COMMENTARY--Much debate is brewing over whether Bluetooth will replace WLAN standards like 802.11b. Yet, how can a technology, initially developed for cable replacement, be seen as a threat to a ...

WLAN (wireless LAN) using the WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) IEEE 802.11b/g protocol is becoming standard in PCs and laptop computers, and it is making its way into PDAs and other portable data appliances.

NXP Semiconductors, formerly Philips Semiconductors, today announced an enhanced system solution enabling mobile users to simultaneously take advantage of handsets’ Bluetooth and Wireless LAN (WLAN) ...

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are both wireless networking technologies. They transmit information via radio signals broadcast through the air rather than over wires, allowing devices to communicate with each ...

A board adds 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and other connections for IoT devices, letting them communicate and use ...

Does Bluetooth (whatever version, but probably 3.0 through 4.1 in this case) operate on the 5GHz bands used by 802.11ac/g/a WLAN as well, or just the 2.4GHz ones? All of my regular computing devices ...

Bluetooth “made wires and cable obsolete,” said John Paczkowski in All Things Digital, and a new standard from the Wi-Fi Alliance may do the same to Bluetooth. Wi-Fi Direct, like Bluetooth, connects ...

Qualcomm Inc. is making two acquisitions of Bluetooth and WLAN (wireless LAN) chip technologies, allowing it to further the integration of wireless networking capabilities in mobile phones. The ...

For years, security experts have hammered home the same message: never connect to airport Wi-Fi without a VPN. That advice ...

You’ve got more choices than ever when it comes to building a home speaker setup. But the real question is: Should you buy wired speakers, wifi speakers, or Bluetooth speakers? What about a mix of the ...