrona, who was instrumental to the town winning the BT Race to Infinity ...

HTC Vivid vs Motorola Photon 4G: How Do They Stack up?
International Business Times
By Satya Nagendra Padala: Subscribe to Satya's RSS feed AT&T released one of the long-awaited4G LTE smartphones, HTC Vivid, on its network Nov. 6. The phone has a 128.8 x 67.1 x 11.2 mm dimension, and weighs 176.9 grams. Vivid packs a dual core 1.2 ...

Verizon's Unsatisfying 4G Outage Explanation
Gizmodo
If you're a Verizon Wireless customer with a 4G device, you may have noticed some coverage lapses recently. Three of them, to be precise, of differing magnitude and duration but all pretty darned inconvenient. But don't worry! ...

Mobile Metrics Announces New LTE Test System for the Evolved Packet Core Network
PR Web (press release)
Mobile Metrics announced the release of the first of its LTE test and monitoring solutions which focuses on the EPC network. It is capable of simulating millions of subscribers and thousands of eNBs and can test the LTE S1, S11, S5/S8, SGi, Rx, ...

White Samsung Epic 4G Touch to arrive on January 8?
Technology Bloom News (blog)
We first heard about the existence of the Samsung Epic 4G Touch from Sprint in a white colorway last week and were treated to press renders of the handset sporting its new colorway. If you'll remember, the Epic 4G Touch is a variant of the Samsung ...

Technology Bloom News (blog)

Top 10 Wireless Industry Predictions for 2012
eWeek
We got to see 4G LTE finally get rolling, at least with Verizon Wireless. And of course we got to see LightSquared claim, with an apparently straight face, that it's perfectly OK for them to destroy the entire GPS industry just so they could sell LTE ...

Faster broadband by summer for thousands of East Yorkshire homes
Hull Daily Mail
MORE than 28000 homes and businesses in East Yorkshire will have access to faster broadbandby the summer. Campaigners have welcomed the roll-out to Driffield, Hornsea, Withernsea, Keyingham, Market Weighton, Pocklington and Snaith. ...

The outlook for the FCC and broadband: Not good
Nieman Watchdog (blog)
The US is way down on the list of countries in broadband performance, and likely to stay there. By Bruce Kushnick There has been a series of recent events in telecom, broadband, Internet – cable, wireline and wireless – where the outcomes are going to ...

Six top tech products from Motorola in 2011
Northern Voices Online
The Libreville-based technology firm uncovered lots of hit products this year; to name a few Xoom, Atrix 4G and Droid Bionic and Droid Razr. Moreover, the year will be memorable for Motorola with Google's purchase of the firm for about $12.5 billion. ...

High-speed broadband project should gain speed in new year
Pacific Business News
An initiative to provide affordable high-speed broadband coverage in Hawaii by 2018, announced by Gov. Neil Abercrombie in August, will move forward in 2012, technology executives say, including the seeking of financial incentives to attract investors ...

Japan Gets Vending Machine with Free Wi-Fi
ITProPortal
A Japanese soft drink maker plans to offer free Wi-Fi from its vending machines for customers from next year. The Asahi Soft Drinks conducted trials of the machines at some locations in Japan and met with success. According to the company, ...

ITProPortal

OnTrion Aims for Space Landing with Samsung Nexus S 4G Extended Battery
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
If NASA wants to get the most powerful computing, the best mobile camera images and video, and the fastest Wi-Fi data transfers out of the Samsung Nexus S smartphone it recently launched on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, it might want to make sure the 4G ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with LTE for Verizon finally gets a taste of TouchWiz
Mobile Burn
The Wi-Fi version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has had Samsung's TouchWiz interface since August, but the LTE version of the tablet offered by Verizon Wireless is just now getting the custom interface and associated mini-apps. ...

Security fault detected in Wi-Fi Protected Setup
Generation NT (US)
The US-CERT has issued an alert about a security vulnerability in the conception of theWi-Fi Protected Setup technology. An easy configuration may also mean easy to hack. According to an alert published by the US-CERT, the Wi-Fi Protected Setup ...

Generation NT (US)

AT&T: Expands mobile broadband network between Wausau and Green Bay
Wisbusiness.com
GREEN BAY, WI., DECEMBER 29, 2011 - AT&T* today announced the availability of its mobilebroadband network along the Wausau-Green Bay corridor area, extending access for advanced mobile services, devices and feature-rich audio and video content to ...

Thousands more Kent homes and businesses to get superfast broadband
Yourcanterbury.co.uk
Another 86000 Kent homes and businesses will have access to faster broadbandby the summer, says BT. Tenterden, Greenhithe. Paddock Wood and Lenham are among 23 Kent communities included in the latest roll-out plans for BT's next generation broadband ...

Yourcanterbury.co.uk

Verizon explains its string of LTE outages — Broadband News and ...
By Kevin Fitchard
Verizon's LTE network has had a hell of a month. After a year of smooth performance, interrupted only by one major glitch in April, the new ultra-fast 4G network has experienced a string of three outages in a single month. Verizon's network ...
GigaOM

White Epic 4G Touch to grace Sprint come January, proves your ...
By Dante Cesa
If you thought Sprint was going to let T-Mobile and AT&T be the only US carriers to offer white Galaxy S IIs, think again. Per.
Engadget

Verizon Explains Its 4G Outages - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD
By Ina Fried
In the wake of its third outage this month, Verizon today defended its network performance.
AllThingsD

dailywireless.org » Windows Phones Getting LTE
By Sam Churchill
Windows Phones Getting LTE · Paul Thurrott says three LTE-based Windows Phone handsets–the Nokia ACE, HTC Radiant, and Samsung Mendel–will ship on AT&T Wireless before the middle of 2012. The ACE is due March 18, 2012. ...
dailywireless.org

