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  • Motorola launches digi-frames with dual displays and Wi-Fi

    Motorola launches digi-frames with dual displays and Wi-Fi

    Christmas range from £50 and up 28 October 2009 15:23 GMT

    Motorola has launched a new range of digital photo frames, including dual display frames and a Wi-Fi model that allows images to be sent directly to the frame by email.

    The LS1000W offers a 10.4-inch display, boasts 512 MB built-in memory, MP3 player and speakers,...

  • Pure Siesta Flow will hit shops in time for Christmas

    Pure Siesta Flow will hit shops in time for Christmas

    Connected bedside radio good for Santa requests 21 October 2009 14:26 GMT

    Pure has announced that its new Siesta Flow will hit shop shelves in the UK in time for Christmas.

    The company's first internet connected bedside radio, it boasts an alarm tone for every day of the year via Pure's online portal, including sleigh bells,...

  • TalkTalk takes aim at three-strikes proposals

    TalkTalk takes aim at three-strikes proposals

    Demonstrates how easy it is to hack Wi-Fi networks 16 October 2009 10:45 GMT

    ISP TalkTalk has performed a Wi-Fi hacking stunt in a street in Middlesex to prove how innocent people could lose their web access under proposals set out by Lord Mandelson and supported by the major record labels.

    One of TalkTalk's security experts set up a laptop...

  • Bluetooth-rivalling Wi-Fi Direct announced

    Bluetooth-rivalling Wi-Fi Direct announced

    Will connect up Wi-Fi devices directly 14 October 2009 17:18 GMT

    Your Wi-Fi-enabled gadgetry is about to get a whole lot more connected thanks to a new specification just announced by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

    We say new, technically it was previously known as Wi-Fi peer-to-peer, however, it is now due with the shiny new moniker...

  • Mobile Wi-Fi from 3 available on 18-month tariffs

    Mobile Wi-Fi from 3 available on 18-month tariffs

    From £10 per month 7 October 2009 10:13 GMT

    3 has announced that its "mobile Wi-Fi" is now available on two new 18-month plans.

    Those signing up to the mobile Wi-Fi 1GB plan will see a cost £10 a month for those happy to pay £39.99 for the modem, or £12 a month for those that aren't.

    The 5GB...

  • London gets WorkSnug iPhone app

    VIDEO: London gets WorkSnug iPhone app

    Augmented reality Wi-Fi locations guide 23 September 2009 16:27 GMT

    A company called WorkSnug has announced an iPhone application that uses augmented reality to help you find quiet places where you can log on to a Wi-Fi signal and work in London.

    The app overlays locations onto the world around you using the iPhone 3GS's internal...

  • Starbucks offers free Wi-Fi for card holders

    Starbucks offers free Wi-Fi for card holders

    Join up for a fiver and get free whipped cream too 22 September 2009 11:29 GMT

    Starbucks has announced that every registered Starbucks Card holder will get free BT Openzone Wi-Fi at Wi-Fi-enabled coffee houses.

    There are more than 650 BT Openzone Wi-Fi enabled Starbucks coffee houses throughout the UK and Ireland.

    The...

  • Carphone Warehouse details Mi-Fi products

    Carphone Warehouse details MiFi products

    Offering Mobile Wi-Fi devices and tariffs from 3 and T-Mobile 18 September 2009 12:17 GMT

    Carphone Warehouse has detailed the mobile Wi-Fi, or MiFi range it is now offering.

    Creating portable Wi-Fi hotspots, the devices can connect up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices to the Internet at any place, any time and without any need for dongles or other software...

  • Xbox 360 getting 802.11n wi-fi adaptor

    Xbox 360 getting 802.11n Wi-Fi adaptor

    Passes FCC approval 15 September 2009 12:28 GMT

    The Xbox 360 will shortly be getting an upgrade to its plug-in Wi-Fi adaptor, if an FCC filing is to be believed. The £60 module is being pumped up to 802.11n-standard wireless networking capability.

    What that means is more range, more power, and more antennas...

  • 802.11n approved, loses the "draft" tag

    802.11n approved, loses the "draft" tag

    7 years after conception it becomes standard 14 September 2009 22:02 GMT

    You've probably been using the technology for months if not years, but 802.11n, the wireless standard, has finally been approved by the body that approves these things 7 years after its first conception.

    More than 2 years after the first 802.11n draft routers...

  • Apple knocks $100 off the price of Apple TV

    Apple knocks $100 off the price of Apple TV

    While 40GB model discontinued 14 September 2009 13:05 GMT

    In the States, Apple's "Apple TV" home cinema product has seen a dramatic price cut.

    Apple has discontinued the 40GB model from the line-up, leaving only the 160GB option, but cut the price by $100 down to $229.

    Apple TV, once famously described...

  • iPod touch tear-down reveals space for camera

    iPod touch tear-down reveals space for camera

    As well as "N" Wi-Fi and FM transmission 14 September 2009 11:02 GMT

    iFixit has revealed the results of its tear-down of the new iPod touch, and for those in a speculative state of mind, they make interesting reading.

    Perhaps supporting the rumour that the iPod touch's camera was dropped at the last minute due to technical faults,...

  • Freerunner free Wi-Fi fund opens for applications

    Freerunner free Wi-Fi fund opens for applications

    For "deprived or remote areas" 11 September 2009 10:57 GMT

    Freerunner, the free public Wi-Fi network launched in the UK in May, has announced a fund to invest in free Wi-Fi hotpots to serve local communities in "deprived or remote areas".

