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Wi-Fi Donkey Brings New Tech to an Old World
Have you been called an ass for spending too much time on the Internet during a summer vacation?
You can find more of your kind at an Israeli theme park where, for the past four days, a donkey carrying a Wi-Fi router has been …
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Cisco’s New Linksys Router: Making Networking Interesting Again
When I think of Linksys, I think of routers. Wi-Fi routers that sit quietly in a corner, doing their job well and requiring little or no attention from their owners.
That’s certainly a argument in favor of buying Linksys …
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Passpoint Aims to Take the Hassle Out of Hotspots
“Excuse me, can you tell me how to get on the wi-fi?”
Several fellow journalists asked me that as I used my iPad in the press room here at the CTIA Wireless conference in New Orleans. Actually, it’s a question I get a lot when …
Finally, Cufflinks That Double as a Wi-Fi Hotspot
Yes, yes, we all remember the endless parade of cufflinks that doubled as USB storage drives – if you missed it, it happened maybe four or five years ago and it didn’t so much resemble a parade as it did a line of preschoolers …
How Fat Are You, Really? New Scale Lets You Tell the World
Okay, maybe I should’ve led with “how thin are you,” so as not to offend, but isn’t that just sidestepping the latest (unsettling) CDC statistics, which claim one-third of U.S. adults (33.8%, or 1 in 3) are obese, along with …
The Hollywood Starlet Who Made Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Possible
Who doesn’t love Hedy Lamarr, the Austrian-born movie actress who starred in such classic movies as 1941′s Ziegfeld Girl or 1944′s Experiment Perilous? Of course, if the life of a glamorous movie star of the black and white era …
Ask Techland: What’s the Importance of Wi-Fi on a Smartphone?
The Question:
What exactly is Wi-Fi and if I have it on my phone, what does that mean for using my phone any differently?
The Answer:
Good question. Fair question. One that deserves an answer.
If you’re at a cocktail party …
Patent Troll Sues Businesses that Offer Wi-Fi; Individuals Safe for Now
A patent troll who could potentially sue any Wi-Fi user is broadening its attack to include hotels, but is leaving individual users alone for now.
The firm, Chicago-based Innovatio IP Ventures, has already sued department stores, restaurants and coffee shop chains for offering Wi-Fi to their customers. The next wave of lawsuits …
How a Quick Wi-Fi Tweak Could Double Your Phone’s Battery Life
The lowly battery: It’s one of the most important parts of any modern-day gadget, yet it’s been one of the slowest pieces of the technology puzzle to evolve. That smartphone in your pocket is exponentially more powerful than the first computer you ever used, yet you still have to plug it in every night.
We’ve had access to lithium-ion …
T-Mobile’s Free Unlimited Wi-Fi Calling Is Official
Okay, it’s true. We mentioned that T-Mobile unofficially reintroduced Wi-Fi calling along with a whole host of other features not too long ago. It’s also been confirmed by a T-Mobile rep, so enjoy and breathe with relief.
What’s the word?
T-Mobile is excited to expand our Wi-Fi Calling feature, a unique and valuable service
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New Mouse from HP Connects to Your Computer over Wi-Fi
So there I was on the train from Boston to New York. I like the Quiet Car. It’s capitalized because it’s important that people in the Quiet Car REMAIN QUIET FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP. And still waters run deep if you’re like me.
Some guy across the row started jaw-jacking and asking questions about the laptop I had with me. It was a model …