Windows Phone LTE plans: Nokia Ace, HTC Radiant, Samsung ...
By Devindra Hardawar
If you're interested in the Windows Phone mobile operating system, but holding out for LTE 4Gdevices on the platform, you may not have to wait much longer.
VentureBeat

HTC myTouch 4G Slide Free as Best Buy deal of the day | Android ...
By Cory Gunther
For those looking for an awesome smartphone from T-Mobile today Best Buy has you completely covered. If you are a fan of smartphones with a full slide-out.
Android Community

Technolog - Rumor: Windows Phone heading to AT&T's LTE 4G
By Wilson Rothman
As rumors of the next wave of Microsoft's Windows Phone strategy started to percolate, some tangible information also appeared, courtesy of Microsoft watcher Paul Thurrott. Says the editor of Supersite for Windows:
Newsvine - Technolog - Articles

Windows Phone 7 will get three LTE phones in 2012 – Cell Phones ...
By Will Shanklin
Dec. 29, 2011 - Yesterday we saw an alleged leak of Microsoft's 2012 Windows Phone roadmap. It offers an eyebrow-raising view of a company that is trying to invade the.
Geek.com

Nokia Ace LTE arriving on AT&T next March? | Ubergizmo
By George Wong
Earlier today we wrote about the HTC Radiant and Samsung Mandel, and now it looks like we've got more information about the devices. Paul Thurrott from Winsupersite posted some additional details about the upcoming LTE phones.
Ubergizmo

Is Verizon's LTE network more problem-filled than AT&T's?
By Kelly Hodgkins
In the past, AT&T Wireless CEO Ralph de la Vega said its LTE handsets will perform better than Verizon's because of the way Verizon deployed its LTE network. His theory sounded reasonable, but I was skeptical as I know how CEO's like to ...
IntoMobile

Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Outage Statement
By Steve Kovach
The Verizon Wireless 4GLTE Network is BY FAR the largest and the most advanced 4GLTE wireless network in the world. It is available in 190 US markets and covers more than 200 million people, providing the fastest 4G Network in the US. ...
Business Insider

Sprint Discounting Samsung Conquer 4G To $50 In January – Offers ...
By Chris Chavez
Sprint is trying to kick off 2012 into high gear with a new winter promotion starting next month. From January 8th through March 10th, new or existing Sprint.
Android Phone Fans

Most Wi-Fi routers susceptible to hacking through security feature ...
By Chester Wisniewski
Researchers have published a paper showing how a feature implemented in modern Wi-Fi routers intended to make securing them easier, in fact makes them insecure by default.
Naked Security - Sophos

LTE-Capable Windows Phones Should Ship In The First Half Of ...
The Nokia Ace, HTC Radiant, and Samsung Mendel will all run on AT&T's 4G LTE network during the first half of next year, the Ace specifically hitting shelves on ...
techcrunch.com/.../lte-capable-windows-phones-should-ship-i...

dailywireless.org » GoPro Camera Adds Wi-Fi Control
The Wi-Fi BacPac mounts to the back of the HD HERO2 camera to enable long range video remote control via the Wi-Fi Remote or a smartphone, tablet or ...
www.dailywireless.org/2011/.../gopro-camera-adds-wi-fi-contr...

Exclusive: Microsoft's LTE Plans for Windows Phone - SuperSite ...
Microsoft and its Windows Phone partners do indeed intend to release a number of LTE devices in the coming half-year, all on AT&T. These devices include the ...
www.winsupersite.com/.../exclusive-microsofts-lte-plans-wind...

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Verizon confirms latest LTE outage restored

Verizon confirms latest LTE outage restored, again claims 3G operated normally
Engadget
By Zach Honig posted Dec 29th 2011 9:55AM Verizon Wireless appears to be standing behind its claims of operating "the nation's largest, most reliable 3G network and the nation's largest 4G LTEnetwork," following this month's latest nationwide data ...

Wi-Fi Protected Setup Flaws Make Wireless Network Brute-force Attacks Feasible
PCWorld
By Lucian Constantin, IDG-News-Service:Romania-Bureau Design flaws in the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) wireless standard can make it easier for attackers to obtain access codes for secured wireless networks by brute force. The vulnerabilities identified ...

WiFi packing vending machines hit Japan
SlashGear
You can get access in some restaurants, but just being able to pick up a WiFi signal doesn't happen. In Japan on the other hand, even the vending machines are tossing out free WiFi signals to people walking by on the streets. ...

SlashGear

Skycasters Broadband Satellite Internet Company Awarded GSA Federal Contract
Sacramento Bee
29, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Skycasters, an industry leader in broadband satellite Internet solutions, is pleased to announce they have been awarded a GSA Federal contract to provide affordable satellite Internet service to GSA Government agencies. ...

Arroyo facing graft charges over scrapped broadband deal
BusinessWorld Online Edition
FRESH GRAFT charges have been filed against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over a scuttled multimillion-dollar broadband deal with a Chinese telecommunication company. “The Office of the Ombudsman filed with the Sandiganbayan [on Wednesday] ...

Galaxy Nexus on Verizon LTE; maybe the bigger battery isn't really needed
Computerworld (blog)
This concern has increased with new smartphones running over 4G LTE wireless, which Verizon Wireless has rolled out to nearly 200 US cities on several smartphones, including the Galaxy Nexus. AT&T is offering its separate 4G LTE network in 15 cities so ...

AT&T Details Nearly 600 Wireless Network Upgrades Year-To-Date in Western ...
MarketWatch (press release)
29, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- AT&T* customers in Pittsburgh and surrounding communities are expected to experience improved mobile broadband coverage and voice performance as a result of continued investment by AT&T. The company announced today ...

