News tagged with signal strength

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Blackberry rejects Apple's signal loss claim

Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has fired back at Apple over its claim that all smartphones suffer signal loss when held in a certain way.

Technology / Business

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 6

Wi-Fi signals can see through walls

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Utah, USA, have discovered that variations in signal strengths in wireless networks can be used to "see" movements of people on the other side of walls or ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2 weblog

Graphene may open the gate to future terahertz technologies

Nestled between radio waves and infrared light is the terahertz (THz) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. By adding a nanoscale bit of graphene, researchers have found a better way to tune radiation for a THz transmitter.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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Microsoft advocates new WiFi-NC to make use of white spaces in spectrum

(PhysOrg.com) -- Four years ago, the FCC began allowing limited use of the so-called white spaces in the electromagnetic spectrum that is shared by all wireless devices (in the United States). The white spaces ...

Technology / Telecom

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Consumer Reports faults iPhone 4 antenna in test

Consumer Reports said Monday it will not recommend Apple Inc.'s newest iPhone because of reception problems caused by its antenna design.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Apple tells iPhone 4 owners to get a grip (Update)

Apple wants owners of its latest generation iPhone to get a proper grip on the handset. As analysts on Friday fired off predictions that opening day iPhone 4 sales would easily top a million, Apple dismissed ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Apple hit with lawsuit over iPhone 4 antenna woes

Apple is hiring antenna engineers to work on its iPhone, the latest generation of which has triggered lawsuits from buyers upset because certain grips choke signal strength.

Technology / Business

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 9

Protein is key to embryonic stem cell differentiation

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have learned that a protein called Shp2 plays a critical role in the pathways that control decisions for differentiation or self-renewal in both human embryonic ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spreading high-speed Internet to rural areas

To cut the cost of bringing high-speed Internet to rural areas, Dr. Ka Lun Lee and colleagues at the University of Melbourne and NEC Australia in the state of Victoria are experimenting with a way to boost the reach of existing ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'We aren't perfect': Free cases to alleviate iPhone 4 problems (Update 2)

(AP) -- A perfect iPhone? There's no app for that. Apple Inc. will give free protective cases to buyers of its latest iPhone to prevent reception problems that occur when people cover a certain spot on the ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 7

Apple settles iPhone 4 antenna lawsuit: report

Apple has reached a settlement over a class-action lawsuit filed over the antenna problem which dogged the 2010 launch of its iPhone 4, according to a statement published.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0