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Researchers in Japan use terahertz frequencies to transmit data at 3 Gbps

, May 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology have made a very interesting breakthrough that could have serious implications for wireless high-speed data networks. The researchers have developed a new wireless transmission system that works using a frequency that is unregulated by any country or standards organization in the world. The system the researchers developed works in the range of 300 GHz to 3 THz. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 30, 2012

, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Shrug off that case of the Mondays you've had all day and check out what made news in the gadget world today. For starters, there are a couple new developments in mobile data plans in the US. On the Verizon side, the carrier may soon be launching family data plans, making it a bit more affordable to have multiple smartphones on the same account. T-Mobile is playing the restriction card, as it will start imposing data roaming limits on April 5. Read The Full Story

Panasonic demos WiGig with tablet and in-car system

, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Panasonic is developing new applications that use WiGig technology, which can wirelessly transfer data at multi-gigabit speeds. Although first announced back in 2009, adoption of WiGig has taken some time. Panasonic is demoing the technology in use on prototype SD cards that work with tablets to transfer videos to in-car entertainment systems. Read The Full Story

Intel tipped to work on WiGig wireless docking stations for Ultrabooks

, Dec 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

I mentioned last week that Intel was said to be working on a new wired docking device for the Ultrabook lien that is tipped to be using Thunderbolt. This week we have another new rumor that points to Intel working on a second docking system for Ultraboosk, and this one is wireless. The new docking station uses WiGig tech that offers more bandwidth than 802.11n. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: July 13, 2011

, Jul 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

Today there were a handful of leaks that made the whole thing just a big ol’ glass of awesome – potential awesome, that is. First lets get to the facts: tomorrow is the official BETA launch of Spotify here in the USA. Spotify is a music streaming service that you pay a monthly fee for to get basically every music track in the universe to your computer and/or your mobile device over the internet – the UK already knows how awesome it is, now it’s time for some USA flavors to drop on by. Next: wouldn’t you know it? Amazon Android tablets!

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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: July 13, 2011

, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [1]

Boy what an odd morning. Confusion over who has the 4G in their pockets and who doesn't, some more legal business that everyone LOVES to hear about, and of course EA will be purchasing Popcap for more than $650 million bucks, CASH! We've got some Apple news of course on the release front (think WHITE) and Google, on the other end of the spectrum, is stopping up some circles before they start. Concrete, Nokia, and believe it or not, no Windows Phone for tablets! Read The Full Story

7Gbps WiGig wants to kill your cables

, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [2]

I think one thing we can all agree on when it comes to home theater and other gear in the living room or office despite what brand we prefer is that cables suck. In an ideal world, we would just put the gear where we want it and connectivity will be wireless and things just work. As it is now there, wireless tech we have doesn't always do a great job of connecting sans wires. WiGig looks like it might change all that with a huge increase in connectivity between the devices. Read The Full Story

Wireless DisplayPort promised by WiGig and VESA partnership

, Nov 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

The WiGig Alliance has taken just enough time out of its busy wireless wig promoting schedule to partner up with VESA on a multi-gigabit wireless DisplayPort standard, which should eventually see a wireless alternative to regular DisplayPort that supports the same bi-directional speeds together with both audio and video data.  The complete DisplayPort v1.2 feature set will be supported, on everything from lower-power handhelds to tablets, notebooks, monitors, projectors and HDTVs. Read The Full Story

WiGig promise 7 Gbps wireless with WiFi b/g/n compatibility

, May 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

While the WiGig Alliance sounds like it should be an organisation promoting whirligig adoption, they actually busy themselves with wireless connectivity.  In fact, latest across the Wireless Gigabit Alliance's desk is a standard that takes backward compatibility with the existing 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands used by WiFi 802.11 devices and throws in some 60GHz action for data transfer rates up to 7 Gbps. Read The Full Story

WiGig 60GHz specification completed: 7Gbps WiFi promised

, Dec 10th 2009 Discuss [1]

It's been a while since we've heard from the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) but the group of high-speed cable cutters have been beavering away at their first unified 60GHz specification as promised.  The benefit of the standard - which the alliance is pushing for adoption as the next stage in WiFi - is up to 7Gbps theoretical speeds, ten times that of existing WiFi 802.11n, while preserving backward compatibility with previous 802.11 specifications. Read The Full Story

Virgin Media tests 200Mbps DOCSIS broadband in UK

, May 6th 2009 Discuss [1]

A lot of talk is going around today about Internet connection speeds and networks, have you noticed? And Virgin Media is not one to be left out, so they've started up a trial in Ashford, UK that will be testing the fastest cable Internet service. Ever. Read The Full Story

WiGig Alliance forms for 60GHz connections

, May 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

Well, the wireless world is just all over the place right now, isn't it? In an effort to ramp up super high-speed connection options, an organization formed today called the WiGig Alliance who has made it its aim to come up with a common standard for 60GHz wireless connections. Read The Full Story