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  • Developers jailbreak iPhone 2.2

    Just two days after Apple released its iPhone 2.2 update, the independent iPhone Dev Team has released a jailbreak of the firmware.

  • Intel highlights its next-gen dual-core chips

    Intel chief executive Paul Otellini announced three second-generation dual-core processors and said first-generation prototypes are faring well.

  • Wi-Fi and 3G may come together

    New wireless networking chips for handheld devices are giving second life to the 802.11b standard and could soon test the theory that Wi-Fi and mobile data services can work hand in hand rather than compete.

  • Broadcom, Philips shrink Wi-Fi phone chips

    Chipmakers Broadcom and Philips Semiconductors are set to announce Monday smaller and more power-efficient Wi-Fi chips, a move that could revitalise the prospects of the popular 802.11b standard.

  • Agere chips ring up Wi-Fi Internet phones

    A new set of chips from Agere will let manufacturers quickly put together mobile phone handsets that can make cheap phone calls over a Wi-Fi connection.

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  • Linux calling: Are mobile phones ready?

    The Open Source Development Labs, an industry consortium devoted to improving Linux, plans to launch an initiative Monday to bring the open-source operating system to mobile phones.

  • Wireless networking 10 times faster?

    Bruce Watkins, president and COO of Pulse~LINK, talks up a new chipset that promises wireless networking at lighting speeds. Additional reading: Untangling the wireless future

  • Wi-Fi and 3G may come together

    New wireless networking chips for handheld devices are giving second life to the 802.11b standard and could soon test the theory that Wi-Fi and mobile data services can work hand in hand rather than compete.

  • Wireless rivals come together

    The Bluetooth wireless standard for connecting peripherals is being integrated with other wireless technologies such as the 802.11b WLAN protocol in chips and devices.

Reviews (2)

  • Bluetooth pushes into new markets

    Exhibitors at this week's annual Bluetooth World Congress, beginning on Tuesday, are pushing the wireless cable-replacement technology into realms where it has not gone before.

  • Next-gen Palms double battery life

    Semiconductor makers showed off the next-generation chips that will power future Palm devices this week at the PalmSource developer conference in London.

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