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Insert Coin: Knut WiFi-enabled sensor hub (video)
You might recall that Killer Technology launched the Killer Wireless-N 1202 card as a bit of an orphan: without an immediate laptop partner or an aftermarket reseller, it wasn’t clear how and when gamers would get their hands on the low-lag WiFi add-on. Alienware is stepping up and making that much easier as of today by planning to use the Qualcomm Atheros-owned technology across its laptop line.
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Alienware laptops to use Killer Wireless-N 1202 WiFi cards, guarantee a few frags at the coffee shop
Samsung‘s CES blitz included a tease of five new camcorders , but precious little in the way of launch details. Some of the mystery has ended, as two of the camcorders — the QF20 and W300 — are at last hitting US stores. The QF20 caters to the Internet crowd and, for $350, will let you upload your 20x-zoomed 1080p videos straight to Facebook, Picasa or YouTube without thrusting a computer into the process.
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Samsung ships QF20 camcorder with WiFi, toughened-up W300 pocket cam
The last time we saw T-rays , they were busy scanning bodies for tumors and security threats. Six researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology are now aiming the terahertz-level frequencies at a less organic target: fast wireless
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T-rays produce 3Gbps short-range wireless, make WiFi pout in the corner
Regular readers will know that the FCC is a bit of a virtual whistle-blower, alerting tech-hungry Americans to when new goodies might soon be landing on their shores. Other times it coughs up the odd thing we weren’t even waiting for. Today’s offering appears to be a 3G tablet from NEC
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NEC tablet with GSM and HSPA breaks cover at the FCC
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of free WiMAX ?
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FreedomPop Sleeve wants to spread ‘free’ WiMAX love in the form of a $99 iPhone case
AT&T has been hinting for a while that it’s getting closer to implementing small cell sites in its network, and at CTIA Wireless 2012 gave a stronger clue as to when and how the mini network hubs will operate.
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AT&T small cell site pilot due between late 2012, 2013
With iRobot cleaning up in the robotic vacuum game, it’s only logical that some major manufacturers like LG and Samsung want a piece of the dirt sucking action.
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Sharp Cocorobo vacuum avoids obstacles, embraces small talk
In-flight internet provider Gogo’s been increasing its domestic presence of late, so it makes sense for the company to snag some additional spectrum as well. Its new wireless license is for a chunk of 1 MHz spectrum that Gogo got from Live TV , the subsidiary of JetBlue that handles all of that airline’s in-air entertainment and communications services. Gogo’s new spectrum will augment its existing Air-to-Ground network here in the US — pending FCC approval, of course — and provide road (sky?) warriors with a bit more bandwidth once above 10,000 feet
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Gogo grabs 1MHz spectrum from JetBlue subsidiary LiveTV, beefs up in-flight bandwidth
It’s hard to believe that 802.11 WiFi has only had three major revisions since it was started up 15 years ago. The IEEE must be equally surprised, as it’s introducing a new 802.11-2012 standard that unites 10 technologies from various amended WiFi versions under one big tent
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802.11-2012 WiFi freshens up spec with 3.7GHz bands, mesh networking
Casio Japan has announced the Exilim EX-ZR300, a high-speed CMOS-based 16MP 12.5x zoom compact. The ZR300 features a 24-300mm equivalent zoom and dual ‘Exilim Engine HS’ processors to offer autofocus in as little as 0.12sec and start-up in under 1 sec.
Do you like your cars smart ? Are you itching to drive something a bit more K.I.T.T. than KIA
The ONE Street Tweeter is kind of like a giant, mobile ink-jet printer, only way more political. It wasn’t around in time for the height of the Occupy protests, but made its debut at the G8 Summit
When we’re not looking up at the stars, we’re likely looking at a screen, so any chance to combine those two is greeted with open arms.
NPD DisplaySearch is declaring Apple to be the undisputed champion of the mobile PC business for the first quarter of the year. The fruity phone flinger shipped ( shipped , not sold) 17.2 million mobile PCs in the time, a figure that contentiously includes the iPad
Dell hasn’t been having the greatest of years, and the blows are still as heavy as ever in Round Rock’s fiscal Q1.
3D printing with ABS and other plastics that have a low-melting point are old hat. And, with the price of entry dropping below the $500 mark , soon enough anyone will be able print their own pirated 45s
Charitable entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox has teamed up with Microsoft , TalkTalk , and Simplify Digital to bring a cheaper option for cash-strapped folks in the UK. Starting today, you can buy a refurbished computer with broadband service for a year (with a 40GB monthly cap) for as little as £149 ($240) — and that price drops even lower for people on state benefits. The “Go On UK” initiative also throws in a WiFi router and Windows 7 to further spread that non-profit love around the nation — just like we have going on in the US .
In my view, smartphones are all about the future, and the best handsets are usually the ones with the wildest, slickest mobile technology. Sure, cutting-edge wireless computing rarely comes cheap, especially phones running Google’s latest and greatest version of Android software, Ice Cream Sandwich . Still it’s good to have a dream, and right now I’m fantasizing big time about the best phones money can buy
We’ve seen DNA flirt with computing and storage before, but a biological system that can record digital data? That’s something different
