Broadcom Unveiling New Lightning Fast Wifi Chips, Up To 1.3Gbps

Broadcom, the company that makes chips for wireless and broadband communications, is unveiling four new wifi chips at CES 2012. This new generation which the company is calling "5G Wifi", will support speeds up to 1.3Gbps or 162.5 MB ... continue

Wi-Fi Pin Vulnerability Discovered By Research Team

Researchers for the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) have issued a warning regarding a Wi-Fi router vulnerability for users of the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) PINs Researcher Stefan Viehbock found that the hack allows users to easily gain access to ... continue

WiFi May Be Nuking Your Sperm

If you are reading this on a WiFi-enabled computer, please be warned that a new study published in the Fertility and Sterility journal has linked WiFi connectivity with possible sperm damage. Researchers placed drops of healthy sperm near ... continue

WiFi users violating our patent says patent troll but home users safe – for now

It seems that we are all infringing on the patent of a company by the name of Innovatio IP every time that we use WiFi and while they have been concentrating on suing everyone from coffee shops, ... continue

WASP: the WiFi and 4G flying snooper that anyone could make

It is getting harder and harder to think of things that are truly from the world of science fiction and not have someone be able to create those things today with even run of the mill technology. Such ... continue

New WiFi technology equals greater coverage, greater speeds, no data plans. Don’t expect to see it happen.

Technology is always on the march forward with new stuff being announced all the time but for various reasons very little of what gets announced ever makes it to market. One of the newest announcements is the one ... continue

Another clever wifi network

Burn. continue

This is the most unintentionally hilarious Wifi network name ever

We've seen deliberately comical Wifi network names, but this one really sums up having to explain to your parents for the twelve billionth time how to get to Internet Explorer. [via] continue

Borrowing wifi…

Brings neighbors together. [reddit] continue

NYC Subways getting wi-fi access!

For better or worse, up until now, New York City subways were famously a bastion of no service. Descending into the pee-soaked maze would render electronic devices incommunicado in the past, as attested to by the cluster of ... continue

Zikmu Parrot By Starck Shows Off Wireless Hi-Fi Speakers At CES 2010

Parrot By Strack has some really cool Hi-Fi wireless speakers on display this week at CES. If you're in the market for a great sounding system with a bit of fashion appeal (designed by Philippe Starck)d their ... continue

Samsung M6560 “Lindy” Debuts With Sporty Look, Decent Features

The Samsung M6560, also known as the "Lindy" debuted today and while it doesn't offer the sleek appearance of an iPhone or various Android based phones, it does have a "sporty" appeal with enough of a consumer ... continue

Wireless network name fail

No seriously, we totally can. [FailBlog] continue

Eye-Fi Now Offering Direct To Facebook Uploads From Your Digital Camera

Eye-Fi has just announced that their now offering Facebook support for their WiFi enabled memory cards for digital cameras. Using the program users can take pictures and then send them right to their Facebook accounts without need ... continue

Livio NPR Internet Radio, It’s Good For More Than Fireside Chats

The Livio NPR Internet Radio first made me think of the old days of radio, where talk ruled and music was thrown in between moments of debate. It turns out the radio actually does play more than ... continue

AT&T Adding 20,000 New Wi-Fi Hotspots

iPhone users and other AT&T subscribers will soon have an extra 20,000 wireless hotspots at their disposal. AT&T has sealed a deal to acquire Wi-Fi provider Wayport Inc, the company announced today. Wayport runs the hotspots at ... continue

McDonalds to offer free WiFi in Australia

McDonalds has announced that all of its 720 restaurants in Australia will soon offer free WiFi internet access. McDonald's has long offered WiFi in Australia, but only on a paid basis, through casual payment, or billed directly to ... continue