Features: Superfast Wi-Fi standard 'n' official: consumer FAQs
A new standard for Wi-Fi communication, 802.11n, is now official paving the way for faster, more reliable, and more efficient wireless networks. That means improvements to streaming of HD content, better performance for applications running on a Wi-Fi network such as VoIP, and longer laptop batter life given 802.11n chips use less power.
Jared Newman 13/09/2009 02:35:00
Features: 802.11n set for final approval
Sometime on Friday, at the sprawling Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, N.J., an IEEE group called the Standards Board is expected to approve the 802.11n wireless LAN standard.
John Cox 11/09/2009 06:07:00
Features: At 40 years old, what's next for the Internet?
As the Internet hits 40 this week, it's not difficult to look back and see the changes it's brought to the world.
Sharon Gaudin 04/09/2009 08:05:00
Features: The Wacky World of WiFi
In honor of the 802.11n WiFi standard getting close to arriving after wandering through the desert for 40 years, let's look at wireless. Our focus today is on helping you WiFi better, even if it means doing less WiFi.
James E. Gaskin 03/09/2009 02:58:00
Features: Best tech bargains of the week: August 14
Cheap TVs, new GPS devices and bargain Wi-Fi routers
James Hutchinson 14/08/2009 12:06:00
Features: Secrets of the best enterprise Wi-Fi networks revealed
A just released Aberdeen Group research report identifies the steps taken by best-in-class enterprise IT groups to create secure, pervasive, manageable, reliable, high-performance Wi-Fi networks.
John Cox 13/08/2009 08:14:00
Features: Who says the router can't be sexy?
Technology vendors have often been on the cutting-edge of technology innovation, but the same can't always be said of their design. Manufacturers have more often been concerned about what's inside the box, devoting less time and resources to the look and feel of the box itself.
Jeff Jedras 12/08/2009 04:24:00
Features: Voicemail etiquette: Sending the right message
Yes, people do still make telephone calls. They probably shouldn't, but they do. Here are five rules--some new and some of long standing--for dealing with the perils of voicemail.
Christopher Null 12/08/2009 14:42:00
Features: Fathers of technology: 10 unsung heroes
In the tech world, the inventor, originator or driving force behind a new product or technology is typically dubbed "father of the _______".
Neal Weinberg 06/08/2009 10:18:00
Features: The battle over voice, the war of UC
Last week, I wrote about the possible implications of the new lineup of FCC commissioners. They certainly haven't wasted any time: On Aug. 3, the FCC launched a full-scale investigation into the decision by Apple and AT&T to reject Google's voice application for the iPhone. As Sanford Bernstein telecom analyst Craig Moffatt notes, "The issue of application suppression affords the Administration a back door route to Wireless Net Neutrality, something that has been openly espoused by new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski."
Johna Till Johnson 06/08/2009 09:09:00
 
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