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wireless stories: 38 news summaries

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 Free Holiday 
 Airport WiFi 
 From Google, 
 Microsoft 

Fight for market share finds willing fodder in snow-delayed fliers

Nov 10, 09 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - There’s a new public option in town: free wireless from Google for the holidays. The search giant has partnered to provide WiFi gratis in 47 airports nationwide from now until the middle of January; the generosity even extends to in-flight access on continental Virgin flights, PC World reports.... More »

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Google • Microsoft • wireless • airport • search engine • WiFi • holiday travel • Internet access • Bing • snow delay

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

(Newser) - Apple has rejected Google’s application to distribute its Voice application through the App Store, and that shows that Apple is dead-set against innovation, Adam Pash writes on Lifehacker. The official line is that Google Voice “duplicates features already on the iPhone—namely the Phone and Messages app,”... More »

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wireless • VoIP • iPhone • Apple • innovation • smartphones • AT&T • iPhone applications • App Store • Google Voice

(Newser) - Microsoft and Verizon are in talks to launch a smartphone on the carrier’s network early next year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The phone would likely run on a souped-up version of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system, and have access to Windows Marketplace, its version of Apple’s... More »

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Microsoft • wireless • Verizon • iPhone • Apple • smartphones • Windows Mobile • Windows Marketplace • competitor • Droid phones • Verizon Droid price • Verizon Droid review

Boost's $50 Prepaid Cell Plan Could Trigger Price War

Monthly fee for unlimited calls, text and data marks new low in wireless service

Jan 16, 09 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A new prepaid calling plan from Sprint’s Boost may spark a price war in the wireless market, USA Today reports. Boost will offer unlimited calling, texting and web browsing for a flat $50 a month fee. The plan may prove so attractive to cash-strapped wireless customers Boost could start... More »

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cell phones • wireless • Sprint Nextel • Sprint • 3G wireless networks • Nextel • Boost Mobile

Google Keeps Up Battle
for Open-Access Cells

Phone operators balk at plans to loosen mobile networks

Sep 27, 08 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google renewed its battle for open cell phone networks this week by filing for a new patent, CNET reports. The search giant filed to free smartphones from network-carrier agreements so users can tap into whatever connection is strongest and most affordable. But carriers mostly resist the notion, saying tight networks... More »

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Google • FCC • wireless • Verizon • auction • WiFi • AT&T • open access

Research Paves Way
for Better Wi-Fi in Autos

Researchers find a way to stabilize mobile internet access

Aug 25, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers at Microsoft and two US universities have designed a system to give drivers better Wi-Fi connections, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The technology, presented last week in Seattle, allows a moving computer to hook into one Wi-Fi station as an "anchor" while using other stations as support. Researchers say... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • wireless • WiFi • vehicle • city

Open Wireless Networks 'Invitation to Trouble'

But others think it's the 'neighborly thing to do'

Aug 18, 08 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Failing to protect personal wireless service with a tough password and encryption can open the door to disaster. That's the warning from "wardriver" security gurus who cruise the streets looking for unguarded service to highlight the problem, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Wardriving was also used by an international... More »

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security • wireless • wardriving

 Cell Phone Market
 Nears Saturation 

Which means services for customers should get better

May 30, 08 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of Americans signing up for cell phone service is slowing down after more than a decade of explosive growth, reports USA Today. Within a couple of years, experts say, just about everybody who wants a cell phone will have one, meaning good news for consumers as companies focus... More »

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cell phones • wireless • Verizon • Sprint Nextel • cell phone industry • AT&T

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

Streamlining AT&T Plans 4,600 Layoffs

TV, wireless hires will offset white-collar landline losses

Apr 18, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - As it adjusts its business model to lowered demand for landlines, AT&T will lay off 4,600 employees, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company plans to create about the same number of new wireless, broadband, and TV jobs, a trade-off that will create savings through dropping more senior,... More »

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broadband Internet • wireless • layoffs • AT&T • job

FCC Boss Nixes Bid to Open Up Wireless Networks

Systems already 'open enough,' he says

Apr 2, 08 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the FCC has rejected a request from Skype to open up wireless networks to outside devices, AP reports. The Internet phone provider wanted wireless operations included in a 1968 FCC decision that required AT&T to open up its network beyond its own devices that paved the... More »

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FCC • wireless • Verizon • Skype • telecommunications • Michael Copps • Kevin Martin • wireless industry • networks

Big Bid Ensures Open Access Network in US

FCC auction passes $4.7B threshold; it's
a win for Google

Jan 31, 08 10:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Google’s hopes of forcing a piece of the national radio spectrum into becoming an open access wireless network came a step closer to fruition today, Marketwatch reports. The bid price on the “C block” of 700 Mhz spectrum hit $4.7 billion, enough to trigger FCC regulations that... More »

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Google • FCC • wireless • spectrum auction • 700 Mhz

OPINION

Errant iPhones? No Big Deal, Analyst Says

Apple profits can withstand unaccounted for gadgets without loss

Jan 28, 08 8:41 PM CST
(Newser) - An estimated 1.4 million iPhones that have been either inventoried or clandestinely unlocked may not pose a significant threat to techno-juggernaut Apple's overall profit. The "missing" phones could force stock prices to dip, "but if you look at Apple," reassures analyst Ezra Gottheil, "It's solidly... More »

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stock market • wireless • iPhone • Apple • AT and T • unlock iPhone • SIM cards

Porn Photos of High School Students Travel Far by Phone

Pa. community reels from cyber-exposure

Jan 25, 08 5:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Pornographic cell phone pictures of students have been spreading like wildfire at and beyond Pennsylvania’s Parkland High School, the Morning Call reports. The images, two separate pictures of undressed girls and another of a couple making love, have apparently circulated widely. ''My boyfriend, who's not even in high school... More »

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high school • cell phones • wireless • Pennsylvania • child pornography

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

Sprint Primed for WiMax Launch

Partnerships help company ready new wireless network

Jan 10, 08 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Sprint has unveiled new corporate partnerships to help meet its goal of deploying its WiMax wireless broadband network in DC, Baltimore, and Chicago by April, the Washington Post reports. The wireless provider has joined with several companies to provide online storage, security, and mobile devices for WiMax, which offers speeds... More »

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Internet • broadband Internet • wireless • Sprint • WiMax • DSL

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

Critics Cry 'Privacy' Over Passport Cards

US approves wireless ID that may spark identity theft

Jan 1, 08 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - New wireless passport cards will make it easier for Americans to cross borders between Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean—but privacy groups worry that thieves will be pinching personal data off the new ID, the AP reports. One critic called the cards "inherently insecure;" officials say safeguards are... More »

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technology • travel • Mexico • wireless • Canada • privacy • homeland security • identity theft • Caribbean • passport

Analog Shutdown
Strands OnStar Users

Network shutdown leaves drivers in the lurch

Dec 21, 07 10:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Users of the OnStar vehicle safety and communications system will be among those left in the lurch when analog cellphone systems are mothballed next year, AP reports. The government decided in 2002 to let carriers call time on the old cellular networks, but GM was still rolling out some cars... More »

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wireless • electronics • telecommunications • OnStar

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