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Wi-Fi aid for Haiti

CHF International shared its satellite link with other aid organizations in Haiti via a Wi-Fi network built by Inveneo

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News about Wi-Fi

Article | 10/04/2013 Microsoft pushes yet another Surface RT update meant to fix Wi-Fi woes
The third time might be the charm for Microsoft, which just released a third update in as many months meant to fix Wi-Fi connectivity issues plaguing ...
Article | 6/10/2011 WiFi users blissfully ignorant about real security, research finds
New research conducted on behalf of the Wi-Fi Alliance shows that while wireless users are making strides on the security front, they’re still leaving...
Article | 2/07/2011 Controlling Wi-Fi radio 'nap-time' reaps big power savings
A Duke University grad student has come up with a way to double, or more, battery life in Wi-Fi devices, without any changes needed on the device itse...
Article | 14/06/2011 Smartphone data plans: How to keep bandwidth usage in check
I love my hometown of San Francisco. Great weather, great views, great food. But terrible radio. So when I'm driving, I've developed the habit of tuni...
Article | 31/05/2011 Internode launches low cost 3G Wi-Fi modem
Australian ISP Internode has launched a new battery-operated, portable 3G Wi-Fi modem, citing 'market demand' as the key driver for its release.

Tutorials about Wi-Fi

Article | 29/07/2010 Troubleshoot sluggish or non-working Wi-Fi
I'm a big fan of working at offsite locations--meaning my local Wi-Fi-equipped coffee shop. In fact, I'll often spend the afternoon hunkered down at P...
Article | 11/05/2010 5 Tips for Pain-Free Wireless Home Networking
Hair-pullingly bad experiences with wireless networking have led me to formulate Snyder's First Law of Home Networking: No matter who sells you the ro...
Article | 14/12/2009 How to diagnose a bad Wi-Fi connection
Network problems are the thorniest to resolve. They've been known to reduce my vocabulary to curses so strong they'd embarrass Quentin Tarantino.
Article | 2/05/2009 Expand a small network with an Ethernet switch
Most home-office networks start with a PC, a router, and a modem. But when a small single-user network grows into a larger multiuser network, your ori...
Article | 12/02/2009 Find yourself on Google Latitude without GPS or a phone
<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Google+Latitude.html">Google Latitude</a> is a useful--if slightly <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter...

Features about Wi-Fi

Article | 29/05/2010 Google Wi-Fi snooping should serve as security wakeup call
The continuing saga of Google's wireless snooping and the maelstrom it's generated won't end anytime soon.
Article | 19/05/2010 Google Wi-Fi data snooping: An FAQ
Google is cleaning up its mess after the company says it mistakenly collecting browsing data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks as part of its Street Vi...
Article | 20/01/2010 Free Wi-Fi hotspots in Australia
Compared to the US and Europe, Australia doesn't have an abundance of free Wi-Fi hotspots.
Article | 13/11/2009 What's next for Wi-Fi?
The recent formal approval of the IEEE 802.11n wireless standard marks not the end but the start of a wave of Wi-Fi innovation. In the next three to f...
Article | 11/09/2009 802.11n set for final approval
Sometime on Friday, at the sprawling Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, N.J., an IEEE group called the Standards Board is expected to approve the 8...