CradlePoint today announced support for the Verizon 4G LTE Network across its product family of Mobile Broadband Routers. CradlePoint’s wireless routers provide mobile hotspots, powered by broadband wireless operators. Today’s announcement enables business, home and individual customers of Verizon Wireless with secure, reliable, high-speed access to the Verizon 4G LTE network. CradlePoint provides access to [...]

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Apple today updated the MacBook Pro family with next generation processors and graphics, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime HD camera. Apple says the entire MacBook Pro line is up to twice as fast as the previous generation. The new 13-inch MacBook Pro, starting at $1,199, features Intel Core i5 and Core i7 [...]

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WiFi vendor Meraki, which makes easy to use and manage WiFi systems for individuals and enterprises, today announced three new additions to their wireless product portfolio that provide greater capacity, increased security and broader reach for enterprise wireless LANs: The Meraki MR24 is the first enterprise class AP to feature 3-stream, 3×3 MIMO technology. The [...]

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When the largest flare in four years erupted from the sun Feb. 14, space weather experts predicted that jets of charged particles smacking into the Earth’s magnetic field could disrupt navigation and communication systems, and spark a bonus of bright northern lights dancing across the ionosphere. Instead, nothing much happened. Still, leading scientists are warning [...]

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Nomad Digital has been selected by Amtrak for the nationwide deployment of their AmtrakConnect Wi-Fi service. Amtrak has set the stage for further expansion of its popular on board free Wi-Fi service in 2011 (press releases), following its well-received introduction on the Acela Express route, between Boston and Washington D.C., and last month’s addition on [...]

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North Carolina votes today to cripple community broadband, notes Broadband Reports. The incumbent ISPs in North Carolina (AT&T, Time Warner Cable and CenturyLink) have tried repeatedly to get lawmakers to pass laws banning and/or crippling community efforts to wire themselves with fiber — despite the fact nobody else will. Bans were passed in more than [...]

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