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What Would Wi-Fi Look Like As a Physical Object

Wi-Fi's all around you. Chances are you're in the middle of a big blanket of it right now, as you're reading this. But what does it look like? Well, nothing; it's invisible. But if it wasn't it might look a little something like this. Read More >>

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Asus Claims the Title of World’s Smallest Wi-Fi Router

Amongst all of its Windows 8 PCs and tablet announcements at CES, Asus also quietly revealed what it's boasting as the world's smallest Wi-Fi router. And with a form factor only slightly larger than a well-equipped flash drive, the WL-330NUL Pocket Router is the perfect accessory for minimalist road warriors. Read More >>

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“I’m Just Popping Down the Pub to, Er, Use the Complementary Wi-Fi”

Binge drinking enabler Punch Taverns has signed a deal with omnipresent Wi-Fi provider The Cloud, which will see free Wi-Fi access launched in some 3,000 pubs across the UK. Read More >>

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HP’s Tiny Pocket Playlist Records Netflix and VOD Then Shares It via Wi-Fi

This sleek, simple HP pebble is more powerful than it looks. The Pocket Playlist is a portable storage device which can store and record media from a host of sources, then stream it to five devices over Wi-Fi, no internet connection required. Read More >>

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The Next Trick Up Apple’s Sleeve: Super Speedy Wi-Fi for Macs?

According to The Next Web, the next generation of Apple's Mac lineup won't look much different — understandable, given the 2012 overhaul — but the guts will be shiny and new. Including, importantly, a new Broadcom chipset that boosts Mac Wi-Fi to the 802.11ac standard. Read More >>

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Got an iPhone 5 or iPad Mini? Apple’s Finally Got a Fix For Your Wi-Fi Woes

If you can actually download it that is, because you need a Wi-Fi connection to download it OTA. Seems like a self-reinforcing cycle to me. Anyway, iOS 6.0.2 is here to crush your Wi-Fi bugs. Let's hope it actually does what Apple states this time. [Apple] Read More >>

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It’ll Cost £15 to Use Virgin Media’s Underground Wi-Fi For a Month in 2013

The glorious, free Wi-Fi honeymoon period enjoyed by Londoners in many of the city's stations is about to end, with Virgin Media announcing the full list of prices commuters will have to pay to carry on using it through 2013. Read More >>

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Heads Up, London: Wi-Fi Will Be Landing In Black Cabs for Your Gangnam-Style Streaming Pleasure

You know what I like to watch on the way to meetings? Awesome motivational videos like this. You know what sucks? Having to watch the buffering symbol on my phone instead. If, though, you take a black cab to meetings in London (you fat cat you), your troubles could soon be at an end, with the traditional black cab now set to moonlight as a free Wi-Fi hotspot. Bring. It. On. Read More >>

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Wireless Card Reader Lets You Share Your Shots Without Stupid Cables

Wireless devices are usually far more convenient than their tethered alternative. But in this case losing the USB cable has made the REX-WIFISD1 SD/SDHX/SDXC and flash drive reader a bit on the bulky side. So what do you really gain for it being wireless? The ability to access it from any mobile device. Read More >>

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This Tiny Flash Drive Broadcasts Its Contents Over Wi-Fi

Besides greater capacities, faster transfer speeds, and novel designs, there hasn't been much recent innovation with USB flash drives. Which is why the Paketta from King Jim is such a welcome break. With built-in Wi-Fi B, G, N hardware it can wirelessly broadcast its contents to PCs and mobile devices. Read More >>

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Wireless Networks of Cows Will Keep Gas Under Control

I'd hate to be the IT guy fixing this network. By dropping electronic devices into the stomachs of cows and networking them together, researchers hope to reduce the climate-warming farts and burps they produce. Read More >>

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White Space Broadband and Communications Given the Nod From Ofcom

We might soon see a whole new range of wireless devices hit the market, thanks to the UK's telecom manager Ofcom publishing a framework that'll see the "white space" parts of the radio spectrum opened up for commercial use. Read More >>

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Virgin’s Tied the Knot With EE and Vodafone For Free Tube Wi-Fi

After that little leak we saw this morning from EE, Virgin's gone ahead and officially announced a partnership with both EE, including Orange and T-mobile customers, and Vodafone, as well as pay as you go plans starting at £2-per-day from next year, for its London Tube Wi-Fi network. Read More >>

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EE Tweets About Free Tube Wi-Fi; Mysteriously Deletes Said Tweet (Update: Confirmed and Vodafone too)

The official EE account tweeted out, and then immediately removed said tweet, that EE customers were going to be able to grab free Wi-Fi on the London Underground in 2013, presumably using Virgin's tube station network. Looks like the free surfing's going to continue, if you're luckily on the right phone network that is. Read More >>

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Simple Router Software Could Boost Public Wi-Fi Throughput By 700 Per Cent

Using public Wi-Fi is a hit-and-miss endeavour: sometime's its perfect, at others it's bogged down so much as to be worthless. Fortunately a team of researchers has hit on a solution that can improve throughput by 700 per cent — and because it's software-based, it won't even need any new hardware to have us all contentedly online. Read More >>