Wireless Networking Stories for 2012

A Wish List For Tablets In 2013 453
The Future of 802.11ac 125
FCC Smooths the Path For Airlines' In-Flight Internet 93
How ISPs Collude To Offer Poor Service 207
Pirate Radio Station In Florida Jams Automotive Electronics 315
Samsung Retaliates Against Ericsson With Patent Complaint 43
DARPA Wants Wireless Devices That Can Blast Through the Noise 79
RIM Pays Off Nokia; Patent Dispute Settled 23
Boeing Uses 20,000 Lbs. of Potatoes To Check Aircraft Wireless Network Signals 104
DARPA Begins Work On 100Gbps Wireless Tech With 120-mile Range 83
Cisco Rumored To Be Selling Linksys 180
Startup Launches Open Wi-Fi, Challenging ISPs 65
FCC Moving To Launch Dynamic Spectrum Sharing 30
High-Frequency Traders Use 50-Year-Old Wireless Tech 395
A Wi-Fi Wardriving Motorbike — With Plans Available 36
New WiFi Protocol Boosts Congested Wireless Network Throughput By 700% 130
Battery-Powered Transmitter Could Crash A City's 4G Network 121
French Company Building a Mobile Internet Just For Things 35
NASA Fires Up Experimental Space Internet For Robot Control 42
Verizon To Shut Down App Store By January 59
Some Smart Meters Broadcast Readings in the Clear 138
Microsoft Reportedly Working On Its Own Smartphone 215
To Mollify Google on Moto Patents, Apple Proposes $1/Device Fee 582
Wireless Power Over Distance: Just a Parlor Trick? 215
Stolen Cellphone Databases Switched On In US 165
EFF And Others Push For Open Wifi APs Everywhere 253
Increasing Wireless Network Speed By 1000% By Replacing Packets With Algebra 357
The UK's 5-Minute 4G Data Cap 261
Ask Slashdot: How Can I Protect My Android Devices From Hackers? 295
Ask Slashdot: Why Does Wireless Gear Degrade Over Time? 615
FTC Offers $50,000 For Best Way To Stop Robocalls 614
Japan's Softbank Buying Sprint, Creating Third-Largest Global Carrier 59
Is a Wireless Data Center Possible? 172
Flip This App: Secondary Mobile App Market Quietly Taking Off 39
Is Mobile Broadband a Luxury Or a Human Right? 332
Russian Officials Consider Ban On Wi-Fi Use For Kids 110
802.11ad Will Knock Your Socks Off, Says Interop Panel 174
FCC Chief: 300MHz More Spectrum By 2015 60
Scottish Scientists Create World's Smallest Smart Antenna 91
Ask Slashdot: Best Cell Phone Carrier In the US? 375
LightSquared Wants To Share Weather-Balloon Frequencies for LTE 141
Indian Minister Says Telecom Companies Should Only Charge For Data 177
Nebraska Sheriff Wardriving, Sending Letters About Unsecured Wi-Fi 248
Australian Smart Meter Data Shared Far and Wide 172
6 Million Virgin Mobile Users Vulnerable To Brute-Force Attacks 80
Wi-Fi Illness Claim Doesn't Impress New Mexico Court 217
Android Hacked Via NFC On the Samsung Galaxy S 3 198
A $20 Software Defined Radio For GNU Radio 53
AT&T Facing Net Neutrality Complaint Over FaceTime Restrictions 95
Verizon Offers Free Tethering Because It Has To 180
Wireless Analysis With Monitor Mode On Android 49
Apple Wins Again — ITC Rules They Didn't Violate Samsung Patents 149
Wrong Number: Why Phone Companies Overcharge For Data 105
Intel Demos 7Gpbs Wireless Docking 52
Cutting the Power Cable: How Advantageous Is Wireless Charging? 284
Samsung Expected To Sue Apple Over iPhone 5 LTE Networking 283
UK Finally Gets 4G Networking 49
Judge Rules Sniffing Open Wi-Fi Networks Is Not Wiretapping 308
AT&T Promises To Expand LTE To More US Markets 105
Sprint Allows LTE Service Over Mobile Virtual Network 45
EU Calls for Unified Approach to Allocating "White Space" Spectrum 25
Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV 365
