First came the news that Time Warner is Read More

Once touted as a model of efficiency and good design, Philadelphia's citywide Wi-Fi network is set to shut down at any moment. ... Read More

Just a month ago, Sprint's plans for a national, $5 billion WiMAX network looked decidedly shaky; the planned launch of a handful of markets Read More

Not sure if wearable Wi-Fi detectors are really all that necessary, but that didn't stop designer Stefan Dukaczewski from creating a hotspot detecting sneaker. ... Read More

I just got back from my local Starbucks in Foster City, CA where I was doing a little investigating of my own after reading on Read More

Doom-filled warnings arrive from AT&T this week. The company says that without substantial investment in network infrastructure, the Internet will essentially run out of bandwidth in just two short years. ... Read More

This week The Economist offers a typically thoughtful essay on what wireless technology, like Wi-Fi and cell phones, has done for us. Not from a computing standpoint, mind you, but from a social one. ... Read More

It's funny: While Apple is wrangling with trying to decide when it's going to release a 3G cell phone, the rest of the mobile industry is working on getting 4G (the most promising type of which is WiMAX) ready for prime time. ... Read More

I've discussed, with many of you here and offline, the complicated legal and moral debate surrounding so-called Wi-Fi leeching, or the use of another person's wireless signal without permission. ... Read More

The United States often gets a bad rap in international studies of how wired our citizens are, but the latest news isn't nearly as grim as prior reports make it out to be. According to the most recent issue of the Global Information Technology Report, the Read More