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2 hrs ago | TheStreet.com

Sprint Boosts Clearwire Offer Amid Heated Takeover Battle

Sprint is now raising its offer to buy a remaining 50% stake in Clearwire it doesn't own by 14%, succumbing to some Clearwire shareholder resistance to it's previous $2.97 a share offer.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

6 hrs ago | Bangkok Post

Google adds latest Bluetooth support to...

Native support for the latest Bluetooth technology will mean that Android device owners will finally be able to sync and connect their phones with virtually any Bluetooth product, from keyboards and headphones to activity trackers and smart watches.

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Related Topix: Bluetooth, Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Google, Startups, Headphones, Keyboards

7 hrs ago | Russia Taday

'Anonymous' hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown on Guantanamo

The US military has restricted access to wireless internet at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp due to hacking threats said to be part of a protest over conditions at the facility where detainees have been engaged in a hunger strike for over 100 days.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, Anonymous, Pop/Rock, Emerging Technology, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, Guantanamo Bay

8 hrs ago | ILounge

First Looks: Boombotix Boombot Rex Bluetooth Wireless Speaker

Shipping at the end of this month, Boombot Rex is the latest Bluetooth speaker from Boombotix.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Bluetooth

11 hrs ago | Forbes.com

Apple Used Loopholes To Skip Paying U.S. Taxes On $44 Billion In...

Apple relied on a "complex web of offshore entities" and U.S. tax loopholes to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on $44 billion in offshore income over the past four years, according to excerpts from a Senate subcommittee report to be released tomorrow as Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies on the company's overseas operations.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat, John McCain, Republican

Mon May 20, 2013

New York Post

Dish Net's big bid for spectrum

Charlie Ergen, chairman of satellite-TV provider Dish Network, made a $2 billion bid for radio frequencies from LightSquared, the bankrupt wireless-broadband company owned by Philip Falcone's hedge-fund firm, said people familiar with the offer.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

WebWire

Corning Launches ONE™ Wireless Platform, Unifies Wi-Fi and Cellular Connectivity

Corning Incorporated today unveiled the first all-optical, converged in-building wireless solution to satisfy the increasing demand from enterprises, hotels, convention centers, and arenas for high-speed, high-capacity wireless hubs with virtually unlimited bandwidth.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Corning Cable Systems, Telecom, Corning, Electronics, Dow Corning, Chemicals, Emerging Technology, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi

Myrtle Beach Online

Guantanamo hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown

A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says that officials have also blocked access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter through military computer networks because of the threat.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Emerging Technology, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, Business News

Wireless Design & Development

Ventev Wireless Infrastructure "Takes Wi-Fi Outside" at CTIA 2013

Ventev Wireless Infrastructure will unveil turnkey systems to help companies and institutions "take Wi-Fi outside," extending data networks outdoors in the most intelligent and cost-efficient way, at CTIA 2013 in Las Vegas, May 21-23, 2013.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, Emerging Technology

FOX23

High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers.

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Related Topix: US Supreme Court, US News, Emerging Technology

Myrtle Beach Online

Watch out for unauthorized charges on cellphone bills

Take a line-by-line look at your cellphone bill - all dozen or so pages. See a $9.99 charge for horoscopes, flirting tips or some such thing that you didn't request? Once only a big problem with landline telephones, cramming - the placement of unauthorized charges on phone bills by outsiders - is gaining a foothold in the mobile-phone marketplace, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Cell Phones, Electronics, Emerging Technology, Business News

Coolest Gadgets

Archos 80 Xenon tablet announced

Archos has been in the Android-powered device game for quite some time already, and they have introduced the latest version of the Elements range of tablets, calling it the Archos 80 Xenon.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Google, Startups

The Beaumont Enterprise

Harris Communications Launches New Line Of Cell Phone Repeaters, Bi...

Harris Communications Launches New Line Of Cell Phone Repeaters, Bi Directional Amplifier / Antenna Cellular Repeater And Amplifiers Harris Communications Launches New Line Of Cell Phone Repeaters, Bi Directional Amplifier / Antenna Cellular Repeater And AmplifiersHarris Communications, the nation's leader in the creation, design and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Sun May 19, 2013

I programmer

Arduino YAon Brings WiFi

The Arduino Yun has been unveiled as the first of a family of wifi products that combine Arduino with Linux by using a system on a chip running Linino, a customized version of OpenWRT.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, Emerging Technology, Open Source Software, Linux

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Scott Lamkin uses the Cole library's wireless internet service on his computer Friday in Carlsbad.

The Dove Library, which opened in 1999 just off El Camino Real in La Costa, needs new carpet, new paint inside and out, a technology upgrade and other work, city officials say.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Carlsbad, CA, Emerging Technology, US Politics, US News

Customer Interaction Solutions

NYNE's Bluetooth Speakers Take Your Graduate's Music Wherever They Want to Go

NYNE, an innovator of lifestyle inspired audio products, has the perfect gift for your graduate that can be used anywhere life takes them.

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Related Topix: Speakers, Bluetooth, Emerging Technology

AmericanBankingNews.com

Nokia OYJ Receives Buy Rating from Grupo Santander

's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by investment analysts at Grupo Santander in a note issued to investors on Monday, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

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Related Topix: Nokia, Telecom

BlogHer

The Five Best Mobile Apps for Simplifying Your Life

Who doesn't want as many ways as possible to make their lives a little easier? Well, you are in luck because there are some truly great mobile apps out there that can help to streamline your busy days! Here are our top fivea Definitely head over to the Linquet website to help you visualize what it is.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Google, Startups, Life, Food, Recipes, PC

Neowin.net

Nearly everything about Acer's 8.1" Windows 8 tablet leaks

The 8.1-inch Windows 8 tablet, which will likely cost around $380 when it launches, is the first Windows 8 tablet to come with a screen size under 10 inches, and today we're seeing basically everything else about the tablet leak that we didn't already know.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Sat May 18, 2013

Engadget

Google-built media player hits the FCC, reveals only a Hitchhiker's Guide reference

With much of its information obscured it's hard to say what Google has planned for this new device revealed by its FCC filing, but the model number at least indicates someone has a sense of humor.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Gadgets

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