Monday, February 07, 2011

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Sacramento County elects to use Wi-Fi cloud service
California's Sacramento County has moved much of its Wi-Fi networking onto a cloud management services platform and is considering adding a similar routing component to the environment. Read More


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Despite LTE hype, Wi-Fi is the real deal
MIAMI -- With all the hype surrounding 4G technologies such as LTE and WiMAX, it's easy to forget just how useful Wi-Fi is in our daily lives. Read More

GreenPois0n jailbreak tool now frees iPhones from App Store
The hacker group known as Chronic Dev Team has released code that lets any Apple device running the latest iOS firmware to load apps without having to go through the iTunes App Store. Read More

iPhone fanatics willing to brave snow and cold to stand in Verizon lines Feb. 10
More than a quarter of AT&T customers and about a quarter of Verizon customers say they are willing to wait in line on Feb. 10 to switch over to Apple iPhones that will run on Verizon's 3G wireless network. Read More


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Motorola ATRIX 4G: A new stage for smartphone, PC integration
With the release of the Motorola ATRIX 4G, the line between smartphones and personal computers will become a little blurrier. Read More

Verizon Wireless puts bandwidth hogs on a data diet
Verizon will throttle back bandwidth available to the biggest data hogs on its wireless network in what it calls an effort to keep up service quality for everybody else. Read More

Yahoo: Don't blame us for Microsoft's Windows Phone data glitch
The Windows Phone 7 data glitch, which causes some phones to spike on their data use when syncing with Yahoo Mail, was created by Microsoft, according to a statement late last night by Yahoo. Read More


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4G shootout: Verizon LTE vs. Sprint WiMax
Last month, I pitted Sprint's WiMax-based fourth-generation (4G) network against its third-generation (3G) network in a series of real-world tests around the New York metropolitan area. My goal was to find out whether the speed boost you'll get is worth the hassle and expense of upgrading from 3G to 4G. Read More

Cisco sees 26-fold hike in mobile data traffic by 2015
Cisco is projecting a huge increase in mobile data traffic through 2015. Read More

IT execs hope iPad, PlayBook can boost decision-making process
IT executives at Chevron and TD Bank are testing whether tablets like Apple's iPad and the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook can be used to improve workflow processes int their companies. Read More



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