Motorola will tout business uses for its WiMAX mobile Internet technology, slated to roll out in Chicago by year’s end, at a trade show at McCormick Place today and Thursday. The troubled Schaumburg cellular company, which is working to split its More Here

Chipmaker Broadcom is adding Wi-Fi positioning technology from Skyhook Wireless to its semiconductors to help provide more accurate location-based services. Broadcom which makes many of the GPS, Wi-Fi and other types of chips that go into many More Here

The Cloud, the UK-based European wireless broadband provider, has secured its future with a 15m ( 8.5m) investment via a third round of venture funding. Ferd Ventures, the Norwegian investor, became the latest backer of the privately owned group More Here

Visitors to the Xbox Live support page were offered the following message Wednesday. (Credit: CNET News) An unplanned outage hit Microsoft’s Xbox Live service starting Tuesday night, leaving online gamers unable to connect. The outage started at 8:48 More Here

LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Britain indicated on Friday it would work quickly to help the country’s broadcast industry agree a new model to see it through the digital switchover and would also review which sports are shown on free-to-air TV. Andy Cont

The UK will fail to meet its goal of being a leading internet economy if no action is taken to improve the rollout of high-speed fibre cables, according to a government commissioned report on Friday. Francesco Caio, former Cable & Wireless boss and Cont

While the cable companies made inroads in phone service, the phone companies’ response remained little more than an idle threat until recently. Now, AT&T is fighting back with subscription TV bundles. While the cable companies made inroads in Cont

Villa Beach Cottages, one of St. Lucia’s best-kept-secret resorts, is pleased to announce a high season special for 7-night bookings now through March 1, 2009. Nestled among the coconut trees of Choc Bay, just a few short yards from the Caribbean Sea Cont

Japanese telecommunications carrier KDDI will start offering from October 1G bps (bits per second) fiber-optic Internet hook-ups for less than the current price of a connection one tenth the speed, it said this week. The Hikari One Home Gigabit Cont

ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP / Getty But large-scale efforts to connect the continent are picking up speed. On Sept. 9, O3b Networks a Channel Islands based telco backed by Google , HSBC and U.S. cable-TV operator Liberty Global unveiled plans to Cont

OXFORD, Miss. , Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ — The presidential candidates weren’t the only ones prepping for the foreign relations debate in Oxford at the University of Mississippi . Verizon Wireless has enhanced coverage and call-handling capacity so More Here

The Nikkei Business Daily has reported that the Japanese videogame console maker Nintendo is planning to launch an updated edition of their Nintendo DS handheld gaming console. This new edition could feature a camera and music player function. It is More Here

KTF, the No.1 WCDMA service provider in Korea, said that it introduces a tariff plan named “SHOW Data All Free” that charges flat rate of 10,000 won per month for Internet content use. To use the service, users should access to “All Free Zone” on More Here

Comcast Corp. said Tuesday that its investment in a joint venture to offer mobile Internet access to subscribers could be finalized by the end of the year. Steve Burke, president of Philadelphia-based Comcast, said the new service would let cable More Here

Alltel Wireless today announced that it is expanding its wireless broadband network with the launch of EVDO (evolution data optimized) Revision A technology in Tallahassee, enabling customers to upload files five to 10 times faster than before. The More Here

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 26 /PRNewswire/ — Nanoradio today announced that its “Always On WiFi“(TM) solution has been commercially launched inside the world’s first 3G UMA phone. The same “Always On WiFi“(TM) solution was also recently launched More Here

Delta , which offers 30 flights daily between Logan and LaGuardia, says it will start giving Shuttle customers the option of going first-class starting Dec. 1. The carrier will offer 14 first-class and 128 economy seats per flight. First-class More Here

I dont like how it doesn’t have backwards capability, as I have alot of PS2 and PS1 games. Also only having 2 usb ports is a problem, but can be easily overcome with a 4 port usb splitter/hub. Rated by: Jlhfit (19 Mar, 2008) Rating: 3 / 5 Value for More Here

China Mobile is expected to launch the iPhone on its network in the near future, but with some functionality removed to comply with regulations in the country. Various reports from within the country have noted that 3G and WiFi will apparently be More Here

Mobile phone networks are now more a more popular to access the Internet on the move than Wi-Fi, according to new research. Point Topic s recent survey of mobile broadband users shows that the UK mobile phone companies have managed to grow their More Here

Google’s vision of tomorrow’s wireless network is in stark contrast to how wireless operators do business today, setting the two sides on a possible collision course. Earlier this week, the search giant filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent More Here

Comcast Corp. said Tuesday that its investment in a joint venture to offer mobile Internet access to subscribers could be finalized by the end of the year. Steve Burke, president of Philadelphia-based Comcast, said the new service would let cable More Here

The agreement will enable CSU Stanislaus to offer no-cost Internet access to eligible students, as well as provide the University with funding to improve and sustain its campus-wide information technology infrastructure. “We are very pleased to More Here

NetComm Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway provides an easy set-up, good coverage and modest speed. While this system gives you the advantage of portable wireless gateway, wireless services are less reliable and cannot match ADSL2 speeds. Look mum, no More Here

The iPhone 3G is now on sale directly from Apple in the city of Hong Kong, despite no prior announcements, listings reveal. An 8GB phone is selling for $5,400 HK ($692), while a 16GB model costs $6,200 HK ($794). Notably, iPhones in the region can be Cont

