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Cingular has launched a 3G network supporting HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) in Cleveland, Ohio, under the brand name Cingular BroadbandConnect. HSDPA delivers download speeds of 70 to 135 400-700 Kbps and shares a common network with its lower-speed siblings GSM and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution), with which it is backward […]

Companies like Cisco and Motorola are sponsoring a new Web site called UMA Today, which they call a “complete source of information on the UMA market.” UMA, short for Unlicensed Mobile Access, is a tech that allows calls to hand off between a cellular network and a Wi-Fi network, requiring a phone that supports both […]

Just last week, Meru Networks of Sunnyvale, California, announced that its equipment was being used in the School of the Future project in Philadelphia (a joint effort with Microsoft). It was just a drop in the educational bucket, as the company today noted that it has won contracts with 70 educational institutions — both K-12 […]

Springfield, Illinois is going with AT&T to get citywide Wi-Fi service covering as many as 30 square miles, all (as usual) without the need of taxpayer contributions (pending city council approval of the deal). Service will be free but ad-sponsored up to around 250Kbps speed, with faster connections around 1Mbps for those willing to pay. […]

Click to ViewRumors are rampant that T-Mobile will launch a service in Seattle as soon as September 12 using Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), which would allow hand-off of cellular GSM calls to voice over Wi-Fi with a phone that supports both. UMA is one of several competing dual-mode-style fixed-mobile convergence standards. With thousands of hotspots, […]

Hewlett-Packard  saw profits surge during in a solid quarterly earnings report, helping to cap another day of positive gains in the markets and setting Wall Street up for more bets that interest rates will remain steady for now. For the quarter ended July 31, HP’s profit was $1.38 billion (48 cents per share), compared to […]

The Web 2.0 world has software-as-a-service, application programming interfaces (APIs), Webmail and content-sharing to help forge our online experiences. So why is Instant Messaging still a client marooned on computers and devices? Sure, there are Web-based versions of your favorite IM software, but nothing like what startup company meebo offers. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based meebo […]

Investors peered into the Labor Department’s latest numbers on inflation and liked what they saw about whether interest rates would remain steady. Major indexes soared. The key data were the PPI numbers, which showed that wholesale prices overall rose by 0.1 percent in July, less than the 0.5 percent rise in June and overall, less […]

Computer Associates   said it would lay off about 1,700 jobs after it posted a drop in profits of 64 percent for its fiscal first quarter. The embattled software maker, which has been undergoing a massive restructuring the past few years, said revenue for the first quarter of 2007 was $956 million, an increase of […]

As the Black Hat conference descends upon Las Vegas this week, internetnews.com presents a series of articles addressing security issues past and present. You might just call it the Windows factor. The more widespread the technology, the higher-value target it becomes to crackers, hackers and attackers. But network and personal computing safety go beyond the […]

The River Palms Resort Casino resort on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada is now a location-wide hotspot, courtesy of Wayport. All 1,003 guest rooms have Wi-Fi access, as well as the entire casino and all common areas, meeting rooms and events space. MuniWireless reports that this week the 45 square mile area encompassing Brownsburg, […]

The stock option probe already running through the tech industry just grew more legs. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California is looking into allegations that several Bay area companies abused the practice of timing stock options; something of a tradition in the tech industry. U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan and the FBI’s office […]