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Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth to co-exist within device
News New Wi-Fi specs that enable direct connections won't replace Bluetooth. Instead, both wireless protocols will likely be supported in the same device, says analyst.
Tags: Bluetooth, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Development/design, Mobile processors, Specification, Wi-Fi Alliance, mobile, Gartner Inc., photograph, Bluetooth
HTC patches Bluetooth driver flaw
News Handset manufacturer issues patch for a Bluetooth vulnerability discovered earlier this week.
Tags: Cellular phones, Bluetooth, Mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Flaw, phone, Bluetooth, File-sharing, Microsoft Windows, handset company
WiMedia Alliance calls it a day
News The industry group set up to develop and promote ultrawideband technology will close shop, and will pass on its technological specifications to other industry groups.
Tags: Bluetooth, UWB, Wireless USB, Wireless, USB, Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Bluetooth, Personal Area Network, WiMedia Alliance, industry
New GPS platform aims to save batteries
News Cambridge Silicon Radio's new architecture, designed for mobile phones and other portable devices, can run in an "'aware" state that uses very little power.
Tags: Development/design, Bluetooth, Battery, Satellite, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, GPS, phone, performance, Development/design
New Wi-Fi spec challenges Bluetooth
News The specification, called Wi-Fi Direct, turns gadgets into mini access points and could hurt Bluetooth's dominance in gadget wireless connectivity.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Device, Phone, router, Wi-Fi Alliance, Wi-Fi router, Wi-Fi access point, P2P, Wireless, Wi-Fi
Android on PC gets new input
News A new alpha version of LiveAndroid has been released, adding mouse-controlled cursor and keyboard functionality to the PC port of Google's mobile operating system.
Tags: Business applications, Operating systems, Mobile platforms/communications, Bluetooth, Desktops, Linux, Memory, Mobile, Android, Google Inc.
Bluetooth vulnerability reported in HTC phones
News Report says Bluetooth driver in the manufacturer's Windows Mobile devices could expose user contact details and other data, but HTC has not confirmed flaw.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Mobile, PC World, phone, Bluetooth, e-mail, Microsoft Windows
Google stuffs staffers' stockings with Android phones
News This year, the search giant is giving its employees an HTC Dream, or G1 smartphone running its Android mobile operating system, as a holiday gift.
Tags: Smart phones, Bluetooth, Business applications, Browser, Google Inc., Android, Australia, phone, software, handset company
iPhone Nano on the way to China first?
News There are differing views on whether a small, low-cost iPhone is on tap from Apple. One analyst thinks that not only is one on the way, but that China will get it first.
Tags: Wireless e-mail devices, 3G (Third Generation), Bluetooth, Apple Inc., China Mobile Ltd., Asia, Chip, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., United Microelectronics Corp., AT&T Corp.
Bluetooth blues
Insight comment Bluetooth promises the world, or the operation of all within it--that is, if you can get it to work in the first place.
Tags: Bluetooth
Google-backed tool detects Net filtering, blocking
News A new open platform from Google, the New America Foundation and PlanetLab allows consumers to monitor their broadband connection for Internet-provider interference.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Web 2.0, 3G (Third Generation), Bluetooth, Google Inc., BitTorrent, Tool, Broadband, Net Neutrality
Are you Bluetooth-secure?
Insight Bluetooth-enabled devices, while not be large repositories of important corporate data, can still pose security risks. Learn how to lock-down a Bluetooth environment.
Tags: Bluetooth
Bluetooth chews on future plans
Insight A Bluetooth technical group outlines its wireless plans through 2006, updates current specification to trim power consumption.
Tags: Bluetooth
Nokia: Bluetooth flaw gnaws at phone security
News Nokia has admitted that a number of its Bluetooth handsets are vulnerable to "bluesnarfing," in which data can be stolen from a phone without the owner's knowledge.
Tags: Bluetooth
Bluetooth gets audio quality boost
News CSR announces BlueCore6 chipset, claiming that it will help prevent audio connections from cutting out.
Tags: Bluetooth