The Danger In Exempting Wireless From Net Neutrality 161
FCC To Review the Relative Value of Low, High, and Super-high Spectrum Licenses 58
Ask Slashdot: Ad-Hoc Wireless Mesh Network For Emergency Vehicles? 200
BBC Keeps Android Flash Alive In the UK 102
FAA To Reevaluate Inflight Electronic Device Use 336
Would You Open Your Home To a Hacker – For Free? 118
Satellite Uplinks For the Masses 49
T-Mobile Returns To Unlimited Data Plans 152
Mobile Operator Grabs 4G Lead In UK — But Will Anything Work On It? 81
US To Drive 3,000 Wi-Fi Linked Vehicles In Massive Crash Avoidance Trial 89
10 Internet Connections At Same Time 152
"Knitted" Wi-Fi Routers Create Failover Network For First Responders 97
Project Byzantium: Zero To Ad-Hoc Mesh Network In 60 Seconds (Video) 124
Gov't Approves Parts of Verizon-Cable Spectrum Sale 76
Nokia Researcher Puts Firefox OS On Raspberry Pi 75
Alternative To QR Code Uses NFC and Cheap Rectennas 164
FCC Asked To Reassess Cell Phone Radiation Guidelines 78
Researchers Turn Home Wi-Fi Router Into Spy Device 108
AT&T Killing Its 2G Network By 2017 102
'Wi-Fi Police' Stalk Olympic Games 268
FCC Rules That Verizon Cannot Charge For 4G Tethering 218
GM Working On Wi-Fi Direct-Equipped Cars To Detect Pedestrians and Cyclists 111
Researcher Wows Black Hat With NFC-based Smartphone Hacking Demo 95
Nokia Aborts Meltemi Linux-Based Feature Phone 105
Firefox OS Will Win Big With Developers - Mozilla 229
Sprint Finally Joins 4G LTE Wireless Race 67
Judge Rules iDevice Speaker Docks Don't Infringe On Bose Patent 67
O2's UK Network Crash Hits Offender Monitoring System 56
UK Government To Offer Free TV Filters For 4G Interference 94
New York Experiments With Wi-Fi From Payphones 56
Apple Hacker Charlie Miller To Demo Dangers of Near-Field Communications 149
Hackers Steal Keyless BMW In Under 3 Minutes 486
Controlling Linux Using an Android Phone As Mouse, Keyboard, and Gamepad 93
Telefonica Shows Prototype Firefox OS Phone 91
John the Ripper Cracks Slow Hashes On GPU 61
Ask Slashdot: Are Smart Meters Safe? 684
First Firefox Mobile OS Phones Announced 116
FTC Files Complaint Against Wyndham For Hotel Data Breaches 46
"Twisted" OAM Beams Carry 2.5 Terabits Per Second 142
Verizon Wireless Goes Ahead With 'Bucket' Data Plans 376
In Australia, Apple Fined $2.5 Million For '4G' Advertising Claims 154
London Tube Stations Finally Get Wi-Fi 140
Ask Slashdot: Provisioning Internet For Condo Association? 257
SSID As the New Community Bulletin Board and Yard Sign 165
Is Australia's CSIRO a Patent Troll? 175
AT&T Expects Data-Only Phone Plans Within 2 Years 97
Sprint To Shut Down Nextel iDEN Network Next Year 53
Call For DOJ To Reopen Google Wi-Fi Spying Investigation 82
Cops' Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Now Better Than GPS 147
Japanese Researchers Transmit 3Gbps Using Terahertz Frequencies 134
Apple Tells Siri To Stop Recommending Nokia 337
LightSquared Files For Bankruptcy 138
Apple Gives In, Drops iPad '4G' Tag To Avoid Lawsuits 197
American Cellular Companies Clamor For Fresh Spectrum 103
Senator Seeks More Info On DOJ Location Tracking Practices 35
CarrierIQ Hires Former Verizon Counsel As Chief Privacy Officer 45
Government Asks When It Can Shut Down Wireless Communications 267
20 Years of GSM and SMS 157
IEEE Approves Revision of Wireless LAN Standard 61
Why Verizon Doesn't Want You To Buy an iPhone 207
1Gbps Wireless Network Made With Red and Green Laser Pointers 157
BART Defends Mobile Service Shutdown 149
British Government Prepares For Solar Storms 52
Wozniak Praises 'Beautiful' Windows Phone 362
