Apple's iMessage texting service takes aim at wireless carriers
With its latest operating system update, Apple Inc. is poised to strike a blow to wireless carriers by making free texting more ubiquitous.
Telecom
Oct 14, 2011
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S. Korea's LG unveils ultra-high-speed smartphone
South Korea's LG Electronics Monday launched a new smartphone with ultra-high-speed network technology in a bid to catch up with rivals Apple and Samsung.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 10, 2011
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Sprint down after testy meeting with analysts
(AP) -- The struggling wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. said Friday that it will need to raise more money to build a higher-speed data network even as it must spend more to subsidize sales of the new iPhone to its customers.
Telecom
Oct 8, 2011
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Lawmakers question WHouse role in wireless project
Republican lawmakers say the White House may have tried to push through a company's proposed wireless network despite objections from the military that the project could disrupt vital satellite navigation systems.
Telecom
Sep 17, 2011
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AT&T takes wraps off wireless data network
Unbeknownst to most customers, AT&T Inc. has fired up a new wireless data network in five cities in the last few months, offering roughly double the speeds of its older network for a handful of devices.
Telecom
Sep 16, 2011
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Shake, rattle and ... power up? A new MEMS device generates energy from small vibrations
Today's wireless-sensor networks can do everything from supervising factory machinery to tracking environmental pollution to measuring the movement of buildings and bridges. Working together, distributed sensors can monitor ...
General Physics
Sep 14, 2011
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Google to offer tracking opt-out to Wi-Fi owners (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc. is going to let people with home wireless networks decide whether they want to be lumped into a system that helps pinpoint the locations of people on cell phones.
Telecom
Sep 13, 2011
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Group shows botnet threat in the future may come from the sky
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sven Dietrich, an assistant professor in computer science at the Stevens Institute of Technology, and two of his students have given a demonstration of an aerial drone, that they say could be used to spy ...
Nanoscale spin waves can replace microwaves
A group of scientists from the University of Gothenburg and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, have become the first group in the world to demonstrate that theories about nanoscale spin waves agree with observations. ...
Nanophysics
Sep 7, 2011
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Tech company to build science ghost town in NM
New Mexico, home to several of the nation's premier scientific, nuclear and military institutions, is planning to embark on a science project of unprecedented scale - a petri dish the size of a large U.S. city.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 6, 2011
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