Browse tag: Wi-Fi

Browse tag: Wi-Fi

Google's free airport Wi-Fi: Five ways to protect yourself
Planning on taking advantage of free Wi-Fi at the airport during your holiday travels? Make sure you follow these tips for securing your wireless computing.
Google offers free holiday Wi-Fi at airports
As a holiday gift to weary travelers, Google's footing the bill for Wi-Fi at 47 airports from now through January 15th, 2010.
Save big by combing through company wireless costs
Is your company cutting back? According to participants at the VoiceCon conference, your wireless costs might be a good place to start.
iPhone goes on sale in China
The iPhone went on sale in mainland China this past weekend, marking the first time the device has been officially available in the majority of the world's most populous country.
Virgin America and Google team up for free in-flight Wi-Fi
This holiday season, enjoy free Wi-Fi access on all Virgin America flights, courtesy of Google, who's footing the bill.
802.11n Wi-Fi chip discovered in new iPod touch
The new Apple iPod Touch uses the Broadcom BCM4329, which can support the just-approved high-throughput 802.11n standard.
AT&T details speed, capacity upgrades
AT&T has spelled out its plans to upgrade its network in both speed and capacity to help address traffic problems caused by the rise of smartphones.
Wi-Fi on planes growing, if you can find the right flights
U.S. airlines are adding Wi-Fi to more of their planes, but it could still be years before the biggest carriers have their fleets fully equipped with the technology.
Consumers want 3G modems -- at half-price
Nearly half of U.S. consumers are interested in cellular modems, but only at half the price that service providers are charging for service.
Samsung CL65 digital camera does Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth
Samsung is on a roll today with new announcements. The latest, the CL65 offers three ways to stay connected.
AirPort Client Update improves MacBook wireless performance
Apple's rolled out an AirPort Client Update for certain recent models of MacBook an MacBook Pro, improving wireless performance while on battery power.
Review: Verizon MiFi 2200
The MiFi 2200 performs the magical task of providing a Wi-Fi signal to up to five devices and routing them all through its onboard 3G cellular data connection.
Eye-Fi Geo card exclusive to Apple stores
The Eye-Fi Geo automatically updates photos with geotag metadata, and it's exclusive to Apple retail stores and the online Apple store.
Barnes & Noble makes Wi-Fi free via AT&T
Bookseller Barnes & Noble is making AT&T Wi-Fi access free at all of its bookstore locations, part of its effort to promote its new e-book store, which launched this month.
Wi-Fi group's basic test won't change with final 11n
The Wi-Fi Alliance will not change the basic requirements of its IEEE 802.11n certification process when the standard is finished later this year.
Mac News Briefs: Modem Mate boosts 3G modem signal strength
The Modem Mate is designed to work with modems that lack external antenna connectors. Meanwhile, the updated Combine PDFs adds a preference window that lets users set whether PDF files should open with Acrobat Reader or Preview.
iPhone 3.0 users report Wi-Fi connectivity issues
Several iPhone and iPod touch users on the Apple discussion forums are up in arms about the weakened Wi-Fi capabilities of their devices post the 3.0 OS upgrade.
Google's 'My Location' tracks PC's location on Google Maps
Google is making it easier for you to find out where you are, with the introduction of My Location for the desktop.
‘Quicky Jr. II’ USB antenna triples laptop range
The Quicky Jr. II is a new USB device that purportedly triples the wireless networking range of a Mac laptop.
Apple updates Time Capsule, AirPort firmware and Final Cut Pro
Apple updated its Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station firmware on Tuesday along with a minor update for Final Cut Pro.
iPhone 3.0 excels at Wi-Fi hotspots
New features in iPhone OS 3.0 make it much easier to log in to Wi-Fi hot spots, especially AT&T's. But, Glenn Fleishman says, the feature is not without its drawbacks.
Eye-Fi introduces 4GB wireless SD card with raw image support
Eye-Fi has introduced a new Pro card that supports raw digital camera image files.
Apple releases AirPort Utility 5.4.2 update
Apple on Wednesday released the AirPort Utility 5.4.2 update which addresses some minor bugs and adds a few goodies to boot.
Check your Wi-Fi speeds
Glenn Fleishman shows you how to use AirPort Utility to find out at what speed has connected to an Apple base station.
Understanding Wi-Fi's two spectrum bands
The versions of AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule released earlier this year can operate simultaneously over the 2.4GHz and 5GHz spectrum bands. Glenn Fleishman looks at common problems and solutions that might plague you in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands and offers advice on manually setting channels in both bands or creating two unique networks with a simultaneous dual-band base station.
Baby monitors, microwaves said to cause Wi-Fi interference
A report from a regulatory authority in the U.K. has found that baby monitors, security cameras and microwave ovens are causing interference for Wi-Fi users, moreso than overlapping Wi-Fi signals
Comscore: AT&T sells twice as many smart phones as any competitor
Twice as many smart phone users have picked AT&T over any other wireless U.S. carrier, but research doesn't list iPhone.
Sprint to offer mobile 3G Wi-Fi device
Sprint will begin offering Novatel Wireless' MiFi 2200; it provides Wi-Fi access to Sprint's 3G data network.
Wi-Fi hotspots get a second wind
Wi-Fi hotspots are back in the spotlight. Cheaper international data roaming and better indoor coverage will help hotspots remain relevant.
How Bluetooth got as fast as Wi-Fi
Network World interviews Kevin Hayes, who was the technical editor for the 802.11 Protocol Adaption Layer -- one of the big changes in the just-announced Bluetooth 3.0 specification.