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NEWS ABOUT: wireless technology

wireless technology stories: 11 news summaries

Kiss Your Wireless Router Goodbye

New WiFi Direct
would eliminate
need for hotspots

Oct 14, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - If setting up a wireless router just sounds a little too daunting, new technology looks to make unplugging a lot easier. WiFi Direct, slated to roll out in the middle of next year, will turn every device enabled with it into a miniature access point, able to create connections with... More »

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wireless • Intel • Apple • Cisco • WiFi • wireless technology

A Digital Pill a Day May Keep the Doctor Away

Wireless monitoring aims to cut visits and billions in health costs

Aug 4, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Congress debates ways to save on health care, Silicon Valley has an idea of its own: cutting costs through wireless technology, the Wall Street Journal reports. One startup has built a tiny, edible chip that attaches to pills and keeps track of whether patients are taking their medication. Remote... More »

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technology • health care costs • health insurance • health care reform • wireless technology • microchip • health monitoring • medical technology

OPINION

Car Tech Advances Can Recharge Detroit


Jan 3, 09 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Detroit needs to heed Henry Ford's advice and take failure as "the opportunity to begin again more intelligently," Sebastian Thrum and Anthony Levandowski write in the New York Times. Here are four technologies that can help the Big Three automakers turn things around:
  • Car-to-car communication: Wireless
... More »

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Internet • Detroit • solar power • auto industry • auto technology • wireless technology • computer • cars

'Wearable' Gadgets Respond to Body Movements

Japanese wireless carrier tests new technologies

Jun 26, 08 4:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Someday, you may be able to tap your fingers to control your DVD player or roll your eyes to pump up your music player’s volume—if technology under development by Japan's top mobile carrier comes to fruition, the AP reports. A cell phone shaped like a large ring that... More »

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cell phone industry • wireless technology • wearable computers • NTT DoCoMo

BlackBerry Holds Its Own Against iPhone

Business-friendly Bold tips hat to Apple, but doesn't cede ground

May 14, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The release of the new 3G BlackBerry Bold Monday sent Research in Motion’s shares up 6.93%, to $141.97. The reason, according to Forbes, is the BlackBerry’s business focus, which lets it maintain its edge over the popular but business-weak iPhone. The Bold apes the iPhone in... More »

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iPhone • Apple • BlackBerry • Research in Motion • 3G wireless networks • wireless technology • mobile devices • BlackBerry Bold

 BlackBerry Gets a Bold Facelift 

Slick new look, features may help it battle iPhone

May 12, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The new BlackBerry Bold was unveiled today, sporting a sleek update aimed at keeping its traditional business clientele from defecting to the iPhone. The silver-rimmed Bold is Research in Motion's first to run on speedy 3G wireless networks designed to handle multimedia content and has a faster processor to handle... More »

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iPhone • BlackBerry • Research in Motion • 3G wireless networks • wireless technology • gadget • mobile devices

Wireless Makers Work Out Deal for Faster Net

Royalty agreement may lead to better networks, speedier browsing

Apr 15, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Big wireless equipment companies have worked out a royalty deal allowing for the adoption of new technology that should speed up the wireless web. The companies have agreed to limit the royalties they charge each other for patents related to a technology called long-term evolution, or LTE, reports the Wall ... More »

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Nokia • wireless technology • long-term evolution

AT&T, Verizon Plan New WiFi in Old TV Spectrum

Telecoms envision WiFi that can penetrate deep into buildings

Apr 6, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon and AT&T are talking big about recent bandwidth acquisitions at an FCC auction, the Washington Post reports. The companies promised fast, high-tech new networks in the next few years based on long-range frequencies, newly available from television broadcasters, that can penetrate deep into buildings. A Verizon spokesman... More »

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FCC • Verizon • spectrum auction • telecommunications companies • wireless technology • AT&T • AT&T Wireless

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

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

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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