Over 35,000 Amateur Radio operators will be testing their emergency capabilities this weekend by setting up temporary radio stations in public parks, fields and unusual locations across the USA this weekend. “Hams” will be holding public demonstrations of emergency communications abilities at their annual Field Day (local map locator). On the weekend of June 25-26, [...]
Isis, the mobile payment system spearheaded by Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile USA, will launch its second market in Austin, Texas, reports NFC Times. It will begin in the first half of 2012. The Near Field Communications-based contactless payment services will support point of purchase payment services as well as retailer loyalty card programs, coupons [...]
In a detailed filing with the FCC (pdf), Sprint claims AT&T can increase its network capacity by more than 600 percent by developing unused spectrum the company has warehoused, deploying a network architecture with greater site density and upgrading from HSPA+ to LTE. The 299-page technical analysis (pdf) was prompted by the FCC’s June 20 [...]
At the Nokia Connection event in Singapore today, Nokia introduced the Nokia N9, the first-ever Meego smartphone. The N9 is a buttonless handset (with the exception of a volume rocker and camera shutter button). Nokia says the N9 smartphone focuses on the most important things that people do: use apps, get notifications and switch between [...]
Verizon Wireless today announced another round of LTE markets, starting July 21. The new markets will include Huntsville, Ala.; Augusta, Ga.; Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Springfield, Mass.; Portland, Or.; Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro-Winston, and Salem-High Point, N.C; and Knoxville, Tenn. Devices that support their 4G LTE network, including the newly-launched Revolution by LG, DROID Charge by Samsung and [...]
According the the BBC, a teenager has been arrested in the UK in a joint Scotland Yard and FBI probe into the hacking of websites. The man, named locally as Ryan Cleary, 19, was arrested in Wickford, Essex. LulzSec sez: “Seems the glorious leader of LulzSec got arrested, it’s all over now… wait… we’re all [...]
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