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1 Gbps Wi-Fi Task Group Formed
IEEE working on standard that could be ready in two years
 

A task group has been formed and charged with the goal of creating a new Very High Throughput (VHT) standard incorporating changes to the 802.11 wireless standard that are being explored for the purpose of allowing this standard to support 1 Gbps capacity. This is in contrast to the 130 Mbps – 170 Mbps that is currently being supported.

"The study group is looking at doing so in two frequency bands, high-frequency 60GHz for relatively short ranges and under-6GHz for ranges similar to that of today's WLANs in the 5GHz band, 802.11a and 11n."

The group hopes to have a new VHT standard in two years and to see 1 Gbps WLAN products the following year although a 4-5 year plan may be more realistic.

Japan Is The Only Country Future-Ready for Broadband
U.S. is hanging in there in meeting today's needs
 

A new study has taken a look at the state of broadband in 42 different countries and has determined that although a lot of the countries are up to speed when it comes to what users need today, Japan is the only country that is ready for the future of broadband demand. The countries were assessed “based on actual download and upload throughput, latency, and current and future application requirements”.

First Android Phone Expected Out This Month
T-Mobile may launch HTC Dream on September 23rd
 

The first Google Android phone, the HTC Dream smartphone carried by T-mobile, was approved by the FCC less than a month ago. At that time, it was said that the phone would be out no later than November 10th but there were rumors that had it being released as early as this month. Those rumors are going strong with the latest reports indicating that the first sign of the phone will be with a New York release on September 23rd. Google’s mobile platform director says that the team is working hard on making sure that this phone is impressive when released because the company knows that “a dud” will cause people to rapidly lose faith in the much-hyped mobile platform.

Wilmington Watched for DTV Lessons
Concerns remain that the world will end in February 2009
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Amidst fears that many people in the nation still don’t understand what’s going to happen when TV channels switch from analog to digital in February, Wilmington North Carolina recently flipped that switch and became the first market to see what the results are going to be. The results of that move have been watched carefully in hopes of learning lessons now that will make the full transition go more smoothly. However, there remain fears of “enormous consumer disruption” including a lack of reception due to what is dubbed the cliff effect. The Senate has agreed to a hearing on the issue which will take place on September 23rd.

You Have a Constitutional Right to Send Spam
Jaynes' spam conviction overturned

Back in 2004 the state of Virginia convicted Jeremy Jaynes under a then-new anti-spam law and sentenced him to nine years in prison for spamming. He has been appealing the conviction based on the argument that he has the right to spam others because of the Free Speech part of our constitution. The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that he is correct and that the state’s controversial anti-spam law does violate his right to free speech (see ruling).Virginia’s Attorney General disagrees with the ruling and plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court

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