Court puts CSIRO Wi-Fi injunction on hold
A federal court in the U.S. has temporarily lifted an injunction that banned Buffalo Technology (USA) from selling its IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g Wi-Fi products due to a patent claim by an Australian scientific agency.
Virgin's in-flight Wi-Fi coming Monday
Virgin America's in-flight Wi-Fi service will launch on Monday for a beta test that is intended to last just one week before a planned commercial launch Dec. 1.
Networks supersized for Democratic National Convention
With more than 50,000 tech-savvy politicians, aides, wonks, delegates and journalists descending on Denver next week for the Democratic National Convention, you can imagine that any network deployed at the convention site will have to be huge.
20 crazy things people do to get Wi-Fi connections
In their quest to get Wi-Fi Internet connectivity, people have done some pretty desperate things over the years.
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