Wireless networking

Wireless networking

• AP source: Google to pay $7M to settle Wi-Fi case

  Google will pay a $7 million penalty to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader's collection of emails, passwords and other ... 

• NKorea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners

  North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second ... 

• How to stay connected in a power outage

  Here are some tips for communicating with emergency services and loved ones as a snowstorm bears down on the Northeast: __ Keep your phones plugged ... 

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  NKorea eases rules, lets visitors bring cellphones

  North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to bring their own phones into the country. However, security ... 

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  Google to offer public Wi-Fi in NYC neighborhood

  Google said Tuesday it is teaming up with a New York City neighborhood business group to provide the company's first urban Wi-Fi network. The network ... 

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  Boeing engineers use spuds to improve in-air Wi-Fi

  If the wireless Internet connection during your holiday flight seems more reliable than it used to, you could have the humble potato to thank. 

• 2 bombers target mobile phone firms in Nigeria

  Authorities blame a radical Islamist sect for twin suicide car bombings targeting two major mobile phone companies, an official said Saturday, ... 

• Sprint raises offer, to buy Clearwire for $2.2B

  Sprint, the country's third-largest cellphone company, said Monday that it will buy out the portion of wireless network operator Clearwire that it ... 

• Sprint offers $2.1B for the rest of Clearwire

  Sprint Nextel has offered to buy out the minority shareholders of Clearwire for $2.1 billion in a deal that would give it total control of the ... 

• Google buys Wi-Fi provider ICOA for $400 million

  Google has bought an operator of Wi-Fi hotspots in high-traffic locations such as airports, hotels and fast-food restaurants. Google Inc. is paying ...