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Is neighbor's Wi-Fi signal free for me to use?

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Nov 11, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 4

Q. The other day, my Internet service went down as it does from time to time. But this particular time, I needed to check my e-mail for an important reply I was expecting. After some frustrating time passed, I happened to ...

Wi-Fi for travelers becomes Web marketing lure

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Nov 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, competitors on the Web, all have the same idea for marketing themselves this holiday season: temporarily providing free Wi-Fi access in airports, airplanes and public places.

NICTA demonstrates new interference-cancellation modem for 3G femtocell networks

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Nov 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with ...

Verizon launches TV-online movie channel

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Oct 30, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

US telecom firm Verizon launched a high-definition movie channel on Friday, letting subscribers watch films on-demand on televisions or on the Internet.

Google eyeing India 3G market: report

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Oct 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Internet giant Google is considering entering India's third-generation (3G) telecommunications market, a report said Tuesday.

India says will start 3G auction in January

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Oct 25, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

India said Saturday a long-delayed auction of radio bandwidth for third generation (3G) telecommunications services will start in January and will be open to foreign companies.

Africa world's fastest growing mobile phone market

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Oct 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile phone subscriptions in Africa have defied the world economic crisis by growing faster than in any other region of the world since 2003, according to a United Nations report published ...

FCC girds itself to navigate swamp where Web, phone, TV meet

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Oct 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The federal government this week is stepping squarely into a high-stakes technology battle with this seemingly straightforward question at its core: Should Internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T be allowed to control ...

FCC votes to begin crafting 'net neutrality' rules

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Oct 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic.

First White Spaces Network Brings Broadband Internet to Rural America

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Oct 21, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

For the first time in the U.S., unused TV broadcast channels freed up by the transition to digital TV are being used to wirelessly deliver high-speed Internet connectivity to business, education and community users. These ...

Comcast to debut cable shows online by year's end

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Oct 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- You'll be able to watch popular cable television series such as HBO's "Entourage" and AMC's "Mad Men" on your computers by the end of the year without paying extra - as long as you're a Comcast Corp. ...

Taj Cyber-Network Now Expands Across the Northern Hemisphere and Connects Half the Globe

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Oct 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Taj network has expanded to the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD), wrapping another ring of light around the northern ...

New Wi-Fi technology to let gadgets talk directly

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Oct 14, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Starting in mid-2010, new versions of gadgets like cameras, cell phones and computers will be able to talk to each other using Wi-Fi without needing to connect to a wireless network first.

Bumpy road for satellite TV in cars

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Oct 14, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

The summer road tripping season is over, but with the holidays on the horizon, people soon will be piling into their cars for annual pilgrimages to family and friends.

NTU team studies world's fastest satellite Internet connection

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Oct 14, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

In disaster-struck areas where terrestrial communications may be down, the deployment of rescue teams becomes extremely challenging. A team led by Assistant Professor Lee Yee Hui from the School of Electrical and Electronic ...

State-owned firm says Vietnam's first 3G service launched

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Oct 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

State-owned mobile network operator Vinaphone said Tuesday it has begun offering Vietnam's first 3G service, bringing "a revolution" to the country's mobile system.

Miami firm says it will lay first US-Cuba fiber

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Oct 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- A small Miami-based company says the U.S. government has given it permission to lay the first optical communications fiber from the U.S. to Cuba. That could drastically cut the cost of calling the island nation and ...

Beware of highway robbers on Wi-Fi

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Oct 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

As the number of Wi-Fi hot spots grows, travelers might want to heed a word of caution from the Wi-Fi Alliance, a nonprofit industry group that promotes Wi-Fi technology: Think security.