Satellite equipment maker ViaSat is buying Wild Blue, the satellite internet service, for $568 million in cash and stock, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The IEEE has completed 802.11r, a standard that lets Wi-Fi devices roam quickly between access points, improving the performance of VoIP on enterprise LANs. The IEEE 802.11 standards were originally defined with single access points in mind. But when...

The $250 CherryPal C-100, new “green” PC, consumes only 2 watts of power, compared with the 100 watts of some desktops. It is designed for “cloud computing“.

Darpa has launched 10 balloons around the country as part of its “Network Challenge” contest. The first person or team to locate all of them will win $40,000. Challenge winner will be the first individual to submit the locations of 10 8-foot...

The Oregon Health Network (pdf), one of the largest projects funded by the FCC’s Rural Health Care Pilot Program, launched its network operations center today in Beaverton, Oregon. OHN has a stated goal of bringing low-cost, high speed broadband to...

Don’t tell me that you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence. – The Godfather The FCC has asked Verizon for more details about their increased Early Termination Fees (pdf), reports PC Magazine. Verizon increased their ETF from $175 to $350 ...

Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow promises WiMAX smartphones by Christmas of 2010. Perhaps it will resemble the one announced this week by a trio of companies to build a WiMAX smartphone based on Android. That smartphone will support VoIP over WiMAX as well...

To track his wandering cat, Mark Spezio rigged up a cat collar with a lightweight GPS logger. Here’s what he discovered about KooKoo’s secret habits. Amazon has a wide variety of GPS trackers that cost under $100. In other GPS news, TomTom...