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Google may be the least surprising of the known bidders for 700MHz spectrum. ...

What is the future of the 802.11n wireless standard? There's a lot of interest, but are there many deployments? They could start happening in 2008, explains Greg Murphy, COO of AirWave, in this IT Link podcast. ...

Lawmakers claim the buffer spectrum between broadcast channels holds potential for greater broadband penetration. ...

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Google's application to bid in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction has been accepted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), but rivals like AT&T and Verizon Wireless found themselves on the "incomplete" list and must re-submit their applications in the next several weeks, according to the agency. ...

If you follow Everything USB you have read about USB 3.0 before. For a quick rundown the new specification is promising about a ten times speed increase compared to current USB 2.0 speeds. That would put the throughput for USB 3.0 in the 5 gigabits per second area. The USB 3.0 specification is expected to be done this year and products based on it are expected to hit market sometime in 2009 (more likely 2010). Things are now off to a rocky start with the open host controller specifications for U...

From monitor to docking station and photo frame, DisplayLink USB graphics core is establishing a strong foot-hold in the alternate video connectivity market. The next step logically is to make its way into projectors, and InFocus IN1100- and IN3100-series are the first ones enabled with DisplayLink technology. Instead of a bulky VGA cable, these projectors use a standard mini-USB cable for carrying video signals. The road warrior-friendly IN1102 weighs in just 2.75lb. and measures in just 7.2"...

Sandisk TakeTV - what appears like a winner from the beginning - has recently been killed off along with its Fanfare online video store by the company that allegedly wishes to refocus on its mobile entertainment business. TakeTV was originally touted as a USB PC-to-TV video device that can playback XviD, DivX and MPEG-4 on a TV set. It comprises of three components: the remote, TV dock and the storage with the latter doubles as a video decoder. 4GB and 8GB were initially selling for $99.99 an...

Pocketable camcorders are insanely popular thanks to the small size that allows people to shoot video wherever they go - much to the dismay of some friends. When Pure Digital launched its first camcorder, the Flip Video, it did exceedingly well in the marketplace. Some sources claim that it has 13% of the entire camcorder market. Flip has decided to add another small camcorder to its line. The latest Flip camera is the Flip Mino, which is reported to retail for $180. Onboard storage for video ...

Flash drives have fast become ubiquitous little devices that serve all sorts of uses from transferring files for business to storing your music collection on the go. Most flash drives are roughly the size of a pack of gum and have caps that are easily lost. A recent trend has flash drives shrinking in physical size while growing in storage capacity. The latest flash drive to shrink and still offer a generous amount of storage is the Corsair Flash Voyager Mini. One of the noteworthy features of t...

Well, we've all heard the news. While the 3G iPhone wasn't exactly the best kept secret in the world, Apple surprised us with with the competitive pricing: a mere $199 for the 8GB 3G iPhone and $299 for the 16GB. Both will hit retail stories on July 11th in 22 countries during first wave. When the rest of the world is eagerly waiting, someone (hint: blogger, press) has touched it. Unfortunately, it's not us. MacCentral, Gizmodo & Laptop Magazine have a hands-on for the iPhone 2.0 that boas...

If you rolled out of bed this morning and popped your iPod into your pocket ready for another commute to work and thought to yourself, man I wish my iPod would stick to my shirt, you are in luck. Thanks to Newman you can now proudly display the fact that you have a MP3 player by wearing it on your shirt like one of those pieces of flair the wait staff had to wear in Office Space. The Newman Cool Man MP3 player really isn't all that cool and reminds me of a radiation badge from the hospital. The ...

Anyone who spends lots of time typing away on a computer knows that injuries from repetitive movements like typing can be a literal and figurative pain. For many one of the best ways to prevent this sort of injury is to use an ergonomic keyboard like the MS Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. While the MS keyboard is Mac compatible, Mac users looking for a keyboard built for their Apple machines and with a more ergonomic design should be familiar with the Kinesis Freestyle convertible keyboard that...

USB gadgets have over the years moved from things that are actually useful to the PC user to items that are apparently meant to make life easier to live when you are stuck in an office/dorm/cubicle all day. As is common with the sort of environmental USB gadgets that really do nothing but look good (and even that point can be argued). The latest such gadget designed for looks alone to come from Brando is the USB Illuminated WaterFall Cloud Fountain. The long name describes the device pretty well...