Naming Wi-Fi networks fun for Birmingham-area residents
al.com (blog)
By Jeff Hansen -- The Birmingham News Someone named their Wi-Fi network "EtherBunny. Someone else went with "nsa surveillance van." (Belkin) BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A home Wi-Fi network effortlessly connects the Internet with a computer, smartphone, ...

al.com (blog)

Faster broadband speeds in South Chard next summer
Chard & Ilminster News
BRITISH Telecom has announced that another 26000 homes and businesses across the county will have access to faster broadband by the summer of next year. The locations include properties in South Chard and are among 43 South-West communities included in ...

Welsh broadband revamp to make VoIP solutions more effective?
Telappliant VoIP News
Companies in Wales that operate voice over internet protocol (VoIP) solutions might be delighted by the news that the country is to receive a broadband makeover. BT has confirmed it will invest in 33 communities around Wales in a bid to improve ...

Keep 3G During the Next Verizon 4G LTE Outage
Gotta Be Mobile
Verizon's 4G LTE network was down yesterday, for the third time this month. These increasingly common network outages have left 4G LTE smartphone users stranded without any data connectivity on their high-end smartphones. For business users, this means ...

New Business Opportunities For Regional and Remote Communities Revealed As ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The rollout of the country's National Broadband Network is making online business and work from home models a reality for those in regional and remote areas. As the Australian government fulfills its commitment to a National Broadband Network, ...

Eastern Ontario's Regional Broadband Network project moves forward ahead of ...
EMC Kemptville
EMC News - The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) celebrated completion of its first local wireless broadband network on Dec. 16. The construction project - completed five months ahead of schedule - expands high-speed Internet coverage to 8000 ...

UAE broadband, fixed line network sharing plan postponed
ArabianBusiness.com
By Claire Ferris-Lay Plans to allow businesses and residential consumers in the UAE to chose their network provider for fixed line and broadband services have been postponed, the UAE regulator has said. The Telecoms Regulatory Authority (TRA) had ...
 
ArabianBusiness.com

Nokia Lumia LTE phones headed to AT&T?
Ubergizmo
By George Wong on 12/29/2011 05:39 PST We all know that Windows Phone LTEdevices will be arriving sometime in the future, but it looks like Nokia has already started working on them. According to reports online, some folks managed to dig up a Nokia ...

Ubergizmo

iMAN continues to deploy broadband across Steuben
KPCnews.com
You need JavaScript enabled to view it ANGOLA — The Indiana Metropolitan Area Network continued with its deployment plan throughout Steuben County through fiber optic broadband technology. It was one of the top technology stories of the year in ...

HTC Radiant and Samsung Mandel LTE Windows Phones on the way
The Verge
By Tom Warren on December 29, 2011 10:25 am 0Comments We've learned from people familiar with Microsoft's plans that HTC and Samsung are preparing new LTE-equipped Windows Phone devices. Both handsets will feature a pre-Tango version of Windows Phone ...

Best Buy Offering myTouch 4G Slide As “Deal Of The Day”
TmoNews
By David December 29, 2011 9:13 am EST Comments (0) Anyone looking to score a solid deal on the myTouch 4G Slide, with its newly unlocked bootloader should look no further than Best Buy. Best Buy's current “deal of the day” has the 4G Slide completely ...

Study shows broadband users flock to ecommerce sites on Boxing Day
BroadbandChoice.co.uk
UK broadband users racked up record amounts of time browsing the web for bargains on Boxing Day, according to new research from Experian Hitwise. In total, Brits spent 13 million hours shopping online on December 26th 2011, with retail websites gaining ...

BroadbandChoice.co.uk

AT&T expands broadband network between Green Bay, Wausau
Green Bay Press Gazette
AT&T said it has expanded its mobile broadband network along Wisconsin 29 between Green Bay and Wausau. The provider said the access to mobile services including feature-rich audio and video content extends to customers in places like Bonduel, Krakow, ...

Allpay Broadband to install wireless antennae at Hereford Cathedral
Cable.co.uk
by Paul France - paul@cable.co.uk Hereford Cathedral is poised to become the first building of its kind in the UK to be fitted with wireless broadband antennae in a bid to improve connectivity in the surrounding area. The transceiver is set to be ...

Cable.co.uk

How to take Screenshots without Root on an HTC Amaze 4G
AndroidSPIN Video News
This is a quick tutorial on taking screenshots on a T-Mobile HTC Amaze 4G - no root needed!

Smart meters send signals, but so do Wi-Fi systems
Straight.com
Anyone who wonders about health risks in relation to BC Hydro's smart meters should be much more concerned about the imminent implementation of a Wi-Fi network in Vancouver. Super Wi-Fisystems use an extremely strong signal, which can penetrate ...

Airline Passengers Not So Keen on Wi-Fi in the Sky
TIME
By Keith Wagstaff | @kwagstaff | December 28, 2011 | + Wi-Fi on long flights seems like a no-brainer, but travelers are apparently sticking to other tried-and-true boredom killers in the air — like celebrity magazines and booze. ...

TIME

2011 Round-up: Broadband rollout in the UK
Computing
By Derek du Preez It has been a turbulent year for broadband in the UK. 2011 has seen government and network operators make noticeable progress in establishing effective roadmaps for the future, while suffering blows that could hinder rollout of ...

Computing

Super-fast broadband on its way
Hucknall Today
Firstly, BT is rolling out its faster fibre broadband in the New Year when 116000 extra homes across Nottinghamshire will benefit, including some in Hucknall and Bulwell. Also, Notts County Council has pledged £2.15 million as part of a 'vision' to ...

Free WiFi with your fries at McDonald's
Crawley Observer
MORE than 3000 people a month have taken advantage of the free WiFi service offered by McDonald's in the town centre. The company invested £300million into a UK-wide five-year programme and the Crawley restaurant has shown one of the highest user rates ...