China’s version of the iPhone could be significantly stripped down from the model available everywhere else, a report in the South China Morning Post . Citing Daiwa Institute of Research analyst Calvin Huang, the newspaper claims that the large scale Cont

Rooting out Wi-Fi “dead zones” in large wireless networks that cover whole neighborhoods or cities is an expensive proposition. Pre-deployment testing is so costly that most WiFi providers simply build their networks first and fill in the gaps later Cont

According to the South China Morning Post , an analyst, Calvin Huang, is reporting that the iPhone 3G will ship in China without W-CDMA and Wi-Fi. The report states simply that both functions will be turned off, W-CDMA because the carrier will be Cont

If you want a portable video player that can browse the Web over Wi-Fi, but the iPod Touch is just too puny, then the Archos 5 is worth a serious look. You get a luxurious 4.8-inch, 800×600 touch screen display, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Opera Web browser Cont

I wrote about Logitech s Squeezebox Boom Wi-Fi-enabled music streamer a couple of weeks ago (and will have a hands-on review later this week), and mentioned that at $299, the Boom wasn t really going to take Internet radio much closer to the Cont

Wireless networking has been in the news a bit lately as in, how secure is it on the Mac, and how will I be able to use it to stream multimedia in the near future? So there s no better time than to turn the Macworld Podcast over to Glenn Cont

Wi-Fi/cellular convergence company DiVitas has launched a new version of its product, now available as software only, and hit back at competitors’ claims. DiVitas’ Mobile UC appliance lets Wi-Fi capable handsets roam from the cellular network to Cont

TEL AVIV, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Israeli mobile phone operator Partner Communications (PTNR.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) said on Tuesday it will start offering Internet and Voice over Broadband (VoB) services as looks to expand into a Cont

ST. LOUIS—- Ron Gumm has made the best of 10 days spent with his apartment-like boat docked near here — taking in museums, scenic drives, eateries and, of course, the Gateway Arch — but he was eager to head down the Mississippi River. If only he Cont

In the most anticipated mobile-phone launch since the release of Apple’s iPhone, the T-Mobile G1 is due to be unveiled Sept. 23. Like the iPhone, unveiled in June 2007, the G1 is the brainchild of one of tech’s most innovative companies; it’s the Cont

Microsoft Corp. doubled sales of the Xbox 360 video game machine last weekend after cutting the price by as much as 29 percent in a bid to narrow Nintendo Co.’s lead. Retailers reported a 100 percent increase in sales for all models compared with the More Here

Recently, I offered a first look at Audioengine s $149 W1 Wireless Audio Adapter a kit that contains USB audio transmitter and receiver units along with a power supply and a handful of audio cables. In that first look I described the W1 as a More Here

DALLAS, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today it has received the Chairman’s Award from RadioShack Corporation, an honor given to the best-of-the-best of RadioShack’s vendors. AT&T is committed to delivering the best More Here

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA WebTech Wireless Inc. ( TSX:WEW ), a leading provider of location-based and fleet telematics services, announces its partnership with NelTech Logistics, Foster Park Baskett Insurance, and Rogers Communications in the More Here

NEW YORK (AP) _ AOL wants you to check your Gmail and see what your Facebook friends are up to the company just prefers you do these things from its site. In an effort to increase user loyalty and bring more visitors to AOL.com, AOL is taking a More Here

Detroit - BASKING RIDGE, N.J. Verizon Wireless said today that it has added new features and capabilities to its Chaperone service, making it easier for parents to keep track of their children or for anyone to keep track of their loved ones More Here

Wireless, just a few years ago a geek toy, is becoming a common part of the way we work, live and play. For an upcoming article, The Star is looking for ways that wireless service from phones to Internet to things we might not even have heard Read More

Recently, I offered a first look at Audioengine s $149 W1 Wireless Audio Adapter a kit that contains USB audio transmitter and receiver units along with a power supply and a handful of audio cables. In that first look I described the W1 as a Read More

Microsoft Corp. doubled sales of the Xbox 360 video game machine last weekend after cutting the price by as much as 29 percent in a bid to narrow Nintendo Co.’s lead. Retailers reported a 100 percent increase in sales for all models compared with the Read More

Don t believe that just because Rogers is bringing iPhone to Canada it s any more likely to offer an unlimited wireless data plan. The Canadian cable, wireless and Internet provider is about to do away with all unlimited data plans for its home Read More

DALLAS , Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T Inc. T today announced new capabilities to extend an array of applications to mobile devices that are used by companies in targeted vertical industries. AT&T Mobile Enterprise Applications offers Read More

PENANG, Malaysia , Sept. 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Residents in Penang will soon be able to enjoy free wireless Internet services which will be provided by Hotgate Technology (M) Sdn Bhd (Hotgate), an Internet-enabled service provider Read More

Wireless networking has been in the news a bit lately as in, how secure is it on the Mac, and how will I be able to use it to stream multimedia in the near future? So there s no better time than to turn the Macworld Podcast over to Glenn Read More

The tiled walk-in shower surrounded me with a busy constellation of nozzles and sprayers, phased arrays of water spouts ready to soak and soothe every region of my body, and a baffling cluster of unlabeled knobs to control them. Apparently I was Read More

RCA has finished the week with three new devices all meant to modernize the company’s line. The Lyra name is being revived with the Lyra Slider, a basic portable media player that uses the same concept as behind slider phones to shrink the size of Read More

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has given the Enoch Pratt Free library a $500,000 donation to provide wireless capability at the Central Library and technology renovations at several branches. Inside the main entrance (shown), an Internet Read More