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Article | 5/05/2011 New Wi-Fi gear aims to wipe out Ethernet edge switches

Meru announced on Wednesday high-performance Wi-Fi access points and software designed to let enterprise IT groups replace wired Ethernet switches at ...

Article | 4/05/2011 Motorola jacks up high-end 802.11n Wi-Fi controller capacity tenfold

Motorola Solutions Tuesday recast its enterprise WLAN product line with a new range of one- and two-radio 802.11n Wi-Fi access points, plus a large-sc...

Article | 3/05/2011 Internet creaks under tidal wave of bin Laden death news

President Obama's late-night announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden by Navy SEALs triggered a massive amount of real-time comments, searches, so...

Article | 29/04/2011 Apple testing iOS 5 with third-party apps

Apple is testing internally the next major iOS release with third-party applications, according to some trace evidence uncovered by an iPhone software...

Article | 29/04/2011 Latest iPad security threat: Fake jailbreak code

An anonymous coder is messing with the heads of jailbreakers – the folks who develop and run code that lets your Apple iOS device load applications wi...

Article | 28/04/2011 Apple clarifies iPhone tracking practice, vows software tweaks

Apple on Wednesday released a statement about its iPhone location tracking, clarifying its practices and promising changes via a software update.

Article | 27/04/2011 iPhone, iPad users sue Apple over location tracking database

An iPhone user and an iPad user have sued Apple over its location tracking database on their devices. The federal class action suit alleges that Apple...

Article | 23/04/2011 iPhone 5: Rounding up the rumors

Here's the latest roundup of Apple iPhone 5 rumors and speculation. The basic idea: It will be better than iPhone 4.

Article | 23/04/2011 iPad 2 sales hurt by Q1 production shortages

If you think it's hard to get your hands on an Apple iPad 2 now, gird up your loins: It's likely to get harder.

Article | 6/04/2011 iPad 2 shortages spread to the afterlife

iPad 2 shortages may have started easing in the U.S. but they're plaguing the afterlife in Malaysia: Chinese families there are scrambling to find pap...

Article | 1/04/2011 Do Microsoft's Windows Phone numbers show OS is a success?

A year ago, Microsoft released free developer tools for its Windows Phone 7 mobile OS. Today, Microsoft is celebrating a set of numbers that show, the...

Article | 31/03/2011 Android smartphones now can run Firefox 4.0

Android smartphone users finally have a chance to run a mobile version of the Firefox browser. It's the first time the smartphone version has been rel...

Article | 21/03/2011 AT&T's $39B T-Mobile buyout raises regulatory, competitive and customer service questions

AT&T’s surprise buyout of T-Mobile USA for $39 billion has industry watchers scrambling to figure out what the deal means for subscribers, the U.S...

Article | 18/03/2011 Xoom tablet pricing for Wi-Fi model sparks online debate

The $599 price for the Wi-Fi only Xoom tablet from Motorola Mobility has triggered an online debate about whether it's competitive with Apple's iPad 2...

Article | 16/03/2011 New Aruba products blend Wi-Fi, wired access at network edge

The company that helped pioneer the controller-based enterprise wireless LAN is now selling wired Ethernet switches -- with a twist.