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Wireless computer networks grew in popularity as more coffee shops, hotels, restaurants, and airports offered "hot spots" (very localized signal-coverage areas) based on a technology called Wi-Fi ...
Computers and Information Systems
Philadelphia, the first large U.S. city to announce plans for a metro Wi-Fi (wireless-fidelity) network, signed a 10-year contract with EarthLink in January 2006 to construct and operate such a ...
Computers and Information Systems
The introduction of the Apple iPhone, which was really a handheld computer running a version of the firm's Macintosh operating system (OS), was easily the biggest event of 2007 for consumers. It ...
Computers and Information Systems
In 2005 the United States insisted that it would indefinitely retain control of a group of Internet "root servers," which acted as traffic directors for PCs navigating the Web. The move was a ...
Computers and Information Systems
Technology contributed to a shift in PC sales toward laptops. According to analysts, consumer enthusiasm for laptops was driven by their increasing computing power (which nearly matched that of ...
Computers and Information Systems
The ongoing application of new digital technology had led to the development and marketing of a wide array of digital consumer electronic devices-especially for communication, entertainment, and ...
The Wireless Revolution
In Helsinki, Fin., gamblers are getting their national lottery tickets by mobile telephone. In Hull, Eng., drivers are paying for their parking spaces with their mobile phones. In Tokyo people are ...
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