wi-fi
Peripherals
Is There Any Point To The World’s First Wireless USB Drive?
2:10AM Jesus Diaz | I get that it is cool technology, but I don’t get the Imation Pro WX. It’s the world’s first Wireless USB disk drive, sure, but there are already drives that are Wi-Fi enabled. So how is this different? More »
Cameras
Flip’s Next Pocket Cam May Be A Wi-Fi Slider
3:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Cisco, who makes the Battlemodo Champion Flip line of pocket camcorders, confirmed that next-gen Flips will have both Wi-Fi and a large sliding screen (though not touch), a significant departure in styling. I just hope they keep tactile buttons. [CrunchGear]
Cameras
3:48PM Nick Broughall | You know, I don’t think most people care whether their camera has Wi-Fi or not. I mean really, it’s not that hard to plug in the camera via USB, or even take out the SD card and stick it in a reader to get pictures from the snapper to your computer. But there’s a subset of people who would find Wi-Fi very useful in a camera — and I’m one of them. More »
Samsung’s ST1000 Wi-Fi Camera Launched
3:48PM Nick Broughall | You know, I don’t think most people care whether their camera has Wi-Fi or not. I mean really, it’s not that hard to plug in the camera via USB, or even take out the SD card and stick it in a reader to get pictures from the snapper to your computer. But there’s a subset of people who would find Wi-Fi very useful in a camera — and I’m one of them. More »
Random Stuff
MPAA Shuts Down Entire Town’s Wi-Fi Over Single Illegal Download
5:00PM Kyle VanHemert | The citizens of Coshocton, Ohio are without their free internet after a single download prompted the Motion Picture Association of America to shut down the town’s municipal Wi-Fi network. More »
Peripherals
802.11n Wi-Fi Adaptor For Tivo Lands At The FCC
4:05AM Kyle VanHemert | An AN0100 802.11n wireless adaptor for TiVo is up on the FCC’s site. While there’s not much information on what the add-on will bring to the DVR, the promise of increased bandwidth suggests more robust network streaming for TiVos in the future. Here’s hoping. [Engadget]
Peripherals
Xbox 360 Wireless N Adaptor Resurfaces For A Little Less
11:47PM Mark Wilson | Gamestop never released that new Xbox 360 wireless n dongle on November 3 for $US100. Meanwhile, Costco just listed the product for $US88 with a November 10 ship date…right before pulling the page. Tracking this thing has become unnecessarily difficult. [Engadget]
Phones
Dell’s Mini 3iX Android Phone Shows Up In Brazil With Wi-Fi, 3G
11:24PM Danny Allen | We know that Dell’s Android phone is heading to the US (maybe on AT&T) after a few tweaks: 3G and possibly a better camera. But a Brazilian leak now suggests it may also have Wi-Fi and an improved interface, too. More »
Online
Atheros Wireless N For Phones Uses Less Power Than Slowass G
2:36AM Matt Buchanan | Wireless N in mobile phones — it’s happening next year: Atheros’s AR6003 802.11n/Bluetooth chip for mobile phones is tiny, has serious range and uses less power than their current wireless G chip, which is in the Zune HD. It’ll hit phones around the second half of next year. Such a long wait. [PC Mag]
Online
Connectify: Turn Your Windows 7 Laptop Into A Virtual Hotspot
1:50AM Danny Allen | Virtual Wi-Fi was going to be a cool Windows 7 feature to turn PCs into a Wi-Fi access-point, so devices could share a connection without special software. It missed the cut, but this free app finishes the work Microsoft abandoned. More »
Networks