Data Engineer In Google Case Is Identified 186
Google Releases FCC Report On Street View Probe 95
RIM's Future Hangs On Developer Support For 'New BlackBerry' 148
Backdoor Found In Arcadyan-based Wi-Fi Routers 59
White Space Wireless Broadband Trial In UK Is a Success 39
Proof-of-Concept Android Trojan Uses Motion Sensors To Steal Passwords 105
Skype Finally Arrives On Microsoft Phones 151
Millions of Brits Lose Ceefax News Service 211
IEEE Vet: Carriers Capping LTE Services To Avoid Fixed-line Cannibalization 118
How the Sinking of the Titanic Sparked a Century of Radio Improvements 99
Everything Everywhere To Sell UK 4G Spectrum 16
CSIRO Develops 10 Gbps Microwave Backhaul 121
42% of Worldwide Households Expected To Have Wi-Fi By 2016 91
The Story Behind Australia's CSIRO Wi-Fi Claims 161
Australian WiFi Inventors Win US Legal Battle 193
Nano-SIM Decision Delayed 117
Apple May Need To Rethink 4G Claims (and Pay Refunds) In More Countries 105
IETF Attendees Reengineer Their Hotel's Wi-Fi Net 120
Australian Consumer Watchdog Sues Apple Over iPad Marketing 193
Apple Offers Nano-SIM Design Royalty-Free 113
Huawei Claims 30Gbps Wireless 'Beyond LTE' 146
Queensland Police to Look For Unsecured WiFi Spots 255
Mobile Ads May Serve As a Malware Conduit 79
Free Apps Eat Your Smartphone Battery 214
LightSquared Satellite Disabled By Last Week's Solar Storm 70
Ask Slashdot: Who Has the Best 3G Coverage In California and Nevada? 134
San Jose Plan Reintroduces Large-Scale Municipal Wi-Fi Coverage 61
Rogers Joins Telus In Seeking National Regulation 53
Marketing Agency Uses Homeless As Wi-Fi Hotspots 267
Smartphones More Dangerous Than Alcohol, When Driving 358
After Complaints, AT&T Solidifies, Increases Data Limit 211
'Twisted' Waves Could Boost Capacity of Wireless Spectrum 147
LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery 211
AT&T Should Be Investigated For 'Fraudulent' Data Policies, Says PK 138
Nokia Puts 41MPixel Camera In a (Symbian) Phone 204
T-Mobile Announces LTE Network 75
Microsoft Files EU Antitrust Complaint Against Motorola Mobility 148
Leaky Cellphone Nets Can Give Attackers Your Location 67
FCC Bars Lightsquared From Using Airwaves 178
Ontario Teachers' Union Calls For Health-Related Classroom Wi-Fi Ban 365
Southwest Airlines iPhone App Unencrypted, Vulnerable To Eavesdroppers 139
All-IP Network Produces $100B Real Estate Windfall 229
FCC Maps the 3G Wasteland Of the Western US 173
4G Phones Are Really Fast — At Draining Batteries 281
Ex-FCC Chair: Spectrum Plan "Single Worst Telecom Bill I've Seen" 63
Apple Overturns Motorola's German iPad and iPhone Sales Bans 120
New Mobile Plan Pools Data On Unlimited Devices 68
NTT DoCoMo Asks Google To Limit Android Data Use 160
Ask Slashdot: Wireless Proximity Detection? 101
Super Wi-Fi Isn't Really Wi-Fi 145
Stealing Smartphone Crypto Keys Using Radio Waves 37
iPhone 4S's Siri Is a Bandwidth Guzzler 290
1st 'Super Wi-Fi' Net Goes Live In North Carolina 60
O2 Fixes 'Accidental' Leak of Phone Numbers 42
Fighting Rogue Access Points At linux.conf.au 80
AT&T Caps Netflix Streaming Costs At $68K/Yr 433
How Much LTE Spectrum Do Big Carriers Have? 99
Police Investigate Offensive Wi-Fi Network Name 890
LightSquared Says GPS Tests Were Rigged 186
Automated Machines To Recycle Phones For Money 135
Ask Slashdot: Setting Up a Wireless Catch-and-Release 332
Data Hogs: the Monsters Carriers Created 215
ViaSat Delivers 12 Mbps+ Via Satellite 245
Microsoft Scraps 'Where's My Phone Update?' Site 162
Slow Start For Mobile In 2012 Presidential Campaign 65