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So far, Clearwire has only launched WiMax 4G mobile services in Baltimore, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Portland Oregon, but the company keeps saying it plans to activate additional markets in the near future. Today, the company announced ten more locations that are in line for WiMax services, with two online today and eight more coming September 1. But they aren't exactly major metropolitan areas: Bellingham, Washington and Boise Idaho… Read More

Clearwire has officially launched its Clear-branded 4G WiMax mobile broadband service in Las Vegas, Nevada, marking the company's fourth major WiMax service area following Baltimore, Portland Oregon, and Atlanta. Clearwire says the Las Vegas service area covers about 1.7 million people over 638 square miles. “Wile it's true that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, now, thanks to Clear, that doesn't mean it has to stay… Read More

Remember when the United States was going to transition to digital television on February 17? Shortly after taking office the Obama administration pushed the date back to June 12, 2009 to give consumers more time to set hands on $40 vouchers aimed at defraying the cost of digital converter boxes for older analog sets—and maybe defray from injuries from people trying to climb up on roofs in the middle of ice storms to set up new… Read More

Cable giant Comcast—which, incidentally, now claims to be the third largest provider of residential phone service in the U.S.—is reportedly making plans to bundle and resell WiMax mobile broadband as part of its service offerings, beginning in Portland, Oregon. According to The Oregonian, the cable company is eyeing a mid-year launch for the service, and will likely bundle it in with its existing cable television, Internet,… Read More

Just yesterday Acer took the wraps off two WiMax equipped notebooks available for sale in Baltimore, the first city lite up on Sprint's planned nationwide Xohm WiMax network. Now Toshiba is getting in on the act, rolling out a WiMax-equiped version of its Satellite U405 notebook with a 13.3-inch display and combined WiMax/Wi-Fi networking. The Satellite U405-ST550W features an intel Core 2 Duo processor, an integrated Webcam with… Read More

A new market research study from MultiMedia Intelligence ranks U.S. cities on the basis of how wide their residents have adopted in-home networking during 2007. Perhaps not surprisingly, San Francisco topped the survey results, with some 28 percent of households having adopted home networking technologies. San Francisco was closely followed by Miami at 27 percent, and Los Angeles at 24 percent. If you're wondering why other… Read More

Electronics retailer Best Buy has announced a partnership with Zoomsystems to introduce self-serve gadget kiosks in a handful of major U.S. airports. Described as a pilot program, the kiosks will operate under the name “Best Buy Express” and carry small electronics items like portable storage devices and memory cards, chargers, headphones, travel adapters, gaming devices, digital cameras, and cell phone and computer… Read More

Finding a good show in New York City or Los Angeles can be as easy as wandering down the street on a Saturday night. But when you’re stuck somewhere away from the pop culture nexus of the universe, or looking to see a specific band, things can get complicated. On Thursday, AOL introduced a new Web site designed to aggregate touring information from all over the Web to serve as a one-stop shop for live music seekers. Tour Tracker… Read More

T-Mobile is getting set to take its TMobile AtHome broadband-based calling service nationwide beginning July 2, enabling users to connect their traditional landline phones to their broadband Internet connections and make unlimited nationwide calls for as little as $10 a month—in addition to existing T-Mobile charges, which start at $40 a month. The service works by connecting a T-Mobile HiPort router (made by LinkSys) into a… Read More

Billionaire American financier Carl Icahn isn't pleased that Yahoo didn't accept Microsoft's unsolicited offer to buy the company, even after a protracted and surprisingly public courtship dance. He's so upset, in fact, that he's sent a letter to Yahoo's chairman Roy Bostock that he has formed a 10-member group that he hopes to install on Yahoo's board of directors, who will in turn push the company… Read More

AT&T has announced it plans to launch a mobile television service from Qualcomm's MediaFlo USA in May. Initially, the service will be available only on two new handsets—the Samsung Access and the LG Vu—but promises to offer full-length programming from major brands like CBS< ESPN, Fox, MTV, NBC, and Nickelodeon, along with two (unnamed) exclusive channels. “ATAT&TT Mobile TV is a powerful new mobile entertainment… Read More

Satellite television operator DirecTV has announced it has reached an agreement to offer subscribers high-speed Internet connectivity and voice telephone services using technology from the Current Group. And those Internet services will reach subscribers over electrical power lines, rather than telephone, DSL, fiber, wireless, or (ack!) cable technologies. The initial service rollout is slated to begin in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and… Read More

Back in January, reports began to surface that Avis Rent A Car was planning to offer a mobile Internet/Wi-Fi option to its rental customers, combining in-vehicle Wi-Fi with mobile, cellular-based broadband Internet connectivity—and, of course, customers could use the units anywhere they might go (hotels, restaurants, parks) so long as they have power and cellular access. Now, apparently Avis going ahead with the system, offering its… Read More

Mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless has flipped the switch on what it surely hopes will be a major new revenue channel as it rolls out high-speed wireless technologies: V Cast Mobile TV, the first commercial mobile television service in the United States. Developed by Qualcom's MediaFlo gorup, the service is available only in a limited number of markets in 20 states and only works with the $199 Samsung SCH-U620 handset, but… Read More

BenQ plans to roll out a new line of widescreen flat-panel LCD monitors specifically aimed at video game aficionados. The company will be chosing off the lineup at the CPL 2006 Championship Finals in Dallas from December 16–20, 2006. Sizes on the displays will range from 19 to 24 inches, and suggested prices will range from $299 all the way up to $1,499. All the new BenQ displays are Vista Premium-ready and feature HDMI input with… Read More