Villagers net 'best present ever' – superfast broadband
West Briton
They are among 14 communities in Cornwall to benefit from revolutionary high-speed broadband a year earlier than expected. Jake Trethewey unwrapping Trispen's revolutionary superfast broadbandcabinet on Eglos Road. Celebrating the arrival of superfast ...

McDonald's Wi-Fi Becoming More Popular Than Its Big Macs
OC Weekly (blog)
I wanted the Wi-Fi. With free Wi-Fi access and locations at just about every other block in the land down under, my phone became a phone again. Skype, e-mail, the world was, once more, accessible at my bidding, and all I had to do was buy a soda if I ...

Japanese vending machine doubles as WiFi hotspot -- no purchase ...
By Edgar Alvarez
It looks as if facial scans for snack-dispensing purposes isn't the only mind-blowing feature on the whiz-bang generation of vending machines. Japa.
Engadget

Free Wi-Fi coming to Japanese vending machines in 2012
Free Wi-Fi is on its way to some Japanese vending machines.
Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

Verizon 4G LTE suffering nationwide outage for third time this month ...
By Dan Graziano
Verizon Wireless users are once again suffering from a widespread 4G LTE and 3G EV-DO data outage. The outage is the third one of the month and only seem.
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Verizon 4G LTE Down
By Steve Kovach
Verizon is a global broadband and telecommunications company. The company was formed in 2000 through the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. Services Voice - Verizon provides several different types of land line... More » ...
Business Insider

Verizon's 4G Network Down Again?
By Kevin Krause
This is getting a bit ridiculous. After two major 4G outages in as many weeks, there are reports that Verizon's LTE network is once again down for the.
Android Phone Fans

WiFi WPS exploit found; no solution yet - Neowin.net
By John Callaham
A new warning from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team claims to have found an exploit in the WiFi Protected Setup that could cause cyber attacker to figure out WiFi passwords.
Neowin.net

Verizon Wireless Playing the 4G Grinch With Third - AllThingsDigital
By Ina Fried
Customers are growing increasingly frustrated as another outage hits a carrier that heavily touts reliability as a core strength.
AllThingsD

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with 4G LTE receives major update ...
By George Wong
Awhile ago the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi received a major update that brings TouchWiz and a whole bunch of improvements to the tablet. However, folks who owned the 4G LTE version of the tablet were left out – until [...]
Ubergizmo

Verizon 4G LTE Nationwide Data Outage Happening Once Again ...
By Kellex
The entire network (both 3G and 4G) for LTE customers appears to be down once again. This would be the third time this month alone. According to Twitter, the outage seems to be pretty sporadic with some in NYC having no issues while ...
Droid Life

Verizon 4G LTE outage sweeps the nation once more
By George Tinari
Verizon Wireless, America's most "reliable network," is suffering from its third outage in December.
IntoMobile

dailywireless.org » Sprint: LTE in 6 Months
By Sam Churchill
Sprint says it is on track to offer LTE devices by mid-year 2012 and complete the majority of its Network Vision rollout in 2013. Sprint expects to launch CDMA-LTE devices by mid-2012, with approximately 15 devices coming throughout the ...
dailywireless.org

HTC adds MyTouch 4G Slide and Evo View 4G to unlock tool ...
By Michael Crider
HTC won some major brownie point with the modder community when it released an official bootloader unlock tool this fall, though the selection of phones that.
Android Community

Wifi 'Protected Setup': not that protected at all | TG Daily
By Emma Woollacott
The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team is warning that a popular tool bundled with many Wifirouters creates a major security flaw. The Wifi Protected Set-up (WPS) protocol is designed to simplify the set-up process for home networks ...
TG Daily

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Sprint rolls out LTE; Republic Wireless wi-fi

Sprint rolls out first LTE cluster, claims 3G network enhancements coast to coast
androidandme.com
Back in October, Sprint announced an aggressive LTE rollout that would bring full nationwide LTEcoverage by the end of 2013. The LTE network would launch in several cities sometime in mid-2012, and Sprint is apparently hard at work building out the ...

Republic Wireless disrupts industry with wi-fi fueled plan
Columbia Daily Tribune
Republic is built for “Wi-Fi people.” The premise is that most people are around Wi-Fi most of the time — about 60 percent of the time, the company says on its website — and users are supposed to use the phone on Wi-Fi whenever possible. ... http://worldwifi.republicwireless.com/

Japan Gets Wi-Fi Dispensing Vending Machines
TechCrunch
The Wi-Fi will be available for free, is accessible with multiple devices, without registration, and for anyone to use (meaning users won't have to buy any drinks to go online through the machine). It's possible to use the web for about 30 minutes ...

TechCrunch

Wi-Fi desk rodents break free from oppressive cabling
Register
By Bill Ray • Get more from this author A reference design for a wireless mouse has received Wi-FiDirect certification, making it the first rodent to achieve such fame, though not, perhaps, the very first to ditch the wire. The design comes from Ozmo, ...

Wi-Fi Protected Setup security hole discovered
The Verge
By Jamie Keene on December 28, 2011 08:43 am 0Comments Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) has become popular among router manufacturers as a way to make adding new devices to your wireless network simpler, meaning you don't have to remember your wireless key ...

4G LTE mobile market's pros and cons
Channel News Asia
By Avelyn Ng | Posted: 28 December 2011 2019 hrs SINGAPORE: SingTel's latest fourth generation (4G) mobile broadband Internet service may not take off in a big way so quickly. The telco launched the service which uses the Long Term Evolution (LTE) ...

NTT DoCoMo, Samsung and four others create joint venture for LTE development
BGR
NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Semiconductor, NEC and Panasonic announced plans on Tuesday to establish a joint venture in which the firms hope to work together to create LTE and LTEAdvanced products. The fabless JV will specifically focus on ...

