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WiFi stories: 56 news summaries

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Free Broadband Could Be Part of Feds' Auction Plan

FCC head considers plan that could have 95% of US covered in 10 years

May 29, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Communication Commission wants you to have free Internet, the Wall Street Journal reports, and it's considering a plan to auction airwaves with the requirement that the winner offer Wi-fi free to most of the US. The free access would come with its own strings for users, though, in... More »

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FCC • free • WiFi • spectrum auction • Internet access • bandwidth

WiFi Startup Wants to Share the Love

But rivals also want world hooked up on shared connections

May 25, 08 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - WiFi hot spots should be anywhere and everywhere, says Martin Varsavsky. The 48-year-old Internet guru founded FON, a company that's built a WiFi network on members' shared wireless connections. Analysts say such global WiFi is only years away, but FON could still lose out; despite $55.2 million from giants... More »

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Internet • WiFi • WiMAX • FON • Martin Varsavsky • L.T.E.

Google Guru Prods FCC
Over Wi-Fi

"White space" would increase wireless Internet access

May 23, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google co-founder Larry Page urged Congress and the FCC this week to open up access to unused television airwaves to broaden the reach of wireless Internet. Page asserted that the unused waves, called "white space," would increase Wi-Fi range in rural areas and help provide Internet capability to... More »

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Google • Internet • Larry Page • FCC • wireless • airwaves • white space • WiFi • Federal Communications Commission

Russians Must Register Their WiFi Devices

New rules would
mean mountains of paperwork

Apr 15, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - WiFi users in Russia better get ready for mounds of red tape—every capable device will now have to be registered, the country’s Mass Media, Communications and Cultural Protection Service has ruled. Individuals must register, Wi-Fi Networking News reports, and licenses won't be transferable. Until now, indoor use of... More »

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Russia • WiFi • networks

Google Still Wants Unused TV 'White Space' for Wireless Web

Broadcasters remain fearful of interference

Mar 24, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google is re-doubling its efforts to get the FCC to allow the development of unused space in the TV spectrum for wireless Internet service, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused," the tech giant wrote to the commission.... More »

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Google • FCC • WiFi • Internet service providers • spectrum • unused spectrum • TV 'white space'

Hopes for
Wifi Cities Fizzling Fast

Earthlink, other providers pull out
amid rising costs

Mar 22, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hopes for wireless cities are flickering out one by one as Internet providers run up against mounting logistics and small profits, the New York Times reports. Ambitious plans to provide free or cheap high-speed service to poor residents of cities such as Philadelphia, Houston, and San Francisco have ground to... More »

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San Francisco • Philadelphia • EarthLink • WiFi • municipal wireless • telecommunications • Meraki • Internet access

New Wi-Fi Will Make Web Service Rural

Intel platform can link
to villages for less
than $500

Mar 18, 08 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new device will link rural areas to the Internet at low cost and without cables, Technology Review reports. Intel has tested the Wi-Fi platform in Africa, Asia and South America, and will sell it this year for less than $500. What makes it work? The router and antenna are... More »

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Internet • Intel • WiFi • rural area • rural connectivity platform

 Fly the Tech-Friendly Skies 

PC World takes a look at getting connected in the air

Mar 18, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Travelers who want to stay connected while they're on the move get an assist from PC World, which finds that some airlines and airports are soaring ahead in the technology stakes while others are stuck on the runway. Virgin America leads the way, with a power port in every seat,... More »

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Internet • airline industry • JetBlue • United Airlines • American Airlines • air travel • WiFi • Virgin America • airplane

 Gates to FCC: Give Us 
 More WiFi Spectrum 

Urges regulators to approve Internet use of TV "white space"

Mar 14, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A month after Microsoft failed its second opportunity to convince the FCC that companies could deliver broadband Internet via unused TV frequencies without interfering with programming, Bill Gates pushed regulators Thursday to approve the plan, Reuters reports. He said “white space” between channels could allow WiFi to “explode”... More »

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television • Microsoft • Bill Gates • FCC • broadband Internet • white space • WiFi • spectrum

T-Mobile Brings Cell Phone Service Home

New plan would combine mobile,
landline accounts

Feb 28, 08 4:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Cell phone giant T-Mobile is moving into the landline business. The company is trying out a service that ties cell phones to landlines that if successful in Seattle and Dallas could go nationwide within months, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company's new service uses a special router to tie... More »

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cell phones • WiFi • telecommunications • telephone • T-Mobile

Wireless Tech Leaps Forward ... on Balloons

Flying 'towers' could revolutionize rural Internet, cell use; Google interested

Feb 20, 08 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - A decidedly whimsical business model could bring wireless Internet and cell service to wide swaths of rural America, slinging signals from balloons drifting toward the edge of space. Don’t scoff—the system is already providing services for truckers and oil companies, courtesy of Space Data Corp., and Google is... More »

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Google • Internet • telecom • hot air balloon • WiFi • municipal wireless • rural America • Space Data Corp.

