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Electronic Arts is teaming with "Doom" creator id Software for a new, made-for-mobile role-playing game dubbed "Orcs & Elves," announced this week in anticipation of the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles next week. The new game was created "exclusively for mobile phones" by id Softwar...
Helio on Tuesday launched a U.S. mobile service aimed at young consumers who want to surf the Web with their cell phones. Users can send content, photos and video messages to friends. Dynamic news feeds are incorporated to keep them connected. "Helio is custom-built for the lifestyle of young peopl...
Cisco-owned Linksys has announced new wireless networking gear based on the 802.11n specification, a technology that boosts range, bandwidth and throughput, but one that is still surrounded by interoperability questions. A wireless area network (WAN) based on 802.11n has the potential to carry high-...
Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed software designed to enable people to share their high-speed wireless connections without sacrificing security or privacy. Researchers believe the software can improve Internet connectivity in residential areas at n...
Internet telephone company Vonage on Wednesday struck a deal with European WiFi network operator The Cloud. The partnership gives Vonage customers access to its VoIP service over The Cloud's UK wireless broadband network. Vonage customers equipped with its WiFi handset will be able to make VoIP cal...
An inability to reach a compromise in forging an industry standard has delayed delivery of Ultra Wide Band products and may make it possible for alternative technologies to usurp its role in supporting Personal Area Networks. A rift between the different factions had been ongoing for a few years and...
Universal Serial Bus technology will continue to be widely used for PCs and other electronics, and, with the help of wireless USB, is poised to double in shipments from 1.4 billion in 2005 to 2.8 billion in 2010, research firm In-Stat reported this week. The market forecast indicates USB will contin...
Motorola, Nokia and other handset developers are generating plenty of kudos for the designs of sleek, new clamshell mobile phones, but there is less innovation, and more marketing flash, there than meets the eye, experts tell TechNewsWorld. A new report by the Boston-based research consultancy Strat...
Personal computers may dominate Internet usage today, but mobile phones are poised to invade that territory with wireless browsing capabilities, a new study says. Internet access via the mobile phone actually outpaces wireless access from a notebook PC in many of areas of the world -- a statistic dr...
Sprint is taking the guesswork out of keeping tabs on your kids. The wireless carrier on Thursday launched the Sprint Family Locator. It's a location-based service that lets a parent use a phone or PC to pinpoint the location of a child on a map, complete with the address and surrounding landmarks, ...
Sprint is taking the guesswork out of keeping tabs on your kids. The wireless carrier on Thursday launched the Sprint Family Locator. It's a location-based service that lets a parent use a phone or PC to pinpoint the location of a child on a map, complete with the address and surrounding landmarks, ...
Are you addicted to using your mobile phone? Many people are these days. A recent AOL-Pew Research Center Mobile Lifestyle Survey revealed that 52 percent of American adults surveyed keep their cell phone turned on all the time while 40 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 29 are saying that ...
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a blind bidding process for wireless spectrum auctions, a move that is both supported and opposed by major wireless carriers, depending on their own spectrum situations. The FCC votes Wednesday on whether to change the wireless auction process to ...
Sprint Nextel, the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S., plans to begin testing in its joint venture experiment to offer an integrated bundle of cable and mobile phone services in a single package. The company will offer the services in a small number of pilot markets as early as late summer, ...
With cell phones now becoming popular fixtures among the masses, securing coverage in even the most remote geographic areas has become an important goal for service providers. Cell towers are expensive, however, costing from US$100,000 to more than $1 million to set up, and present logistical proble...
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