NABA helps provide Native communities with broadband
Cherokee Phoenix
In an effort to address this, the Native American Broadband Association was developed to assist them in obtaining broadband access. NABA is part of the National Broadband Plan, which is designed to provide broadband availability data from providers ...

China Telecom Explains "Fake" Broadband
CRIENGLISH.com
China's largest fixed-line service operator responded to reports that it had provided "fake" broadbandservices recently by saying it offered consumers "shared broadband" access, the Beijing News reports. A survey by the Data Center of China Internet ...

Keychain Access: Wi-Fi Passwords & Holiday Sanity
The Mac Observer
Let's be fair, here—a lot of people don't know what their Wi-Fi passwords are through no fault of their own. Maybe your relative had the Comcast guy set it up or asked a neighbor kid to do it. Or perhaps your dad wrote it down somewhere, and it's been ...

The Mac Observer

Fibre cable broadband 'boosts tourism'
Comms-express.com
The deployment of fibre cables to support super-fast broadband can provide a tourism boost for many areas, it has been claimed. Brian McCrow - who successfully campaigned for improvedbroadband services in the Borders town of Innerleithen - said ...

VIVA LAUNCHING 4G NETWORK IN BAHRAIN
Gulf Daily News
By MANDEEP SINGH , Posted on » Wednesday, December 28, 2011 MANAMA: VIVA last night announced the launch of the fourth generation (4G) long term evolution (LTE) network in Bahrain on New Year's Day. With the launch of the state-of-the-art network, ...

Gulf Daily News

AT&T Details More Than 1400 Wireless Network Upgrades Year-To-Date in the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
28, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- AT&T* customers in Philadelphia and surrounding communities including southern New Jersey are expected to experience improved mobilebroadband coverage and voice performance as a result of continued investment by ...

Broadband Computer Company set to fly after rethink
nebusiness.co.uk
Newcastle-based Broadband Computer Company (BCC) has spent the four years since its inception in the research and development phase, gradually raising awareness of its system, known as Alex, which enables the computer illiterate to get online and make ...

Faster broadband is coming to Ivybridge
Plymouth Herald
MORE than 6000 homes and businesses in Ivybridge will have access to faster broadband by next summer according to BT. The town is among 43 South West communities included in the latest roll-out plans for BT's next generation broadband service delivered ...

HTC EVO Shift 4G now just $49.99 on Sprint's After-Christmas Sale
Technology Bloom News
First to be offered is the HTC EVO Shift 4G which can now be had for just $49.99. As expected, you need to sign a contract that stipulates your stay with Sprint for two more years to take advantage of this deal. This offer is very hard to refuse ...

Technology Bloom News

BFACC to expand WiFi service
Rapid City Journal
The Belle Fourche Area Community Center will have a dedicated WiFi hotspot soon. The city council approved removing an obsolete theater ticket booth with a dedicated WiFi area for public Internet access from smart cell phones, laptops and other ...

Broadband Revolution: How MainOne challenges innovative youths
Vanguard
When Main One Cable, in July, 2010, commenced broadband operations in Nigeria and Ghana following successful completion of its multimillion dollar undersea fibre cables from Portugal, it promised to stoke a broadband revolution. ...

Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G & Tab Android 4.0 Ice ...
Wireless and Mobile News
Now, Samsung reportedly is reconsidering its decision not to update the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G or Tab. The Samsung Galaxy S was a huge hit last year. The Samsung Galaxy S 4G is also named as the top best smartphones ...

Wireless and Mobile News

French Award More LTE Spectrum
Light Reading
The three successful applicants, which have been busy formulating their LTE plans, will pay varying amonts for their licenses, which will be awarded in January. Bouygues is paying €683 million (US$893 million), Orange France is paying €891 million ...

Accor North America and Meraki Complete One of the World's Largest Wireless ...
MarketWatch (press release)
28, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Meraki, the leader in Cloud Networking, and Accor North America today announced the completion of a nationwide WiFi deployment across all of Accor North America's Motel 6 and Studio 6 properties. ...

Getting to a gigabit. How Sonic.net will take on caps, residents and AT&T in ...
GigaOm
I spent some time talking to Dane Jasper, the CEO of Sonic.net about how he plans to take on the incumbents, the cost of a fiber build out and the natives of a city that already have sued to stop AT&T from building out fiber to the node broadband. ...

GigaOm

Chance to apply for funding for faster broadband in Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove Advertiser
BROMSGROVE communities are being encouraged to attend a session that will help them access funding to bring faster broadband to the town. Two dedicated sessions are being held by Worcestershire County Council in January to help groups of residents put ...

The tablet boom: Great for Wi-Fi, but not for carriers
GigaOm
But Sandvine's top 5 projections for the new year are always worth a glance; its status as one of the telecom industry's biggest packet sniffers gives it unique insight into how consumers use their mobile and wireline broadband connections. ...

GigaOm

Thailand to unveil free WiFi in Bangkok but locals not convinced yet
The Next Web (blog)
Almost out of the blue, authorities in Thailand announced that they will introduce free public WiFi to the country's capital city Bangkok today, according to a report from the Bangkok Post. The surprise introduction marks the start of an roll-out, ...

The Next Web (blog)

''3G HSPA will be the main technology carrier & LTE will complement it''
Voice & Data Online
Right now, Ericsson is very much engaged in broadband. With 3G systems being rolled out, we see a great future for mobile broadband. Along with mobile broadband, there are a lot of devices with 3G HSPA and TD-LTE, which we are promoting here. ...

Nokia Windows Phone diagnostics app contains references to CDMA, AT&T LTE
PhoneDog
Remember those rumors that Nokia is prepping Windows Phone handsets with support for AT&TLTE? Those reports have just gotten a bit of support, all thanks to Nokia's own on-device Windows Phone diagnostics app. The folks over at Nanapho did some ...

