Wireless

RFID safe for medical monitoring?

Dutch scientists find that the tracking-and-tracing chips can interfere with hospital equipment, thus putting patients in danger.

June 26, 2008, 8:11 AM PDT

Mobile phone battery dead? Try dancing

Phone operator teams with firm specializing in renewable energy to produce a recharger powered by dance energy alone.
(From Reuters)

June 24, 2008, 6:25 PM PDT

Symbian's new mobile-app role

roundup With an acquisition and a new foundation, Nokia casts the operating system into the limelight hogged by iPhone and Android.

June 24, 2008, 2:28 PM PDT

First Symbian Foundation handsets due in 2010

The move by Nokia and allies to spur the development of mobile Web applications is seen as a major strike against Google and its nascent Android platform.

June 24, 2008, 6:53 AM PDT

WiMax Forum certifies first 2.5GHz products

More than 100 mobile WiMax products will be certified by the year's end, with more than 1,000 certified by 2011, it predicts.

June 19, 2008, 7:42 AM PDT

Pearl Jam goes mobile with authorized bootlegs

Deal with Verizon Wireless' V Cast service means that live, authorized bootlegs will be available immediately after the band's shows.
(From Reuters)

June 11, 2008, 7:57 AM PDT

Phone business rings up change

roundup A fuel cell for cell phones, T-Mobile's 3G network in New York, and some acquisitions and new smartphones on the horizon.

May 5, 2008, 3:11 PM PDT

CTIA 2008: Mobile showdown in Sin City

At CTIA Wireless, there's no shortage of new phones, but does anyone have a new business plan?

April 4, 2008, 4:00 AM PDT

New York City subpoenas creator of text messaging code

Creator of mass text messaging system used to aid protesters during 2004 Republican National Convention is resisting releasing data on its users.
(From The New York Times)

March 30, 2008, 11:58 AM PDT