    The fund is enough for Freerunner to set-up 50 free-to-use hotspots in local...

  • Vodafone "Mobile Broadband Hotspot" announced

    Vodafone "Mobile Broadband Hotspot" announced

    MiFi solution coming soon 10 September 2009 9:54 GMT

    Vodafone has announced the launch of the Vodafone "Mobile Broadband Hotspot", which will let users share their laptop's mobile broadband connection with up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices.

    Vodafone says the credit-card sized device "enables customers to connect...

  • Logitech's got a Squeezebox, daddy never sleeps at night

    Logitech's got a Squeezebox, daddy never sleeps at night

    Radio and Touch Wi-Fi players for internet radio and music sharing 3 September 2009 18:12 GMT

    Logitech is looking to simplify internet radio with the introduction of the Sqeezebox family of products for your ears. The choice is between the smaller Squeezebox Radio and the Squeezebox Touch Wi-Fi music players as to how you want to do things.

    The radio...

  • 3 MiFi mobile Wi-Fi service priced and dated. Phones, 3, Wi-Fi, Huawei, Wireless, Mobile phones, Broadband, MiFi 0

    3 MiFi mobile Wi-Fi service priced and dated

    Will it make you ditch your fixed line once and for all? 30 August 2009 12:17 GMT

    3, has confirmed the pricing and availability of its new Mobile Wi-Fi service it announced at the beginning of August as it hopes to entice users away from home broadband.

    The new Mobile Wi-Fi, the service allows you to create your own mobile Wi-Fi connection...

  • BT now operating 500,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots

    BT now operating 500,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots

    Half-way to its 2009 target 19 August 2009 15:56 GMT

    BT has announced that it's half-way towards its target of putting together a network of 1,000,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots in 2009. 500,000 hotspots are now available at homes, offices and city centres in the UK and Ireland.

    That total includes hotspots from the...

  • Image Credit: Corbis

    BT installs Wi-Fi at campsites

    Usable free by BT Broadband customers 12 August 2009 10:18 GMT

    BT has announced that it's going to be installing Wi-Fi across a number of traditional British holiday destinations in a partnership with Wicom. 77 Camping and Caravanning Club sites, three Pontin's holiday parks and a number of Coastfields' Leisure sites will be covered.

  • 3 announces MiFi mobile Wi-Fi

    3 announces MiFi mobile Wi-Fi service

    Due to the UK in time for Christmas 5 August 2009 12:28 GMT

    3 has announced it is to offer a "mobile Wi-Fi" service - known as "MiFi" - in the UK in time for Christmas this year.

    With a Huawei-made wireless modem (just smaller than a mobile phone and rechargeable via USB) the service lets users get Wi-Fi wherever there's...

  • D-Link launches all-in-one DIR-685 router

    D-Link launches all-in-one DIR-685 router

    With 3.2-inch LCD display 31 July 2009 15:03 GMT

    D-Link has announced a new product that attempts to bring a little excitement to the world of network routers with the launch of the DIR-685. D-Link dares to call the router "stylish, even chic".

    The router has all the features of a 802.11n Wi-Fi router combined...

  • Eye-Fi introduces Apple-only geotagging SD card

    Eye-Fi introduces Apple-only geotagging SD card

    Works with iPhoto and MobileMe 30 July 2009 11:28 GMT

    Eye-Fi has announced an addition to its range of Wi-Fi SD cards that lets Apple users get in on the action. The 2GB Eye-Fi Geo card lets Mac fans automatically upload pictures from their digital camera to iPhoto over Wi-Fi.

    All photos uploaded will also arrive...

  • Solar powered flowers offer workers Wi-Fi and power. Eco, Solar power, Toyota, Wi-Fi 0

    Solar powered flowers offer workers Wi-Fi and power

    Catch some rays while the sun works for you 24 July 2009 18:17 GMT

    New Yorkers are being given the chance to work outside thanks to a little help from the sun and some technologically advanced daisies.

    Toyota, in an attempt to show its green credentials for the launch of the Prius, has placed a handful of solar powered Wi-Fi...

  • Ruckus Wireless unveils outdoor Wi-Fi system

    Ruckus Wireless unveils outdoor Wi-Fi system

    Outside hotspots coming soon 21 July 2009 14:40 GMT

    Ruckus Wireless has announced what's apparently the world's first and only outdoor dual-band 802.11n and single-band 802.11g Wi-Fi access points.

    The new Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi outdoor is designed to offer a "reliable and economical" outdoor Wi-Fi solution to cater...

  • Toshiba launches connected "digital media frames"

    Toshiba launches connected "digital media frames"

    With FrameChannel content 21 July 2009 9:44 GMT

    In the US, Toshiba has launched a new range of "digital media frames" that deliver real-time information such as personalised weather, traffic, and sports scores as well as music and video.

    This content delivery is thanks to not only the frame's Wi-Fi connectivity...

  • Eye-Fi launches "Pro" wireless SD card

    Eye-Fi launches "Pro" wireless SD card

    4GB, with wireless upload capabilities 10 June 2009 16:50 GMT

    Eye-Fi has announced a new product for professional photographers - the Eye-Fi Pro. Like their other products, the Pro is an SDHC card that lets users upload pictures to the internet straight from their camera.

    The Pro supports RAW, JPEG and various video files,...

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