Brad Reed - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Brad Reed

Article | 29/07/2009 Sprint buying Virgin Mobile USA for $US483 million

Sprint Nextel is buying Virgin Mobile USA, a subsidiary of the UK-based entertainment and communications giant that has over 5 million prepaid wireles...

Article | 21/07/2009 Five technologies Iran is using to censor the Web

One month after a disputed presidential election sparked widespread unrest in Iran, the country's government has initiated a cyber-crackdown that is c...

Article | 15/07/2009 Broadband generates $32B annual 'consumer surplus' in US, study finds

Broadband connectivity is delivering U.S. households an annual consumer surplus of around $32 billion, according to a new study from economic consulti...

Article | 10/07/2009 How ending exclusivity agreements would change the telecom industry

US iPhone lovers who want their device freed from AT&T's wireless network could soon get their wish.

Article | 2/07/2009 Why the iPhone can't be 'killed'

Every few months, some new hopeful to the smartphone market will garner enough hype where various media outlets will dub it an "iPhone killer".

Article | 1/07/2009 The challenges of bringing fiber to the home

Carriers worried about the cost of deploying fiber should concentrate primarily on lowering their installation costs and driving up their adoption rat...

Article | 23/06/2009 T-Mobile's Android-powered myTouch 3G due in August

As if the summer smartphone blockbuster season wasn't competitive enough, T-Mobile has announced a new contender slated for August that will be its se...

Article | 23/06/2009 iPhone 3GS keeps Apple ahead of the curve

The iPhone 3GS's internal hardware indicates that Apple is still at the leading edge of smartphone innovation, say the electronics repair specialists ...

Article | 19/06/2009 Iran so far unwilling to completely choke off 'Net

Despite attempts to consolidate Internet traffic, the Iranian government has so far been unwilling to shut down its entire Internet infrastructure, ac...

Article | 16/06/2009 Twitter spearheads Iranian elections coverage

This past weekend, something strange happened in the U.S. media landscape: Twitter helped shape coverage of the Iranian elections protests.

Article | 9/06/2009 Palm Pre strong but not revolutionary, says electronics repair company

Not content to merely fiddle around with the Palm Pre's operating system and software, the electronics repair specialists at Rapid Repair opened up th...

Article | 5/06/2009 RIM patches BlackBerry PDF vulnerability

Research in Motion (<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/rim.html">RIM</a>) has issued a new security patch for <a href="http://www.net...

Article | 4/06/2009 WiMAX Forum looks to femtocells to improve coverage

Looking to improve indoor coverage for WiMAX devices, the WiMAX Forum is partnering with the Femto Forum to create a femtocell that routes WiMAX signa...

Article | 28/05/2009 Verizon trials 100G technology with UK research network

Verizon Business took its next step toward deploying 100Gbps by trialing its 100G optical service with the United Kingdom's national research and educ...

Article | 28/05/2009 Don't overhype WiMAX speeds, analyst warns operators

WiMAX operators who overhype their networks' peak speeds risk angering early adopters who feel their expectations haven't been met, an analyst from Py...