Processor giant Intel on Monday confirmed its plans to buy Infineon’s wireless division for US$1.4 billion in cash. The deal will see the company’s Wireless Solutions group work as a stand-alone company on Intel’s behalf and will give the company access to both 3G chipsets and a faster path to LTE-based 4G. It plans to […]
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Late Wednesday, Apple released AirPort Utility 5.5.1, a 10.2 megabyte download which offers the following fixes to the AirPort Utility software: – Not importing all settings when importing a configuration. – Not propagating MAC address control lists when using an extended network. The company also released a firmware update for its Time Capsule and late […]
It’s not quite as cool as whatever the iPad will become, but it’s useful stuff. The cool cats at QuickerTek have released a new wireless nCard accessory for older MacBook notebooks and the Mac mini. The nCard extends Wi-Fi compatibility on the A, B, G and N standard and installs in the internal Airport card […]
United Airlines this week began deploying Wi-Fi on some of its flights. Per the Chicago Tribune, the rollout will at first cover longer flights between California and New York and should have 13 Boeing 757 planes in United’s fleet offering Internet access by mid-November. Like similar approaches from Virgin and other airlines, the new approach […]
On Wednesday, Apple released its AirPort Client Update 1.0 patch, a fix recommended for some Intel-based Macintosh computers running Mac OS X v10.5.8 that addresses an issue with AirPort performance while running on battery power. The update, a 1.7 megabyte download, is intended for the following Apple notebooks: – MacBook (13-inch, Late 2007) – MacBook […]