Clearwire Comments: Some Pro, Many Con
December 17, 2010
Clearwire responds to readers' complaints about its service.
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 blog highlights Bang & Olufsen's new wireless music dock Beolit 12. Photo (M)0
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
No matter where music comes from, new wireless devices can move it to your stereo and pipe it around the house.
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, under pressure from regulators, will offer people the option to keep names and locations of their Wi-Fi routers out of a company database.
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.
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.