USDA awarding $310 million for broadband projects
(AP) -- The Agriculture Department is handing out nearly $310 million in stimulus money to bring high-speed Internet connections to 14 rural communities around the country.
Telecom
Jan 25, 2010
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News tagged with wireless connectivity
RCA's Airenergy charger converts WiFi energy to electricity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Airenergy is a gadget that can harvest free electricity from WiFi signals such as those from a wireless Internet connection, apparently with enough efficiency to make it practical for recharging devices such ...
SAMSUNG Sets New Standards, Breaks Boundaries with Latest Lineup of Blu-ray Players
Samsung Electronics today unveiled its 2010 lineup of Blu-ray players, reaching new frontiers in delivering quality HD home entertainment. Standing out among the four-player lineup is the winner of the 2010 CES Best of Innovations ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 8, 2010
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Obama administration seeks more wireless spectrum
(AP) -- The Obama administration is calling on federal regulators to make more radio spectrum available for wireless Internet services to compete with broadband plans provided by the major phone and cable companies.
Telecom
Jan 4, 2010
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Skiff unveils e-reader for newspapers, magazines
US company Skiff released details Monday of its upcoming electronic reader, a device slightly bigger than Amazon's largest Kindle designed for reading newspapers and magazines in addition to books.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 4, 2010
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NICTA demonstrates new interference-cancellation modem for 3G femtocell networks
(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 ...
Telecom
Nov 10, 2009
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Modified Bluetooth speeds up telemedicine
A telemedicine system based on a modified version of the Bluetooth wireless protocol can transfer patient data, such as medical images from patient to the healthcare provider's mobile device for patient assessment almost ...
Engineering
Nov 2, 2009
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Sony opens electronic bookstore to self-publishers
Sony opened its electronic bookstore to would-be authors Tuesday in a partnership with two self-publishing companies.
Internet
Sep 29, 2009
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IREX latest entrant in US e-reader field
Dutch company IREX Technologies, a spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics, unveiled a new electronic reader for the US market on Wednesday, the latest entrant in an increasingly crowded field.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 24, 2009
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Variables play into how well wireless works
In a recent column, Dianne Dunlap, a customer support engineer specializing in wireless technology for Cisco Systems, gave a thorough breakdown of how to check whether wireless Internet connectivity problems are due to wireless ...
Telecom
Aug 28, 2009
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