John Cox

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iPhone cellular unlock promised by hacker

BlacksnOw said to let users with iPhone 3.1.2 use it on other GSM carriers.

Aruba slashes price of 11n Wi-Fi access point

Aruba Networks Inc.'s new 802.11n Wi-Fi access point slashes prices for high performance wireless networks to the level of what some vendors are charging for equipment meeting the Institute...

11n Wi-Fi chip discovered in new iPod Touch

iFixit techies discovered a Broadcom BCM4329 radio chip in a 32 GB iPod Touch when they took it apart. It supports several wireless standards, including 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1

IEEE approves 802.11n high-speed Wi-Fi standard

Six years after the task force was created, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has approved a new high-speed wireless standard. Products can deliver more than 150 Mbps

Wireless 802.11n standard set for final approval

Users have been installing Wi-Fi access points that met the standards of the draft of the specification for a few years. Find out about the new optional features

Aerohive upgrade streamlines WLAN security

Private PSK is designed to manage encryption keys for devices that do not support 802.1x. How this compared to the Wi-Fi Protected Access shared key

AirMagnet retools WLAN applications for wireless VoIP traffic

Survey Pro collects signal, packet and radio spectrum data while Analyzer Pro collects information on lost packets and works with Cisco Call Manager 7.0. The vendor says this will appeal to users with dual-mode smart phones

How Bluetooth got as fast as Wi-Fi

Kevin Hayes, technical editor for one part of the Bluetooth 3.0 spec, describes how packets are translated between the Bluetooth and 802.11 stacks. Find out how soon smart phone makers will implement this

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