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Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or "wires". The distances involved may be short (a few meters as in television remote control) or long (thousands or millions of kilometers for radio communications). When the context is clear, the term is often shortened to "wireless". Wireless communication is generally considered to be a branch of telecommunications.

It encompasses various types of fixed, mobile, and portable two way radios, cellular telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wireless networking. Other examples of wireless technology include GPS units, garage door openers and or garage doors, wireless computer mice, keyboards and headsets, satellite television and cordless telephones.

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FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones.


Shop before you sign a data contract for a netbook

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netbooks with built-in 3G wireless Internet access are all the rage this holiday season. But before you sign on the dotted line at your local AT&T or Verizon Wireless store and commit yourself to a two-year contract, consider ...


Sprint to stop selling certain push-to-talk phones

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is giving up on a technology that allows some Sprint-branded phones to use a "push-to-talk" walkie-talkie service similar to what's available on the company's Nextel-branded phones.


AT&T, Verizon end lawsuits over cell ads

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless agreed Wednesday to end lawsuits accusing each other of lying in TV ads, taking their rivalry out of the court system for now.





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Tech accessories can spice up holiday list

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As much as I love buying big-ticket items such as TVs, computers, cell phones and cameras, I also love buying accessories for those items just as much, maybe even more.


Gifts for your favorite geek

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the spirit of the season, I've picked out 10 geeky gifts that cost less than $100. Some are practical. Some are fun. All would be good additions to your gift list for friends and family -- or your own wish list. (Ranked ...


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AT&T to release cellphone with optional projector

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

If cellphones with built-in video projectors are going to take the country by storm, then Dallas will be at the eye of the hurricane.


Gadgets: Gift ideas for your holiday shopping

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 13 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Black Friday has come and gone and if you're like me, you barely made a dent in your holiday shopping list.


iPhones are musical instruments in new course and ensemble (w/ Video)

iPhones are musical instruments in new course and ensemble (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at the University of Michigan.


Engineering professor creates mobile lab for testing bridges

Engineering professor creates mobile lab for testing bridges

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Civil engineering students at the University of Rhode Island will soon take to the roadways to apply what they have learned in the classroom in real-world analyses of bridges, buildings and ...


Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

An international team of applied scientists from Harvard, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zürich have demonstrated compact, multibeam, and multi-wavelength lasers emitting in the invisible part of the light spectrum ...


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Hearst looks to digital readers of the future

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created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With an eye on the readers of the future, US publisher Hearst Corp. announced plans Friday to launch a digital newsstand, advertising service and electronic reader for newspapers and magazines.


Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vibrations from the environments we live and work in could be much more widely harnessed as a clean source of electricity, due to cutting-edge UK research.


Jackson film not part of Sony's new 3-D vision (AP)

Jackson film not part of Sony's new 3-D vision

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Michael Jackson videos or the next Spider-Man movie won't be among the titles that Sony Corp. releases in 3-D as it gears up to boost TV sales with that technology, Chief Executive Howard Stringer ...



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