Neowin News Feed for: Wi-fi

Camden is the first London Borough to get free Wi-Fi

Ben Buffone — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:46:01 +0100

Camden has become the first London Borough to receive a special treatment of free Wi-Fi for its 212,000 residents, businesses and visitors. The service can be enjoyed for 30 minutes for free. Read more...

Intel's Wi-Fi adapters connectivity issues plague users

Byron Hinson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:09:17 +0100

Many Intel Centrino 6230/6235 Wi-Fi adapter users have been suffering from disconnection and general poor performance issues for nearly a year now with no fix on the horizon. Read more...

Google fined $7m for 'accidental' Street View car Wi-Fi tapping

Ben Buffone — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:06:37 +0000

Google is approaching a settlement over Wi-Fi data tapping, being forced to cough up $7 million to some 30 U.S. states. Read more...

SoftPerfect WiFi Guard 1.0

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:23:31 +0000

Monitor your wireless network and be alerted when a new, unknown device is connected. The program performs an initial scan during which all devices found are classified as "unknown". Read more...

Some users suffering from Surface Wi-Fi glitch

Andrew Stevenson — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:57:36 +0000

The Surface RT is, for all intents and purposes, a solid tablet in the crowded Android and iPad space. But a reported issue with Wi-Fi connectivity is causing users to lose their connection(s). Read more...

WiFox software could improve Wi-Fi by up to 700 percent

Jake Durasamy — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:32:44 +0000

Developers at the North Carolina State University have developed a piece of software called WiFox which has the capability of improving Wi-Fi connection performance by up to 700 percent. Read more...

Apple fixes Verizon iPhone 5 Wi-Fi issues

Stephen Robinson — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:04:05 +0100

Apple has released an update to iPhone 5s running on Verizon's network today that fixes Wi-Fi issues reported by users that resulted in data overcharges when connected to Wi-Fi. Read more...

Hotspot Shield 2.63

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:51:37 +0100

Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop and the wireless router. This impenetrable tunnel prevents snoopers and hackers from viewing your email, instant messages Read more...

Report: Surface to be Wi-Fi-only at launch

Anthony Tosie — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:54:44 +0100

A new report claims Microsoft's upcoming Surface tablet will only include Wi-Fi variants at launch, eschewing a cellular option for the time being. Read more...

Apple AirPort Express Base Station gets hardware upgrade

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:05:52 +0100

Apple's Wi-Fi router, the Airport Express Base Station, finally gets a hardware upgrade for the first time in four years today with a new design and support for two simultaneous wireless radios. Read more...

A wireless 3 Gbps transmission on the Terahertz scale

Alfonso Maruccia — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:22:20 +0100

Japanese researchers achieve a new hi-speed record for data transmission over a wireless link. The proof-of-concept tech could bring even far higher data throughput, the researchers say. Read more...

Wi-Fi comes to Japanese vending machines

Tyler Holman — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:25:26 +0000

Some of the coolest vending machines you've ever seen are rolling out in cities across Japan, filled not only with delicious beverages, but what amounts to all the free Wi-Fi you can eat. Read more...

Virgin Media to launch free Wi-Fi for all across London

Andy Weir — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:35:54 +0100

The UK's national cable network confirms plans to deliver free Wi-Fi access across London - to customers and non-customers alike. Read more...

TechSpot: HP Wi-Fi Mobile Mouse Review

Julio Franco — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:32:39 +0100

As TechSpot's PC peripherals reviewer for nearly three years, it's safe to say that I'm pretty well-versed when it comes to pointing devices. Most of the mice that have crawled across my desk have been... Read more...

End of the road for Wi-Fi BlackBerry PlayBook? [Update] Nope

Andy Weir — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:43:09 +0100

The BlackBerry PlayBook hasn’t exactly captured the hearts and minds of the market since its rather lacklustre sales debut earlier this year. Even die-hard BlackBerry fans admitted that it’s not the 'complete package' that tablet... Read more...

Wi-Fi 802.11ac draft due in 2011, promises 1Gbps

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:59:17 +0000

Just when you thought you were finally getting used to 802.11n Wi-Fi, those rascals at the IEEE are at it again, this time adding another letter to the now almost ubiquitous Wi-Fi certification symbols. This... Read more...

Arizona school board testing "magic" bus

Brian Donohue — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:16:34 +0100

Arizona Daily Star reports that, since November, Vail School District in Southern Arizona has been providing students with wireless access aboard its school buses that cover approximately 400 sq miles of desert. Described as "magic" by... Read more...

Israel bans iPad imports due to Wi-Fi

Matt Blowes — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:02:12 +0100

Importing the newly released iPad has been banned by Israeli authorities because of fears the Wi-Fi capability can broadcast at a higher power level and may interfere with other wireless connections. The U.S., unlike Europe... Read more...

iPad has Wi-Fi issues; Apple blames non-Apple routers

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:22:35 +0100

Since the iPad's "magical" launch, users have been complaining about issues with the device's Wi-Fi connection. If an iPad, for whatever reason, lost its connection to a known wireless network, sometimes, it would fail to... Read more...

Cisco: 87% of Europeans have a security enabled wireless network

Tom Warren — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:38:08 +0000

Cisco research has revealed today that 87% of respondents surveyed across 10 European countries with a wireless internet connection at home said that they have security enabled on their wireless home network. The online survey, commissioned... Read more...