Speed Dragon, Age Star, DoTop have announced they have selected Artimi reference design for its Wireless USB hard drive. So it's only matter of time (hopefully soon) before some first-tier peripheral companies start sourcing to these OEMs for the cable-free USB drive. Silicon manufacturers traditionally build reference designs as a technical blueprint to enable a fast track to market as well as to cut cost and time in the customer's integration process. In addition to Artimi's CWUSB drive refe...

As you may have noticed, Everything USB was offline earlier this week for about 4 days, beginning with an explosion on Saturday that took out one of our webhost The Planet's datacenters. Hundreds if not thousands of servers eventually became inaccessible. Well, it wasn't until Sunday midnight that we realized something was terribly wrong - traffic plunged by eighty percent. Our investigation eventually led us to Webmasterworld where a member reported aforementioned explosion, followed by a rag...

Having a baby is probably not the first thing you'd think of when it comes to USB technology, but it turns out our favorite electronics standard will help you in the fertility department, too. Get your mind out of the gutter: the DuoFertility is a heat-sensing skin patch that records temperatures (in this case, the temperature of the woman wearing it) and records them for later analysis, either through the included reader or via USB download onto any computer. The product's super-sensitive sen...

From the beginning, it seems obvious that Displaylink USB video technology would well on photo frames as it did on nineteen-incher LCD monitors. Asus now turns this idea into reality with its new UFOTO UF735 7" USB photo frame. On the surface, the UF735 looks as like any others, and it soon reveals the hidden talent in its ability to work as a USB monitor, which can either create another desktop or mirror the main screen. The mini LCD has an unconventional 800 x 480 resolution which is plentif...

Of all the choices USB devices can be shared among PCs (and Macs), every solution so far requires a peripheral sharing device such as Belkin USB Network Hub and IOGear USB Net ShareStation. These USB servers work great as long as everyone who lends out and borrows the hardware belongs in the same local network. If you want to remotely control the peripherals over the Internet or from a local virtual machine, USB over Network is the one to answer the call. The software-based solution comprising...

Most of us are aware that HD DVD was handed a beat down by Blu-ray making the latter the standard for Hi-def video. Despite the win, the adoption of Blu-ray is still slow - mostly because of the high price. We are beginning to see some PCs and notebooks come with Blu-ray drives and LG is now offering an external solution for users looking to upgrade current systems with Blu-ray capability. Those early adopters that lost out betting on HD DVD with obsolete format movies around will like the LG dr...

We're not sure if this idea exists anywhere but in the mind of designer Junyi Heo, but it seems like another interesting adaptation of the USB power standard, following the footsteps of all of those body part warmers from a few years ago: it's called the Digital Pot, and it uses a cup within-a-cup design, an LCD, and a few sensors to tell you whether or not a particular plant is pleased with its current living conditions. To do so, the Digital Pot tests the soil's temperature, humidity, water l...

Well, school is out and while summer isn't officially upon us, summer-like heat is for sure. We computer geeks worry about our computers getting to hot leading to lockups and potential damage to components. If you live in a warm climate you might also worry about overheating yourself and be wishing for a way to keep cool while you work at your computer. Arctic Cooling's Arctic Breeze is a cooling option for the computer user that is powered by the PC USB port. The fan itself is a 92mm design wit...

On the surface, we approve of the idea of Fretlight Electric Guitar: including LEDs that light up to demonstrate chord shapes in this USB-powered axe seems like a good way to teach a beginner the basics of how to play, particularly in conjunction with the included educational software. The expanded chord and scale library built into the software is a good idea, too, as is the inclusion of tweaks that allow the guitar to work with unusual tunings, and the package as a whole certainly gives itsel...

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Forget your fancy webcams with their high-end consumer features (and their need for separate speakers); a company called Giz Fever has a plug and play USB webcam that looks like it??™s got the bare necessities necessary to video chat and maybe record a low-fi video or two. As an added bonus, the camera comes with its own USB speaker, which we can only hope has some sort of block separating it from the microphone (perhaps that??™s the "Hi-Fi Baffle Box" Giz Fever mentions in the specifications?)...