Archive for March, 2008

Comcast And Time Warner May Fund Clearwire-Sprint WiMax Effort(TechWeb)

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Comcast And Time Warner May Fund Clearwire-Sprint WiMax Effort(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Reports say that the cable operators would contribute$1.5 billion to help deploy the wide area wireless technology.

Software turns smart phone into hotspot(AP)
AP - Here’s a cool use for a phone that has both cellular broadband and Wi-Fi: Turn it into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot so your friends can surf the Internet on their laptops.

Advice to parents: Give your kids their (My)space(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Larry Rosen, professor of psychology at California State University-Dominguez Hills, has long studied"the Net generation,"the first to have grown up with the Internet, not to mention cellphones. In Me, MySpace and I: Parenting the Net Generation (Palgrave Macmillan), he helps parents understand social networks. His advice: Talk to your kids, learn the technology and don’t panic. USA TODAY’s Janet Kornblum spoke with the author.

Motorola to go broad with CTIA debuts(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Motorola won’t choose sides in the main technology standoffs expected at the CTIA Wireless trade show next week, judging from a set of early product announcements on Wednesday.

Bangladesh to allow mobile networks in hill region(Reuters)
Reuters - Bangladesh’s army-backed interimgovernment said on Thursday it would allow mobile phonenetworks to operate in the south-eastern hill districts, whichhad been barred for security concerns.