A big showdown is taking place at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, an important standard-setting body, about rules for patents that cover basic building blocks of tech, such as chips or Wi-Fi protocols… Read more »
Can we stop the internet of things from becoming a power hungry consumer of resources? My guest on this week’s podcast hopes so, and discusses how we can make it more… Read more »
The tech world is excited about the smart home, but for most consumers, the idea of paying more for a connected device that doesn’t offer much new functionality and opens them… Read more »
802.11ax will focus on individual device speeds rather than overall network capacity, creating a better wireless broadband experience, according to the Wi-Fi Alliance. Read more »
As Wi-Fi network technologies improve, the goal is no longer to provide super-fast connections to individual devices, but build networks that can support multiple simultaneous high-speed links. Read more »
We’re still a long a way from WiGig replacing all of the wires in our living rooms, but Dell is bringing the technology into the enterprise with its wireless docking station… Read more »
Cisco Systems(s csco) and high-capacity wireless chipmaker Wilocity revealed on Wednesday they have started working together to develop 60 GHz enterprise networking products that could support massive transmission speeds of 5… Read more »
The IEEE’s Intercloud Testbed Project aims to pave the road to true cloud federation and now has 21 members to help. A great goal but one quibble: the big cloud names… Read more »
The Wi-Fi Alliance is keeping WiGig separate from its storied Wi-Fi moniker. Instead, it’s trying to build a brand around WiGig that it hopes will one day be as instantly recognizable… Read more »