T-Mobile Follows Up On January Promise, Launches 25 4G Devices In 2011
TmoNews
Furthermore, T-Mobile promised at least some of those devices would run on the 42Mbps HSPA+ network and they've achieved that with two smartphones, the Galaxy S II along with the HTC Amaze4G and one Sonic 4G Mobile Hotspot. Now for the question of the ...

Alcatel-Lucent Helps Taiwan's Asia Pacific Telecom Bring New High-speed Mobile ...
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
Sophia Chiu, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Telecom Co., Ltd said: “APT is committed to 'Making Better Changes' for our customers and working with Alcatel-Lucent we will be able to do this, offering our customers seamless fixed and mobile broadband ...

Wi-Fi Pin Vulnerability Discovered By Research Team
By James Johnson
Researchers for the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) have issued a warning regarding a Wi-Fi router vulnerability for users of the Wi-Fi.
The Inquisitr

HTC myTouch 4G Slide and EVO View 4G added to list of free ...
By Cory Gunther
It appears that HTC is staying true to their word completely because they've continuously been adding phones and tablets to the ever growing list of supported.
Android Community

New Wi-Fi Dispensing Vending Machine
By Darrell Nelson
We all know Japan is the land of the vending machine with intelligent vending machines, eco vending machines and now thanks to Asahi Beverages a new Wi-Fi service vending machine. The drinks manufacturer announced yesterday that it ...
Trends in Japan - Marketing and...

dailywireless.org » Automotive Telematics Goes 4G
By Sam Churchill
DailyWireless.org covers current developments in broadband wireless, including WiMAX, LTE, WiFiand mobile aps. Online since 2002, with nearly 10000 in-depth articles, we also cover social impact of 5 billion mobile users.
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Kankakee, IL Sees Early LTE Cluster Deployment from Sprint
By Quentyn Kennemer
Sprint's confident in their plans to get their LTE network to a majority of their customers by the end of 2013 and they keep rolling on with deployment. Today.
Android Phone Fans

Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE Review – Droid Life
By Kellex
As a “Nexus” on Verizon, the release of this phone marked an industry first on a number of levels including the combination of Ice Cream Sandwich, 4G LTE, NFC, an unlockable bootloader, and the support of the entire developer community. ...
Droid Life

WiFi Protected Setup Flaw Can Lead to Compromise of Router PINs ...
By Dennis Fisher
US-CERT is warning about a new bug in WiFi Protected Setup that enables easy brute-forcing of the WPS PIN.
threatpost - The First Stop for...

Vending machine in Japan dispenses drinks and WiFi | Ubergizmo
By Tyler Lee
Vending machines typically dispense foodstuff, such as drinks and snacks, but what about one that dispenses WiFi? Well, technically it does not actually dispense WiFi, but Tokyo-based Asahi Soft Drinks recently took the wraps off a new ...
Ubergizmo

HTC Bootloader Unlock Now Supports myTouch 4G Slide
By David
HTC has kept their word, albeit slower than we expected to continue offering bootloader unlocks for various devices within their line up. As of today they've.
TmoNews

Comparison - LG Optimus 3D vs HTC Sensation 4G
The LG Optimus 3D was announced in February and the HTC Sensation 4G was announced in April of 2011. The have similar 4.3-inch screens, and both run on the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS.
Mobile88.com - Mobile Phone and...

Thai government deploys 20000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok ...
By Esme Vos
The Thai government has announced that it has begun the deployment of 20000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok; they will be installing 20000 more in 2012. These Wi-Fi hot zones will be placed in government offices, police stations, municipal ...
MuniWireless: WiFi, LTE, 4G,...

Ozmo Wireless Mouse Design Achieves Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi ...
Ozmo Devices, the innovator in low-power Wi-Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) semiconductors and software, today announced the successful Wi-Fi Direct™ certification of its OZMO2000 Wireless Mouse reference design by the Wi-Fi ...
Enterprise Communications and...

A Feature Look Towards Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE | AndroidEgis
By Mubasher Iqbal
Android is a well-known operating system (OS) which is present in lots of devices and Galaxy Nexus4G LTE is also one of them. We can say that for people who are in vanishing necessitate of 4G LTEconnections, the Verizon's Samsung ...
AndroidEgis

Comcast's $10 Broadband Hard to Qualify For - NBC Universal ...
News: Comcast's $10 Broadband Hard to Qualify For - NBC Universal Merger Condition A Little Hollow.
www.dslreports.com/.../Comcasts-10-Broadband-Hard-to-Qual...

New WiFi Setup Flaw Allows Easy Router PIN Guessing - Slashdot
Trailrunner7 writes "There is a newly discovered vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup standard that reduces the number of attempts it would take an attacker ...
mobile.slashdot.org/.../new-wifi-setup-flaw-allows-easy-router...

US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#723755 - WiFi Protected Setup PIN ...
The WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) PIN is susceptible to a brute force attack. A design flaw that exists in the WPS specification for the PIN authentication ...
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723755

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Did wifi cause a rise in bus ridership?
Reuters Blogs (blog)
They brought in branding and professional marketing and wifi and much higher safety standards, and succeeded in taking a huge amount of market share from the Chinatown operators who were never part of the DePaul survey in the first place. ...

Reuters Blogs (blog)

Most Chinese netizens using false broadband?
People's Daily Online
Most of Chinese Internet users are using false broadband, according to an investigative report from the Data Center of the China Internet (DCCI). Most Internet users experience substandard broadband speeds that do not match the price they have paid to ...

