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• Boingo Ships Wi-Fi Client for the Mac Mac users now have a new option to access Wi-Fi hotspots. Boingo has released a native Mac client, allowing users to access...
• 802.11n Blue Ribbon Winners Ranking Wi-Fi vendors and their offerings.
• See More AirPort Extreme Base Station Radio Modes If you've got an AirPort Extreme Base Station--one capable of 802.11n connections--but you'd like to use it on a network...
• AirPort Utility and Firmware Updated In addition to releasing Mac OS X 10.5.4, Apple updated its AirPort Utility software and Firmware for the AirPort wireless...
• Verizon Revamps 3G Overage Plan Verizon has tweaked the cost of exceeding its 3G service plan caps each month in a good way, making it easier for customers to avoid enormous bills.
• Sierra Wireless Compass 597 Mobile Broadband Modem This mobile broadband modem provides an easy and stylish way to get broadband Internet access while you're on the go.
• Cisco Teams to Promote WiMax Clearwire, Sprint Nextel, Cisco, and others will announce next week their plans to nurture WiMax development.
• The FCC Pitch: Free Wi-Fi--Sort of ANALYSIS: A closer look at the FCC's delayed proposal to promote free nationwide -- but censored -- wireless Internet access.
• Next Big Wireless: LTE? Some analysts consider Long-Term Evolution the successor in 4G mobile broadband technology, succeeding WiMax.
• AT&T Boosts Cell Data Speeds AT&T tries to steal some of Verizon and Sprint's thunder with somewhat faster downstream and much faster upstream rates on its newly updated 3G cell data network.
• Yet Another Personal Area Network Technology Ozmo with Intel's backing introduces a new personal area network (PAN) technology designed to leverage Wi-Fi for two separate purposes.
• Notes From the Road: Wi-Fi Tips, Garmin GPS Test Run A nifty free Wi-Fi hotspot tool, a real-life GPS gadget review, and a scary-looking "motorcycle."
• AT&T Enters Mobile TV Competition The new AT&T Mobile TV service challenges Verizon Wireless in 58 metropolitans markets.
• Intel Ready to Show Centrino 2 Laptops With WiMax Intel plans to show laptops based on its upcoming Centrino 2 platform at the Computex exhibition this week.
• 3G Laptops Get Down to Business Gartner says embedded 3G capabilities could be essential for business laptops within the year.
• Long-Range Wi-Fi Challenges WiMax European partners are relaunching InspiAir technology as Max-Fi, a cheaper alternative to WiMax.
• RIM Says It Can't Provide E-mail Interception in India RIM says its technology does not allow giving access to Indian government to e-mails and other information on the BlackBerry...
• Sprint May Limit Its Unlimited 3G Plan Will Sprint follows its competitors lead and restrict mobile broadband subscribers to 5 gigabytes of monthly combined upstream and downstream data usage?
• AT&T's Laptop Mobile Broadband Subscribers Get Free Wi-Fi Free Wi-Fi from AT&T now extends to their mobile broadband subscribers using laptops and 3G network adapters.
• AT&T: With Partners Like These ... About this time last year, most every conversation I had with someone started to sound like this once they found out where I...
• Say Goodbye to Muni-Fi The days of imagining Wi-Fi blanketing a city are over with the exit of the last major municipally focused Wi-Fi service provider.
• Roaming in Flight with iPass iPass partners with likely first in-flight broadband firm over U.S. for what could be a highly affordable fixed monthly service plan, including Wi-Fi hotspots, for frequent travelers.
• Qualcomm Will Trial Future Wireless Broadband in UK Qualcomm on Friday announced it has acquired 40 MHz of U.K. spectrum in the 1.4 GHz band. It will initially be used for the...
• EarthLink to Remove Philadelphia Wi-Fi EarthLink said it will shut down its Philadelphia Wi-Fi network on June 12 and then dismantle it.
• Wi-Fi Blankets U.S. Campuses Cities are still struggling to cut deals for municipal Wi-Fi, and standards remain uncertain, but universities have plunged into wireless nets.