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• Bluetooth 4.0 becomes 'smart': What it means for you

  Bluetooth 4.0, which can be found inside the iPhone 4S and the latest MacBook Air and Mac Mini, is being rebranded by the group that controls the technology.

• Super Wi-Fi has 100km range, is coming to save the day

  Super Wi-Fi is inching closer to reality, and now the IEEE, the standards organization responsible for all things Wi-Fi, has published the IEEE 802.22 standard.

• When we run out of IP addresses

  LiveBrianD asked the Networking forum what will happen to the Internet when we run out of IPv4 addresses.

• UPDATED: Netgear CEO goes ape on Apple

  CEOs, like children, squabble sometimes, and publicly rail against one another in the name of corporate positioning. But usually the dueling suits occupy the same product market, or are somehow competing. This doesn't appear to be the case with the global chairman and CEO of Netgear, Patrick Lo, who for no clear reason attacked Steve Jobs and Apple in the Australian press. And instead of bolstering Netgear's reputation, Lo's comments came off smug, cruel and confused.

• Netflix rates broadband providers by bandwidth

  Have you wondered how your Internet Service Provider stacks up against the competition when it comes to delivering streaming video to your home? It seems Netflix has been wondering, too, so today it launched what will be a monthly feature at its tech blog comparing average bit rate speeds of major ISPs in the United States and Canada.

• Wi-Fi Direct vs. Bluetooth 4.0: A Battle for Supremacy

  The fight is on for wireless device-to-device networking supremacy between a refreshed incumbent, Bluetooth 4.0, and a newcomer, Wi-Fi Direct. Both specifications are promising to make it easier for you to quickly transfer pictures, files and other data between two wireless devices such as your smartphone and laptop without the need for a Wi-Fi network or USB cable.

• Bluetooth spec lets some gizmos to go years between charges

  Bluetooth is being primed to boldly go where it has never gone before.