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Workaround stops Google from storing your network's location in its database of Wi-Fi access points, but there's a naming catch.

Linux and Open Source: "In about three weeks, we can stop talking about how Chromebooks-light-weight laptops running Google's Chrome OS-might, or might not, work in the real world because we'll get our hands on the first two models: the Samsung Series 5 and the Acer Wi-Fi Chromebook."

Netstat - vat: Ever wonder what powers the Wi-Fi inside one of the biggest IT trade shows? (and no we weren't surprised either)

Google recently launched Google Talk with video and voice chat for Android phones. With the service, users will be able to video or voice chat with their friends and family directly from an Android phone.

Calls can be placed over 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi connections. According to Google, the new features will first roll out to the Nexus S phones over...

The Wi-Fi Alliance will work with equipment providers, carriers and device manufacturers to create a testing and certification program that will enable operators to eventually offer consumers the ability to roam on Wi-Fi networks.

Hot Hardware: "Not only is 1Gbps heading for your Wi-Fi network by next year, it will be instantly über popular.

The new 802.11ac 1G Wi-Fi standard hasn't even been ratified by the IEEE yet and In-Stat predicts that by 2015, consumers will have bought nearly 1 billion devices that use it."

The number of Wi-Fi hotspot connections is expected to explode to 11 billion sessions by 2014, up from 2 billion this year as mobile devices proliferate, according to research firm In-Stat.

This growth in Wi-Fi sessions, which has largely contributed to the rise of public Wi-Fi zones, will easily outpace the number of available Wi-Fi hotspot venues, even as cellular operators continue to try offloading traffic from their networks.

A group of MIT engineers have posted instructions for hacking together a Saiko5 Wi-Fi-enabled LED light fixture based on the open-source Arduino platform.

The FCC plans to vote on rules to govern use of "white spaces" in spectrum between TV stations to enable high-bandwidth wireless broadband.

ZDNet: "Now, Broadcom has released an open-source driver for its latest 802.11n chip sets. See? Miracles do happen!"