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Article | 23/05/2013 As Ethernet turns 40, some seek to take it to the Cloud
As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous techn...
Article | 23/05/2013 Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network
Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless...
Article | 22/05/2013 Would you pay $US30 for a waterproof Android smartphone?
If you've ever dropped, broken or drowned your mobile phone, Kyocera Wireless has a deal for you: two new waterproofed Android phones, one of them rug...
Article | 22/05/2013 Google Drive updates Android UI, adds document scanning
Google's Drive cloud storage service has been retooled for Android users and is now capable of capturing a document by converting a photo of it to tex...
Article | 21/05/2013 Ericsson software automates Wi-Fi vs. cell choice in mixed networks
New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular ne...
Article | 20/05/2013 Smartphones take center stage in two-factor authentication schemes
We all know that relying on a simple user ID and password combination is fraught with peril. One alternative is to use one of the single sign-on solut...
Article | 20/05/2013 Corning taps into optical fiber for better indoor wireless
Bringing wireless indoors, which was once just a matter of antennas carrying a few cellular bands so people could get phone calls, has grown far more ...
Article | 15/05/2013 Cisco cites data-center, wireless for quarterly revenue increase
Data-center and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing c...
Article | 15/05/2013 Google I/O: A lower-key Android keynote, but devs get huge set of new tools
Those hoping for a major new Android version or splashy device launch were likely disappointed by the Android portion of the keynote today at the Goog...
Article | 14/05/2013 BlackBerry Messenger is expanding to iOS and Android
BlackBerry's free Messenger service is being expanded to work with iOS and Android devices, the company announced today at its BlackBerry Live event.
Article | 14/05/2013 Upbeat BlackBerry launches new Q5 qwerty smartphone
The annual BlackBerry Live conference was kicked off Tuesday with the launch of a new 3.1-in. qwerty smartphone, the BlackBerry Q5, that's slated to g...
Article | 13/05/2013 New Samsung tech could pave way for 5G in 2020
Existing 4G networks for mobile devices still have limited global reach, but that's not going to keep 5G technology waiting in the wings. Samsung has ...
Article | 13/05/2013 In Pictures: 12 iPhone apps that will make you a networking star
Have some business travel planned? Get ready to put on a happy face, chat strangers up and expand your professional circle at the next conference or s...
Article | 13/05/2013 Networks in 2020: More traffic, less energy
Networks could use far less energy by 2020 even though they'll be carrying much more traffic, an industry group says.
Article | 10/05/2013 iPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending May 10
An unstable hot air mass troubled the iOSphere this week, the sky blackened by contradictory rumours, sometimes in the same blog post.