Latest Wireless news
iPhone’s Bluetooth bug under the hacker microscope, 09/28/07: Almost lost in the hubbub over Thursday’s iPhone firmware update and whether it would “brick” unlocked phones was the fact that Apple patched 10 vulnerabilities — twice the number of fixes issued since the phone’s June debut.
WiMAX startups aim to boost radio speeds, network deployments, 09/27/07: Startups are using new software technologies to layer on capabilities to emerging WiMAX wireless nets.
Nokia buys mapping service for $8.1 billion, 10/01/07: Nokia has agreed to buy the digital mapping company Navteq for $8.1 billion, supporting a plan to add navigation capabilities to more of its devices.
Cisco to buy a WiMAX base station vendor?: Cisco is rumored to be in the market for a WiMAX base station vendor, according to Unstrung.com.
Nortel takes its place in WiMAX universe, 09/27/07: Lest Nortel be left out of the growing WiMAX fanfare, the networking vendor announced Thursday it will offer PC cards and USB dongles to allow WiMAX connectivity to laptops, among other products.
New update breaks hacked iPhones, 09/28/07: Users are reporting that a new update to Apple’s iPhone is making previously unlocked iPhones unusable.
Verizon reverses decision on NARAL text messages, 09/27/07: Verizon Wireless has reversed its decision to block text messages sent out by Naral Pro-Choice America, the carrier announced Thursday.
Broadcom reduces 11n wireless to one chip, 09/28/07: Broadcom’s new one-chip 11n product makes it simpler and cheaper to embed high-throughput 11n in a wide range of products.
Google buys mobile social networking service, 09/28/07: Google has acquired a mobile social networking start-up called Zingku, the search company’s latest move to provide more services through mobile phones.
Microsoft blogger accidentally leaks Office Mobile upgrade, 09/27/07: A Microsoft employee on Thursday accidentally blogged about an upgrade to Office Mobile that shouldn’t be available for another couple of weeks.
3Com switches link wireless/wireline networks, 09/27/07: 3Com unveils edge switches for inexpensive convergence