NEW Jailbreak Untethered iOS 5.0.1 iPhone 4/3GS iPod Touch 4G/3G iPad - Corona ...
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How To Perform Untethered Jailbreak On Your iPod Touch 4G, iPod ...
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You can follow these step-by-step instructions to jailbreak your iPod touch 4G or iPod touch 3G with the assumption that you've already updated your iPod touch to iOS 5.0.1 (please note Settings --> General --> About --> Version should be ...
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Faster broadband for Welsh rural areas by summer 2012
BBC News
Remote villages and rural towns are among the latest places to be given access to faster broadband in Wales. BT has announced that another 130000 homes and businesses from 33 communities will have access to faster broadband by the summer of 2012. ...

BBC News

Samsung, NTT DoCoMo and Others to Set up LTE Chip Joint Venture
PCWorld
By Jay Alabaster, IDG News NTT DoCoMo said Tuesday it will form a joint venture with Samsung, Fujitsu, NEC and two other Japanese companies to design and sell chips for high-speed mobile networks based on the LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard. ...

How 4G Will Change the Way We Drive
PCWorld
When automakers and wireless providers finally figure out how to develop and sell a 4G-connected car, our whole relationship with cars will change. By Rick Jensen, PCWorld The “4G” term is everywhere now, but although smartphone manufacturers and ...

Wi-Fi on the go
Livemint
Need a Wi-Fi hot spot when you're on the move? It's now easier than ever before to share wireless access Wi-Fi has long been a matter of convenience and not a necessity, but as we move from laptops to tablets, if you don't buy the 3G option you're ...

Campaign for Faster Broadband for Home, Business and Tourism
GizmoCrave
Brian McCrow is the man who should be credited for bringing superfast broadband to Innerleithen in the UK through the BT Race to Infinity competition. He believes it can boost tourism and business in the area. According to McCrow, faster broadband will...

GizmoCrave

Ushering in mobile broadband services
Business Recorder
Pakistan Telecommuni-cations Authority is, reportedly, preparing to auction the frequency spectrum for mobile broadband services in March 2012. The auction would be technology-neutral, which means that mobile network operators can bid for any data...

Business Recorder

China minister plans to push broadband investment
MarketWatch
By China Bureau BEIJING -(MarketWatch)- China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will push the country's network operators to boost their investment in broadband network construction and cut their fees for Internet use, industry minister ...

Taiwan to include LTE-Advanced in communication program
Digitimes
Taiwan's National Science Council has decided to add LTE-Advanced to its Networked Communication Program (NCP) which originally focused on development of WiMAX only. The addition is in line with the trend where almost all mobile telecom carriers ...

Ultra-Fast broadband rolled out in Whangarei
TVNZ
Nearly 4000 homes in Whangarei have been hooked up to Ultra-Fast broadband in just a matter of months. "In the past it was taking quite some time to download movies. We're going to be taking a lot less time, like a minute to seconds, to download these ...

ICT set to unveil WiFi hotspots
Bangkok Post
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry says it will introduce free public WiFiat 20000 locations around Greater Bangkok starting tomorrow. An additional 20000 WiFi hotspots are expected by October next year, said ICT Minister ...

10 Wi-Fi trends to watch for in 2012
InformationWeek India
Several trends and developments are emerging and catching up to make a big impact on unabated growth of Wi-Fi. Ajay Kumar Gupta, WLAN Access and Security Specialist, elaborates on 10 such trends By Ajay Kumar Gupta, December 27, 2011 The year 2011 ...

Looking back at 2011: 4G LTE takes off
BGR
LTE quickly became one of the most talked about wireless topics this year, but before 2011 it was a term most consumers probably had never heard of. A standard developed by the Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), long-term evolution (LTE) is a ...

Successful 4G trial
Gulf Weekly
Batelco held a successful trial of LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile technology at the company's Hamala Headquarters. LTE is commonly referred to as 4G and enables delivery of superfast data speeds. Batelco embarked on its BD14.5 million MNE (Mobile ...

Huawei to invest $150 m, seen gaining 3G, LTE share
Daily News & Analysis
“Huawei is committed to a long-term engagement with India, and over a period of time technology platforms such as enterprise business, devices business, 2G expansions, 3G and Long Term Evolution (LTE) will fuel growth,” said Sures Vaidyanathan, ...

Free Wi-Fi From Japanese Vending Machines In 2012
Crunchyroll News
Pretty soon in certain parts of Japan you'll be able to get a free data boost from Wi-Fiequipped Asahi vending machines. The drink company announced today that the hotspot machines are in development and should be ready for a 1000 location test early...

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Thailand wires up with free Wi-Fi
ZDNet Asia
By Liau Yun Qing , ZDNet Asia on December 27, 2011 (8 hours ago) Twenty thousand public Wi-Fihotspots will be turned on Wednesday, with another 20000 expected to go live by next October, as Thai government aims to provide Internet access to 80 percent ...

10 Reasons the Galaxy Nexus is Better Than the iPhone 4S
Gotta Be Mobile
The Galaxy Nexus continues this tradition on Verizon's fast 4G LTE network, bringing an HD display and Android 4.0 to the table. While the iPhone 4S has a number of nice features, the Galaxy Nexus bests Apple's latest iPhone in a number of ways. ...

Gotta Be Mobile

Nobody Likes In-Flight WiFi
Slate Magazine (blog)
I As a professional blogger who also loves to travel, I'm always excited when flights offer in-flight wifi services, typically from Gogo, and I'm willing to pay oft-extortionate fees to use it. But with GoGo poised for an Initial Public Offering we're ...

Slate Magazine (blog)

HTV EVO View 4G And MyTouch 4G Slide Now Officially Unlockable At HTCDev.com
Android Police
The EVO View 4G is one such device, as it now joins its Wi-Fi only brother, the Flyer, in the world of open bootloaders. Also joining the mix is the T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide, the first device from the myTouch family to make its way onto the portal. ...

