Is it wrong to ‘steal’ someone’s unsecured wireless connection? I’m pretty sure everyone’s done it in the past.
Picture the scene: You’re sitting in the park on your lunch break, you switch your laptop on to check some dull work spreadsheet and low and behold, up pop’s a connection notice…
Do you A: Ignore the [...]

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Due to the costs associated with expanding, Clearwire have reported first-quarter losses. The Kirkland, Washington based company posted a loss of $176.4 million, or $1.08 per share. At the same time last year they posted a loss of ‘just’ $92.6 million, or 64 cents per share.
Although losses almost doubled, Clearwire reported revenue rose 76 percent [...]

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The long-rumored national mobile WiMAX partnership between Sprint and Clearwire is now official, both companies have announced.
The new company will be called Clearwire, of which Sprint will own 51 percent. Intel, Comcast, Google, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks combined are investing $3.2 billion based on a $20 estimated per-share price when [...]

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Wireless broadband provider The Cloud is taking wi-fi access technology from Devicescape to make it easy for customers to connect to the network’s 10, 500 hotspots around the UK.
The software client Mycloud will provide seamless logon to home, office, public and free networks, the company claims.
The Cloud’s business director, Owen Geddes said the company hopes [...]

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We have wireless routers, we have mobile phone systems which mirror the modern office of today and we have access to networks and data 24 hours a day 7 days a week, from almost any place on earth. But are you making the most of it?
Small businesses seem to be in a prime position [...]

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While the whole world seems to have been primed for the launch of Apple’s new iPhone in June, it seems that the new product may be a lot bigger and a lot better than everyone has been led to believe. Rumours believed to have come from within the Apple camp are suggesting we will [...]

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With only 67 days to go until the launch of the new TextCu social network, we are starting to see the interest build in what is something a little different to anything else on the market. As well as offering a web based service the network also comes with a TextCu key chain which [...]

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As the wireless revolution continues to grab hold of more and more areas of our everyday lives, many people are starting to wonder whether it is all becoming a little too much. Do we really need to be working on the move all day every day? Do we really need as many wireless systems [...]

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Would you believe it, just after the US sale of wireless radio waves goes through without any real concerns the UK version has been put on hold after a flood of comments and suggestions from those in the industry. While initially the telecom regulator, OFCOM, announced plans to “take back” more than a third [...]

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It has been reported that even Pope Benedict XVI has recognised that the future is wireless technology with news that Sprint were employed to supply 600 direct connect handsets during the Popes visit to the US. It seems that the US authorities were concerned that the Pope and his advisers / personnel needed to [...]

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