CSIRO secures wireless patent win

This is excellent news for Australia's premier scientific research organisation, The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), which for the past few years has had to seek external funding due to government cutbacks. Hopefully, wins like this will...

Power Pad Offers Easy Recharge for devices...with no wires!

" Amid the wireless buzz, a company claims to have solved the "last wire" dilemma by eliminating the need to plug in devices to charge them. Startup MobileWise is working with Acer and others to ship (early next year) a pad with a conductive surface capable of powering...

MiFi Puts a Hotspot In Your Pocket

Ok so what really got me was the Title of the article.. Hotspot in your pocket.. Now thats just wrong.   Still with Verizon this could cost an arm and a leg..   " Novatel Wireless MiFi Puts a Hotspot In Your Pocket Yardena Arar, PC World Dec 9, 2008...

Four Door Media introduces Road Mice

" Four Door Media introduces its innovative wireless optical car shaped computer mouse called Road Mice which is officially licensed by renowned auto manufacturers. You can now park a Dodge Charger,...

THQ Wireless Star Wars: The Clone Wars mobile game announced

The players have to travel through climbable walls, bunkers, tunnels, caverns and battle four types of droids that are controlled by the Separatist Army. The players can interact with Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous from the Star Wars movies as well as some new characters...

Emerging Wireless Technologies - 4G technologies

Although the new, third generation (3G) wireless technology has not yet been implemented, leading companies in the industry are already laying the groundwork for what some are calling fourth generation (4G)...

GE Concocts Battery Free RFID

" " Remember when RFID was the next big thing? When the world couldn't wait to have their luggage easily tracked at every airport? And when supply chain managers were all set to kick back and let these little tags do all the dirty work? Outside of a few exceptions, the...

eCoupled Technolog - Wireless Electricity Comes to Reality

" Imagine yourself charging your cellphone without any cords, heating up your coffee mug wirelessly or lighting your room with a wireless electric bulb!! Does it sound too good to be true? Well not any more. "

Google's New Smartphone Wows Consumers, But Enterprises Must Wait

"Google (NSDQ: GOOG), T-Mobile, and htc launched the latest salvo in the smartphone wars as they unveiled the first handset to support Google's Android operating system. The G1 smartphone, manufactured by HTC and...

NTSB Seeks Order Banning Use of Cell Phones by Train Operators

"September 16, 2008- Ever since the news that teenage train enthusiasts were text messaging the train engineer at the time of the train crash in Chatsworth, the NTSB has sought an order banning the use of cell...

Senate Antitrust Committee on SMS Prices: "WTF? $$$"

The US Antitrust Subcommittee is taking a closer look at price fixing for mobile services, as all the major US carriers doubled their price for delivery of text messages."In a letter, US Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI)...

Stealing Credit Card Numbers for Eight Bucks

Radio Frequency ID (RFID, which could also stand for "Really F***ing Insecure, Dude) is all the rage with credit card companies, though they have not done much of anything to actually make them secure. The video...

Telus cancels 'unlimited' data plan

Telus has canceled one of its most popular data plans: a $75/month plan that allowed cell phones to be used as modems for laptops. One of the big reasons is due to "abuse." It seems that unlimited meant "within...

Record-breaking Wireless Internet to Help Rural Areas

Many initiatives seek to bring inexpensive access to the internet to rural and remote regions around the world. One of the most successful ways to rapidly expand access is to offer wireless internet so that anyone...

One laptop per child for all in Niue

The tiny island of Niue in South Pacific is an autonomous territory with a population of just under 1500. Surprisingly, the island boasts a high literacy rate of 95%, which is commensurate with that in Portugal....

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