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SleepWell: Double your battery life when using Wi-Fi
Trying to get portable devices -- smartphones in particular -- to last through the day is a giga-pain when using Wi-Fi. SleepWell may offer the perfect solution.
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Nuts about Nets: Wi-Fi diagnostics you can trust
It's difficult to predict how modern-day 802.11 networks will behave. Learn how IMMI technology enables better decisions.
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Venti Antenna: A big signal from a small package
Antenna systems have been in the news lately, thanks to the iPhone's antenna issues. Apparently, compromises were made. A new antenna design may have prevented that.
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WPA/WPA2 encryption: A possible workaround
It seems using WPA or WPA2 is not as secure as we would like to believe. It's not the end of the world, but important enough to learn what's going on.
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WiMAX: Don't forget about interoperability
We learned some hard lessons about Wi-Fi device incompatibility. Let's not make the same mistake with WiMAX.
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Nuts about Nets: Wi-Fi diagnostic tools with a difference
Michael Kassner found that not keeping current with available Wi-Fi test and discovery software was a mistake that cost him a lot of extra work. Find out why he now loves Nuts abou...
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How nanotechnology helps Bluetooth and Wi-Fi work together
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi share frequencies in the 2.4 GHz ISM band, causing signal degradation when both are enabled in the same device. That's no longer an issue, thanks to antenna sys...
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LTE or WiMAX: Why not both?
Determining which telecom technology should become the 4G standard has been a lively debate among techies. That may be moot now. There's a new chip that supports both.
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Automated updates: Why they may not be such a good idea
It's the time of year that software developers dread. Black Hat and Defcon security conferences just finished, the fallout is starting to be digested, and everyone is figuring out ...
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For sale: Wi-Fi encryption cracker
A Russian company Elcomsoft is now selling software that tests the strength of WPA and WPA2 PSK passwords. No need to panic. Still we need to look at the motive and possible future...