A Cell-Phone Network without a License
A trial system offers calling, texting, and data by weaving signals around the chatter of baby monitors and cordless phones.A trial cell-phone network in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, gets by without...
View ArticleInternet Hijackings Prove Hard to Stop
For 18 minutes in April, one-seventh of the Internet was routed through China— a major problem with no ready solution.On April 8, the networking hardware that routes traffic on the Internet got new...
View ArticleMobile Networks Move Indoors
Miniature cell-phone towers can improve patchy coverage and provide super-fast data speeds.The next step in the evolution of mobile communications may be aimed at people who are stuck in the office,...
View ArticleHow Fruit Flies Could Improve Wireless Networking
The way the insects’ nervous systems form provides insights for how to structure networks.Fruit flies have long been a favorite research subject for biologists, but now they’re unlocking secrets for...
View ArticleA Broadband Boom in the Boondocks
A massive injection of spectrum might be about to revolutionize the digital infrastructure of rural America.For a glimpse of the wireless future, take a look at the Yurok Indian reservation, an...
View ArticleA Quantum Communications Switch
The device could one day let superfast quantum computers talk to each other.The Internet is made of photons that zip through fiber-optic cables and flow through devices like switches, modulators, and...
View ArticleThe State of the Internet: IPv4 Won't Die
Akamai’s State of the Internet report shows that companies are dragging their feet moving to IPv6.The collective Internet is reluctant to move on from the dying Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4),...
View ArticleCan an Open Cloud Compete?
A new foundation will promote free software as an alternative to proprietary cloud-computing technologies.A new foundation, announced today, will attempt to promote a free, “open source” alternative...
View ArticleFinding the Perfect Startup Match
A service called FounderDating helps tech entrepreneurs meet their ideal startup mate.For David, it was Traun’s intellectual curiosity that got him hooked. For Traun, it was David’s warm heart and...
View ArticleBuild Your Own Internet with Mobile Mesh Networking
Software can let smartphones, Wi-Fi routers, and other hardware link up without centralized Internet service.After an earthquake crippled Haiti in 2010, killing and injuring hundreds of thousands and...
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