New WiFi Standard?

If your not a techy, then you are probably already confused by the whole Wireless A, Wireless B, Wireless G, and Wireless N,  or, more accurately, 802.11 (wifi under the IEEE) a/b/g/n deal.  However, a new WiFi standard has been finalized recently and several home routers running this new standard were announced yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES).

4G LTE Phones will not work Abroad

Marguerite Reardon of CNET explains in her most recent article in "Ask Maggie" that LTE phones from the United States, as of right now or the near future, will not work in other countries.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-57355741-266/world-travelers-beware-4g-lte-phones-wont-work-abroad/?tag=mncol;topStories

CES Stories

With CES under way, I plan on doing several stories on products or services that are announced during CES with my snarky comments after the main story.  :-)

Hiatus Over

I apologize for the unannounced hiatus.  I had conflicting issues with school and work.  I hope to resume to daily posts soon.  Thanks, and again, I welcome any and all comments (except for trolling).

Vint Cerf: SOPA means 'unprecedented censorship' of the Web

Vint Cerf, the legendary computer scientist who's known as one of the fathers of the Internet for his work on TCP/IP, is the latest technologist to oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Toshiba AC100 – Toshiba’s first Android Smartbook

Toshiba AC100 Netbook is Toshiba’s first smartbook as well as its first Android product.

FAQ: CNET's "Trojan" installer

CNET is under fire for downloading more than just open source software with the open source software that it makes available on its Web site.

RIM drops BBX OS moniker in favor of BlackBerry 10 after court loss

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has changed the official name of its next-generation mobile operating system after a judge blocked it from using its original name, "BBX."

First Android 4.0 Tablet Before Galaxy Nexus in US?

Ainol, a Chinese company responsible for many of the MP4-based portable media players you've probably seen in budget shops is releasing NOVO7, the world's first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-based tablet. But is it any good?

Apple loses iPad trademark case in China

Apple could face disruption to its iPad sales in China after a court rejected its claim to own the iPad trademark in the country and a rival sought to halt sales of the tablet device in two Chinese cities.