Tag: wireless

Can the Wireless Internet Be Neutral?

By David Talbot | 09/30/2009 | 8 Comments

The FCC's coming struggle: regulating "fairness" on the airwaves.

Intel's Wireless Power Play

By Kate Greene | 06/22/2009 | 9 Comments

A research project cuts the electric cord, wirelessly charging an electronic device.

Wireless Power Harvesting for Cell Phones

By Duncan Graham-Rowe | 06/09/2009 | 0 Comments

Nokia hopes to create a device that could harvest enough power to keep a cell phone topped up.

Sending Cell Phones into the Cloud

By Christopher Mims | 05/01/2009 | 0 Comments

New technology offloads processing from a mobile device to its cloud-based doppelganger.

When Your Diet Needs a Band-Aid

By Lauren Gravitz | 05/01/2009 | 2 Comments

A new "smart patch" determines caloric intake and expenditure.

Hijacking Mobile-Phone Data

By Erica Naone | 04/17/2009 | 5 Comments

Researchers claim to be able to hijack cell-phone data connections.

High-Definition Video over Wi-Fi

By Kate Greene | 02/18/2009 | 0 Comments

Wireless chips could soon manage a gigabit of data per second.

The Year in Computing

By Kate Greene | 12/23/2008 | 0 Comments

Computer interfaces, wireless devices, memory, and microprocessors were all hot topics in 2008.

The Coming Wireless Revolution

By Kate Greene | 11/14/2008 | 2 Comments

Gadgets that operate over television frequencies promise to transform the wireless landscape.

Wireless at Fiber Speeds

By Kate Greene | 10/03/2008 | 8 Comments

New millimeter-wave technology sends data at 10 gigabits per second.

Road Tolls Hacked

By Duncan Graham-Rowe | 08/25/2008 | 9 Comments

A researcher claims that toll transponders can be cloned, allowing drivers to pass for free.

High Definition Closes In

By TR Editors | 08/19/2008 | 0 Comments

Broadband Anywhere

By Larry Hardesty | 08/19/2008 | 1 Comment

Sprint turns Baltimore into a giant wireless hot spot.

Faster Wireless Networks

By Duncan Graham-Rowe | 05/21/2008 | 6 Comments

Sending descriptions of data could be more efficient than sending the data itself.

Tuning Terahertz

By Kate Greene | 04/18/2008 | 2 Comments

A new device gives researchers unprecedented control over an unwieldy part of the spectrum.