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Swiss battery maker ReVolt picks Oregon as US base

Swiss battery maker ReVolt picks Oregon as US base

A Swiss company developing zinc batteries for electric cars has chosen Portland, Ore., as its U.S. headquarters and manufacturing center.

ReVolt Technology also announced Tuesday it’s applying for $30 million in research grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to answer the government’s call for technology that drives energy independence.

ReVolt says zinc-based batteries deliver more than twice the energy of lithium-ion batteries, and they’re cheaper to produce.

The company plans to start with 75 Oregon workers and later add 175 more.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski (koo-luhn-GAH’-skee) says the state’s effort to attract "green" industry has been an effective way to create jobs.

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New Sprint Mobile Hotspot Taps Both 3G and WiMax

New Sprint Mobile Hotspot Taps Both 3G and WiMax

Mobile operator Sprint is rolling out more WiMax-capable gear, announcing two new Sprint 4G Mobile Broadband Routers. The Sprint Personal Hotspot PHD300S enables up to four WiFi-capable devices to connect to the Internet using mobile data networks, while the Cradlepoint MBDR-1000 Broadband Router is aimed at businesses that nee to hook up as many as 32 WiFi devices to the Internet—and both devices support latching onto Sprint’s 3G mobile network as well as 4G WiMax networks where available.

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Clearwire Bringing WiMax to 10 New Markets

Clearwire Bringing WiMax to 10 New Markets

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 get their WiMax today, while eight Texas markets—including Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Killeen/Temple, Waco, and Wichita Falls—are set to be activated September 1.

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Clearwire Officially Fires Up WiMax in Vegas

Clearwire Officially Fires Up WiMax in Vegas

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 in one place,” said Jeremy Abler, General Manager of Las Vegas market for Clearwire. “Clear will bring to Las Vegas residents the super-fast mobile internet experience they’re used to having at home or the office, anywhere around town, or on the go.”

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Comcast Begins Bundling Clearwire WiMax Service

Comcast Begins Bundling Clearwire WiMax Service

Cable operator Comcast has announced its new High-Speed 2go service offering, in which it is combined WiMax mobile broadband service with its existing cable TV, Internet, or telephone services. The service is initially available in the Portland, Oregon area, but the company expects to bring Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other markets online before the end of 2009.

“With Comcast’s wideband Internet, we already offer one of the fastest wired connections available today. Now with the launch of High-Speed 2go, we also deliver the nation’s fastest wireless Internet,” said Comcast’s senior VP and general manager for wireless and voice services Cathy Avgiris, in a statement.

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Clearwire Officially Greenlights WiMax in Atlanta

Clearwire Officially Greenlights WiMax in Atlanta

Although the rollout isn’t going as quickly as many would have hoped, Clearwire Communications has formally introduced 4G WiMax mobile broadband service to the Atlanta, Georgia area. Clearwire claims the service reaches about 3 million people over an area of about 1,200 square miles, making it the largest WiMAX service area in the United States.

The Atlanta WiMax network has been quietly operating in Atlanta for weeks, but consumers were not able to sign up for the service, which Clearwire offers under the name “Clear.” Clearwire previously rolled out WiMax services in Baltimore, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon.

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Cisco and Clearwire Pact on WiMax Gear

Cisco and Clearwire Pact on WiMax Gear

Clearwire is trying to get a jump on the pending 4G mobile broadband world by rolling out high-speed WiMax technology: so far the service is up and running Baltimore and Portland, Oregon, and the company is promising more major markets will come online during 2009 with as many as 80 markets online by the end of 2010. To that end, Clearwire and Cisco have just announced a deal that will put Cisco gear at the heart of Clearwire’s core infrastructure…and Cisco plans to roll out WiMax gear for consumers, including routers under its Linksys brand.

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Worst Vaporware and High-Tech Hoaxes

As much as late-night infomercial fodder such as the venerable vegetable slice-n-dicer and the towel-cum-chamois hybrid infuriatingly dubbed the ShamWow have become the subject of intense ridicule, these gadgets have at least one thing going for them – they exist. If nothing else, we can rest easy knowing that someone, somewhere was able to dream up an idea, turn that idea into a product that does what it’s supposed to do, and bring that product to market.  Read more...

Acer Timelines Notebooks Promise Long Life, Cool Laps

Acer Timelines Notebooks Promise Long Life, Cool Laps

Computer maker Acer has taken the wraps off its new line of Timeline notebook computers that the company claims will revolutionize mobile computing through extended battery life—as much as 8 hours, or 10 hours with an SSD drive—ultra low-power processors, and cooling technology that makes the systems actually comfortable to use (gasp!) on a lap. And the systems will offer a WiMax mobile broadband option for folks who need to have high-speed mobile Internet wherever they go…or, at least, wherever they go in Portland and Baltimore, at the moment.

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Samsung’s WiMAX Mondi is Mondo Huge

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With Clear’s WiMAX mobile Internet service now blanketing Baltimore, Portland, and many more cities to come, Samsung has decided to roll the dice on the fledging standard’s success and release a mobile Internet device (MID) with WiMAX built in and running Windows Mobile 6.1. We sat down with the long-rumored and now-revealed Mondi at the company’s CTIA booth.

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