BlackBerry Service Down in US and Canada

Device-maker can't explain loss of email and web services

Feb 11, 08 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Blackberry's wireless service is down across the US and Canada today, PC World reports. Blackberry-maker Research in Motion, at a loss to explain the outage, first reported it at 3:30 p.m. EST and called the outage "ongoing." Only half of Blackberries are currently without email, RIM... More »

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cell phones • email • Research In Motion • BlackBerry • WiFi

Bluetooth to Combine With Wi-Fi

Products for speedy data transfer could be available next year

Feb 11, 08 12:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Bluetooth companies plan to combine the technology with Wi-Fi to increase speed, an industry group said. The combination could facilitate the speedy transfer of large amounts of data—like music, pictures, or video—between devices, like your laptop and cellphone. The first products with the combined technology should be available... More »

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cell phones • WiFi • Bluetooth • laptop • wireless technology

Bids Top $2.8B for Wireless Spectrum

FCC's airwave auction
opens with
$1.24B offer

Jan 25, 08 6:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The Federal Communication Commission’s much-anticipated auction of five “blocks” of airwaves kicked off yesterday with first-round bids of nearly $2.8 billion, including a $1.24 billion offer for the “C” block, considered the most valuable commercially, reports Reuters. Bidders could use the 700-MHz spectrum to offer... More »

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Google • Verizon • WiFi • spectrum auction

10 Life-Changing Innovations

These technologies may ultimately transform human existence

Jan 20, 08 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - From omnipresent Internet to cloned donor organs, LiveScience picks 10 new technologies that, when fully developed, will transform our lives.
  1. Digital libraries: When all of humanity's texts are digitized, any factual question will be answerable online.
  2. Gene therapy/stem cells: The key to curing some of our nastiest afflictions.
... More »

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list • biotechnology • cloning • WiFi • green technology • hydrogen fuel cells • WiMAX • Moore's Law • information technology • 3G

FCC to Re-Test Wireless Internet Devices

Companies seek to broadcast web over unused TV airwaves

Jan 19, 08 12:20 AM CST
(Newser) - After a series of unsuccessful tests, the Federal Communications Commission is heading back to the lab to assess a new round of devices for broadcasting high-speed Internet in the white space available in between TV airwaves. The prototypes come from a coalition of top-tier bidders, including Microsoft, Philips, and Intel,... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • FCC • broadband Internet • Philips • WiFi • rural area • wireless technology

Wi-Fi Hotspots Become Hackers' Delight

Easier now for hackers to snatch data from thin air

Jan 17, 08 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Wi-Fi hotspots multiplying around the nation are boosting convenience for internet users on the go, but are also making life easier for hackers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hackers at hotspots in hotels, airports and cafes can pluck other users' financial details and company information out of the air. More »

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wireless • WiFi • cybercrime • hacking

Is WiMac In the Air at Macworld?

Steve Jobs will reveal what's up his sleeve next at Macworld

Jan 13, 08 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - For Apple fanistas, Christmas—as in Macworld—is just around the corner. The annual Mac lovefest in San Francisco opens with a Steve Jobs keynote that usually reveals Apple’s latest and greatest, such as last year’s show-stopping iPhone. What’s in store next week? It could be the... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • Macintosh • WiFi • Sprint • WiMax • Macworld

Small Company Promises SF Free WiFi

New idea could help startup succeed where Google failed

Jan 4, 08 4:47 PM CST
(Newser) - A tiny startup has a plan to blanket San Francisco with free Internet access and revive the floundering municipal wireless concept. Meraki Networks hopes to enlist city residents to install free radio repeaters atop their homes, which would be simpler and cheaper than placing them on public property, as Google... More »

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Google • EarthLink • WiFi • startup • municipal wireless

Wireless Tech to Cut HDTV Cord

Rival picture slingers are finally heading
to market

Jan 3, 08 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Electronics companies are finally going to get rid of that ugly cord running from your lovely HDTV to its cable box. At least three different wireless high-definition technologies will be duking it out beginning Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and manufacturers promise you’ll be able... More »

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television • wireless • MPAA • HDTV • WiFi • Consumer Electronics Show • ultra wideband • WirelessHD • cable box • wireless technology

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