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• FCC approves Google project that will identify unused wireless spectrum

  A Google project designed to collect information on available wireless spectrum into a central database has been given an FCC go-ahead to begin a public trial, the company announced today.

• Aruba announces controller and software for hybrid wireless networks

  Aruba Networks announced a Wi-Fi controller today that can create more efficient pathways for wireless traffic and control more than 32,000 Wi-Fi hotspots.

• NASA regains contact with space station after 3-hour outage

  Communication with the astronauts on board the International Space Station were restored after problems with a software upgrade knocked out contact for several hours Tuesday.

• Cisco unveils software, hardware for hybrid wireless networks

  Cisco has introduced small cell hardware and intelligent software designed to help carriers and enterprises improve wireless connections over hybrid networks made of 3G and 4G cellular and Wi-Fi technologies

• Verizon kicks off two shared data plans for businesses

  Verizon Wireless today debuted two shared data plans for business customers -- the first of their kind in the industry.

• Exposure of files on unsecured wireless no excuse to search, judge rules

  An individual who inadvertently exposes the contents of his computer over an unsecured wireless network still has a reasonable expectation of privacy against a search of those contents by the police, a federal judge in Oregon ruled last week.

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  VA deploys millions of sensors to track, well, everything

  The US Department of Veterans Affairs has begun installing millions of sensors on just about anything that costs more than $US50.

• Wilocity, Qualcomm demo first multi-gigabit wireless chipsets

  Fabless semiconductor maker Wilocity and Qualcomm announced at CES what they're calling the first multi-gigabit wireless chipset reference architecture based on the new WiGig 60GHz and 802.11ad standards for high-speed downloads, docking, networking.

• AT&T to move from smartphone to smart home

  AT&T announced an all-digital, wireless home monitoring service that will allow customers to control home security and automate tasks such as locking doors and turning off lights from a smartphone, tablet or PC.

• AT&T, Qualcomm focus on easier development of industrial and health apps

  AT&T and Qualcomm jointly announced a new development platform based on a Qualcomm Gobi chipset to be used to build industrial and health care apps and embedded devices on Java to connect to AT&T 's 3G cellular network.

• Drumbeat of of AT&T LTE launches goes on

  AT&T is putting the pedal to the metal on its LTE deployments, saying Thursday it has added seven more markets to its list, atop of the four market launches it had announced three days earlier.

• Aruba Networks launches three Wi-Fi controllers that inspect apps

  Aruba Networks announced three new Wi-Fi controllers that have built-in controls to boost application delivery.

• AT&T adds six more LTE cities

  AT&T said Monday it has upped its LTE wireless network reach to 109 markets, by adding six cities in Puerto Rico as well as Albuquerque, N.M., Reading, Pa. and Salt Lake City

• AT&T to invest $14B for wireless and wired networks over three years

  AT&T will invest $14 billion over the next three years for wireless and wired capital improvements, including an expansion of 4G LTE service to 300 million people by the end of 2014.

• Plano, Texas schools see benefits from district-wide Wi-Fi

  Wi-Fi has been around long enough to become a fact of life for many wireless users, and that's increasingly true in education settings in the U.S.