Wi-Fi

At first blush, it's another one of those, "Sure, it will happen ... eventually," type of situations. I mean does anyone envision a commercial air fleet without readily available Internet service 20 years down the runway?  

If you’ve got one of Telstra’s superfast 4G USB modems, and you wish that you could plug it into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot so all your devices can feel the need for 4G speed… Netcomm’s new M2 could well be your new best M8.  

I betcha? don?t get quite as excited about a wireless router as you do a phone or tablet, do you? But that?s the point: If you get a good router it?s boring in the best way: Easy to set up and then just works. Yes, there are such things. I?m Brian Cooley ...  

Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless, the operator of a network of worldwide Wi-Fi access points, signed two big deals with shopping center operators this morning. Boingo said that it has signed shopping center operator Westfield, to manage and sponsor Wi-Fi at 17 Westfield shopping centers, and, separately, that it will be managing and operating Wi-Fi networks at three malls for mall operator Cafaro. No financial details were released for either...  

[Geeky Gadgets] Onkyo has this week taken the wraps off its new GX-W100HV speakers which are equipped with both Wi-Fi and DLNA support. The master speaker of the pair is fitted with 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, and uses Wi-Fi Protected Setup...  

Roaming between WiFi networks and cellular carriers will be getting easier, reports Marguerite Reardon at C/Net. The IEEE is developing 802.11u and the Wi-Fi Alliance has developed a Hotspot 2.0 initiative to enable easier roaming between hetrogeneous networks. Wi-Fi Alliance’s Hotspot 2.0 is certification program. It drew largely from 802.11u, which enhances network discovery and [...]  

Frontier Airlines announced the launch Monday of onboard Wi-Fi service, with a 30-minute free trial during February. The Denver-based carrier said the Wi-Fi service is available on its Embraer 190 fleet through a contract with Gogo, an Illinois company that started in 2008 with Wi-Fi on American Airlines. Dan Krause, vice president of marketing and customer experience for Frontier, said in a statement that the airline is confident the Wi-Fi...  

So when we consumers start to see seamless Wi-Fi access via these new standards? That depends on how quickly handset and other connected device makers update their products to the new standards. The Wi-Fi Alliance said it will begin certifying ...  

With this agreement, Boingo now manages Wi-Fi networks in 33 malls across the country. Cafaro's shopping center guests will be able to access Boingo Wi-Fi on any Wi-Fi-enabled device -- including their smartphones, tablets and laptops -- while ...  

Starting in April, shopping-center guests will be able to access Boingo Wi-Fi on any Wi-Fi-enabled device ... plans to unveil a new Chevrolet Cruze station wagon at the 82nd International Geneva Motor Show next month but says it will not ...  

(SkyNewswire.com) Do you know what is it? Are you quite familiar with it? It seems that many people can’t quite make up its mind about what to actually call this device. On the company’s website it’s billed as the Mobile Broadband MiFi, while on the box it’s simply titled Mobile Wi-Fi. Whatever the company finally settles on calling it, one thing is for sure, it does a hell of a lot more than your standard broadband modem. This is because the...  

... Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), country's national agency to respond to computer security incidents, has found that the "Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) contains a design error that could allow a weaker-than- expected defence against brute ...  

HTC is in the process of sending out software updates to some of its smartphones to address a security issue concerning the Wi-Fi radio. The problem revolves around applications with the "access_wifi_state" permission, and the ability to sniff out Wi-Fi passwords for networks to which the phone is connected. The affected handsets include the Desire HD, myTouch 4G, Desire S, Sensation, EVO 3D, Droid Incredible, and Thunderbolt. The update had...  

802.11ac: next-gen Wi-FiIf you thought Wi-Fi couldn't get much faster than 802.11n, think again.802.11ac, dubbed 5G Wi-Fi, promises ridiculously fast wireless connections, better range, improved reliability, improved power consumption and a free horse. (OK, we're lying about the horse.) 802.11ac is the latest evolution of Wi-Fi, and it should be particularly good for gaming and HD video streaming. So how does it work, does it live up to the...  

One product in particular, Eye-Fi Share, a Wi-Fi enabled Secure Digital (SD) card, makes it easy and affordable to add Wi-Fi to any digital camera by means of an SD card slot. The Eye-Fi card is the first wireless memory card. It stores media and fits into ...