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iFive: Sony's NGP, Nintendo Profits Down, Twitter Hires Bing Scientist, Google Managing White Space, Nokia's Gloomy Finances

BY Kit EatonThu Jan 27, 2011

Before you head in to work, let us help get you up to speed on the early tech and innovation news with this quick read: READ»

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FCC Approves "Wi-Fi On Steroids"

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Sep 23, 2010

Nearly a year after the FCC began issuing experimental licenses for the technology, the Feds have officially made the so-called white space spectrum available for wireless broadband. Let the gold rush begin.READ»

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FCC Starts Up Its Radio White Space System, New Wireless Tech En-Route

BY Kit EatonTue Dec 1, 2009

After a year of dithering, controversy and retro-thinking government meddling, the FCC has finally begun the process of enabling new whitespace broadband Wi-Fi devices. Good news. But if it makes you scratch your head, then let us ...READ»

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Microsoft Building One-Mile Wi-Fi

BY Chris DannenThu Aug 27, 2009

Despite protestations from the Bush administration, the FCC succeeded last year in making a certain chunk of the nation's TV and radio spectrum--dubbed "white space"--available to unlicensed broadcasters. That meant that companies ...READ»

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Tech Watch: Cheap Nationwide WiFi

BY Chris DannenThu Nov 6, 2008

Lots of news stories have been trampled by Election Day coverage, but none more nerdily exciting than Tuesday's FCC decision to open up “white space” – or space in the 700MHz range of the wireless spectrum – for unlicensed wireless use. Imagine a new Bluetooth frequency that could rove hundreds of miles, instead of just a few feet.READ»