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Archive for December, 2007

Recent WiMAX Announcements

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 11th, 2007

Here’s a snapshot of some recent Mobile WiMAX announcements:

Sprint plans to launch its XOHM WiMax network by the end of this week. Sprint spokesman John Polivka said the soft launches will cover the downtown cores of Chicago, Baltimore and Washington but will rapidly expand outward. This initial launch will be limited only to Sprint employees [...]

UWB Video Card

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 10th, 2007

DisplayLink and Alereon today jointly announced the availability of a reference design for a Wireless USB display adapter that allows PCs to connect to nearby standard displays without wires, notes Wi-Fi Planet
High-performance Hardware Rendering Engine (HRE) display chips power 32-bit true-color graphics with real-time video playback across a USB link.
The reference design enables PC [...]

Whereboutz: Free Location Tracking

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 10th, 2007

Telenav’s Whereboutz is a quick and convenient (and free) way for users to track their family and friends locations and find out what they are doing. Individuals type in their current location from one of the over 100 compatible mobile phones and notes and comments about their activity, which are then uploaded to an interactive [...]

Microsoft Mobilizes Ads

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 10th, 2007

Microsoft and CNBC are joining forces on advertising syndication. The two companies will collaborate to bring contextual advertising to the more than 2.6 million unique monthly visitors to CNBC.com.
Microsoft will be the exclusive third-party provider of display and contextual advertising for CNBC.com and its global audience. Contextual advertising will appear later this month with [...]

HughesNet & Broadband Corporation

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 10th, 2007

Broadband Corporation is now an authorized reseller and retailer of the HughesNet high-speed satellite Internet service. It joins Motosat, MobilSat and Ground Control which provide mobile 2-way installations.
HughesNet satellite Internet is available to everyone in the contiguous United States who has a clear view of the southern sky. Satellite technology makes HughesNet ideal for [...]

Hotspot@Home Phone

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 10th, 2007

T-Mobile on Monday began offering the Katalyst by Samsung, a new mobile phone that works with the carrier’s HotSpot @Home Wi-Fi service. The Katalyst is a new addition to T-Mobile’s lineup of phones that support HotSpot @Home. T-Mobile @ Home now has 5 handsets available for Unlicensed Mobile Access, such as the Nokia 6086 [...]

FlyFi Takes Off

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 8th, 2007

PC World explains How Four Airlines Plan to Connect Fliers to the Web in light of the Friday announcement that JetBlue is teaming up with Research in Motion and Yahoo to test free e-mail and instant messaging on its flights. JetBlue’s in-flight telecom company, LiveTV is providing only a 1 MHz chunk of spectrum in [...]

Parroting Ringtones

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 7th, 2007

Stuart McNae has had to change his mobile phone ringtone five times – because his parrot Billy keeps copying them.
The parrot waits until Stuart leaves the room, mimics the sound of a call – then laughs when he dashes back to answer.

Every time Stuart, 54, changes his ringtone the blue-fronted Amazon just relearns it.
He has [...]

Broadband Wireless Modems

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 7th, 2007

More than 600 million people in the world are using a 3G network, explains Wireless Week.
Most people who use a laptop currently use a PCMCIA or PC Express card. That’s rapidly changing, however, as USB modems gain popularity. Novatel’s USB727 modem, for example, features an integrated Micro SD slot, allowing for storage and transport [...]

Houston: We Have a WiFi Net

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 6th, 2007

EarthLink paid Houston a $5 million penalty, this summer, for not meeting its obligations to the city. At the time, Houston Mayor Bill White said the company had a contract which obligated Earthlink to pay the city if it failed to meet its deadline for the Wi-Fi project.
Today the Houston Chronicle reports city officials are [...]