Broadband box allowed
The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
The green cabinet, owned by Openreach, will provide superfast broadband connectivity. The 1.35m-high box will be outside the Pelican Inn and near to a bus shelter. It was originally due to be installed along the side of the Corn Exchange, ...

'Xoom 2' is no iPad 2--and that can also be a good thing
CNET
If you opt for a month-to-month broadband connection for a 10-inch 16GB Xyboard, you have to pay $699 plus the first month ($30 for 2GB). That's about $730 just to walk out of the store--and about $100 more than the initial outlay for the 16GB 3G iPad ...

Consumer MVNOs Report 2011-2016: Designing Successful Strategies for ...
Sacramento Bee
Our latest research report Consumer MVNOs Report 2011-2016: Designing Successful Strategies for Monetising Smartphone and LTE Growth details the essential strategies and core elements that are necessary for setting up a successful MVNO. ...

SKT develops world's first 'femtocell' for LTE
The Korea Herald
With the company's latest innovation, SK Telecom said that its LTE users will be offered high-speed data service even while indoors and in basement areas within the coming months. The company plans to build up a nationwide LTE network in 84 cities by ...

Bitbuzz boosts Wi-Fi hotspots by 30%
Irish Times
It now provides Wi-Fi in more than 100 hotels with about 8000 bedrooms across Ireland and Britain. New contracts secured in 2011 included with Costa Coffee, Clane Hospital, Dublin's Fresh and Eurospar stores, Leeds Bradford Airport and Elegant English ...

Verizon Quietly Gives Half Off All LTE Batteries at Checkout
PhoneNews.com
By Christopher Price on December 26, 2011 Over the past month, Verizon has been discounting LTEbatteries. However, it was at times hard, and impossible to lock in the deal. We initially reported the half-off battery pricing with the HTC Rezound in a ...

Additional Canadian Schools Ban Wi-Fi Despite No Hard Science Proving Health ...
Dslreports
Despite no solid medical evidence linking Wi-Fi to health problems, last month we noted that a growing number of parents in Canada were fighting in school Wi-Fi, going so far as to hold kids out of school in protest. The Montreal Gazette notes that at ...

AT&T Buys 4G Frequencies After Failed T-Mobile Deal
iPhone FAQ
The $1.9 billion agreement hands AT&T additional 700MHz spectrum to expand its 4G LTE network. Although the deal was announced last year, the FCC decided to review both the Qualcomm purchase and T-Mobile acquisition together and ruled on the proposal ...

Nokia's diagnostics app secretly contains CDMA, AT&T LTE test ...
By Brad Molen
A bit of detective work can certainly go a long way. Some little-known sections of Nokia's Windows Phone diagnostics app were found by Nanapho as.
Engadget

HTC Evo View 4G and Mytouch 4G Slide Now Officially Unlockable ...
By Chris Chavez
Two new HTC devices have found themselves a part of the official bootloader unlocked family of devices by way of HTC's developer site, HTCDev.com. The Evo View.
Android Phone Fans

Samsung Epic 4G Touch Review – Part 1
By admin
www.wirefly.com The Samsung Galaxy S II series of phones have been an international hit, but have stayed away from the US market --
Smart Phone Comparisons

DOCOMO and Five Companies to Co-develop LTE Chips
The joint venture company will focus on developing products for LTE and LTE-Advanced mobile communication standards. The companies plan to sell the new chips in markets globally. Designing chips will help the companies reduce their ...
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Now you are Able to Fix WiFi Sleep Policy Issue in Kindle Fire ...
By Mubasher Iqbal
We can say that Kindle fire is a well-known tablet which has lots of amazing features it also has Android OS (operating system) in this post we'll discuss about to fix WiFi sleep policy issue in Kindle Fire. Because now XDA member ...
AndroidEgis

Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET): Free App Today ...
By Nathan Smith
http://itunes.apple.com/app/wifi-usb/id471538398?mt=8 ** Special price for Christmas & New Year ** Turn your iOS Device into a wireless external hard disk! You can now share, copy, and backup your files to and from your PC / Mac / Linux ...
Utah Coalition for Educational...

Lock Down Your Wi-Fi Network: 8 Tips for Small Businesses | Farend
By fardus
Wi-Fi gives us freedom from wires, but it's not secure by default. Data is transmitted through the air, and anyone nearby can easily capture it with the right tools. As discussed below, whether you have your own Wi-Fi network or use someone ...
Farend

The truth about 4G speeds « Tinkernut.com
By admin
The truth about 4G speeds. ... But not all 4G is created equal. Even when you're talking about the same kind of 4G—LTE. Now that AT&T's launched their LTE network in a handful … Visit Tinkernut Google+ or via admin@tinkernut.com. ...
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Kindle Fire: Password Protect WiFi
By Brian Burgess
The Kindle Fire 6.2.1 update lets you password protect connecting to WiFi. This comes in handy for many reasons like keeping your kids offline or avoiding sneaky updates that break root access.
groovyPost

IP Carrier: Are 4G Sales Slow or Not?
By Gary Kim
Clearwire, which mostly has grown on the strength of its WiMAX 4G network, ended the second quarter 2011 with approximately 7.65 million total subscribers, up 365 percent from 1.64 million subscribers in the second quarter 2010. Clearwire ...
IP Carrier

China minister plans to push broadband investment – Marketwatch ...
By Blackmere
BEIJING -(MarketWatch)- China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will push the country's network operators to boost their investment in broadband network construction and cut their fees for Internet use, industry minister Miao ...
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SK Telecom Develops Dual-Mode Wi-Fi and LTE Femtocell
South Koreas SK Telecom says that it has completed the development of a Wi-Fi integrated LTEfemtocell, which provides both LTE and Wi-Fi services ...
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