Latest Wireless news
The Google phone: Has a wireless upheaval begun?, 10/30/07: The Google phone is inching closer to reality, with wireless handhelds running Google applications and operating software expected in the first half of 2008, several industry analysts said today.
Google shares break $700 on reports of wireless talks, 10/31/07: Google’s stock broke through the $700 mark on Wednesday, after press reports that the search engine giant is in advanced talks with U.S. wireless carriers over adoption of mobile phone software Google is reportedly developing.
Wi-Fi growth fuels video surveillance adoption, 10/29/07: Despite privacy concerns surrounding the use of video surveillance systems in public spaces, industry observers have noted increasing uptake of the technology, particularly in the public sector.
Podcast: One Laptop Per Child leads to greener enterprise computing: One Laptop Per Child, the ambitious non-profit organization created by Nicolas Negroponte and others, is not only trying to bring $100 laptops to kids in developing nations but also trying to save the environment at the same time. The group is touting its XO laptop design as “The World’s Greenest Laptop Computer” and has third-party industry groups backing up that claim. Rebecca Gonzales, senior manager for high-growth Markets at AMD, one of the companies involved in the project, talks with Network World’s Jason Meserve about some of the green technologies in the XO and how they might be applied to future corporate mainstream computer designs. (12:48)
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