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Protecting a Cellphone Against Hackers
Protecting a Cellphone Against Hackers

As cellphones become more like computers, they are attracting hackers who can listen to calls or steal information. But there are ways to bolster a phone’s defenses.

GADGETWISE; An Homage to the Past, but With Bigger Sound and Wi-Fi

Gadgetwise blog highlights Bang & Olufsen's new wireless music dock Beolit 12. Photo (M)0

NOVELTIES; A Wireless Answer To Data Traffic Jams

Anne Eisenberg Novelties column observes that to battle information overload at data centers, researchers are testing a new option: high-frequency wireless links that can help move the data along during crunch times. Photos (M)a

Stereos Made to Pluck Music From the Air
Stereos Made to Pluck Music From the Air

No matter where music comes from, new wireless devices can move it to your stereo and pipe it around the house.

BITS; Disruptions: Fliers Turn Phones Off, But It's Not Clear Why

Nick Bilton Disruptions column observes old government rules persist against airline passengers using electronic devices on flights without evidence that they help keep fliers safe; points out no crashes are attributed to people using technology on a plane.

Google Allows Wi-Fi Owners to Opt Out of Database

Google, under pressure from regulators, will offer people the option to keep names and locations of their Wi-Fi routers out of a company database.

Readers’ Choice Words on Fees for Hotel Wi-Fi
Readers’ Choice Words on Fees for Hotel Wi-Fi

The possibility that hotels might purchase a lot more bandwidth from their Internet providers and offer Wi-Fi to guests in a tiered-fee system provoked anger.

IPads Change Economics, and Speed, of Hotel Wi-Fi-On the Road
IPads Change Economics, and Speed, of Hotel Wi-Fi-On the Road

Guest room Wi-Fi networks that most hotels thought they had brought up to standard just a few years ago are now often groaning under user demands.

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