Matt Hamblen

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GPS drives to the rescue on U.S. highway

A coalition of 16 American states is betting GPS data from hundreds of thousands of vehicles will increase safety on one of the busiest stretches of highway in the U.S.

CES exhibitors show off wireless power

Vendors experiment with an energy transfer process as similar to how electric toothbrushes are recharged when the brush is placed in a base connected to a wall socket

Cisco purchase of WiMAX provider to close in days

Though Cisco positioned it as an emerging markets opportunity, 'We'll go where the business is,' an exec says

Google phone could trigger ‘wireless upheaval’

Google's entry into the mobile phone market could signal a more open system where a customer buys the Google phone and then chooses a carrier.

WiMAX World wows techies in Chicago

Motorola Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. demonstrated mobile WiMax technology aboard a tour boat moving gracefully along the Chicago River at WiMAX World, as ecstatic designers and marketing personnel trumpeted the technology for being nearly ready to bring cheap wireless broadband to the masses.

New York taxi strike ‘nothing to talk about’ – Bloomberg

A taxi strike in New York City yesterday was having "limited impact, if any at all," according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, while strike organizers declared the protest over new GPS tracking and credit card technology in cabs a success. The strike, planned for yesterday and today, would not lead to talks with taxi drivers, Bloomberg added. "There's nothing to talk about," he said.

What you need to know about IPv6

Vendors and government agencies are pushing the use of Internet Protocol Version 6 as the number of addresses available in IPv4 diminishes, and researchers find that network administrators are unprepared for the new protocol. Here's more on what you need to know about IPv6.

Network managers can shut off camera, Wi-Fi on mobiles

Nokia Corp. said the latest revision of its Intellisync Mobile Suite software will give IT managers the power to shut off the camera or...

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