Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

The MiFi has been around for a few months now. It is 3’s answer to the dilemma of not being able to find a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot – you carry your own around with you. Essentially the MiFi is a wireless ...

In the San Francisco Bay Area, the MiFi 500 LTE by Novatel Wireless isn't exactly the best at showing off Sprint's new 4G LTE connection. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager, Editor Former CNET editor ...

After a flurry of interest last December, the Mifi personal Wi-Fi hotspot is about to be delivered and thankfully, it's coming from network coverage-king Verizon. The Mifi is a tiny, battery powered ...

Remember back in the day when free Wi-Fi hot spots filled the streets and a broadband connection was merely an unprotected network away? Well, somewhat sadly, padlocks and passwords have ended the ...

Travelers in need of frequent Internet access have more options than ever these days, but the choices aren’t always satisfactory. You can try to find a Wi-Fi hotspot, but sometimes one isn’t handy.

A MiFi device on the Verizon network provides a wireless Internet connection for laptop computers, or other mobile devices capable of picking up a Wi-Fi signal. Your MiFi unit must be both activated ...

Q. I don’t have an Internet connection and was thinking of getting one of those MiFi things, but I’m not quite sure how it works. What do you need to set it up and how do you connect a computer and ...

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. In a commercial featuring 30 Rock actress and producer Tina Fey and director Martin Scorsese, the former Saturday ...

Here at TUAW central, we fell into a debate last night about the merits and tradeoffs of MiFi and the iPhone. If you haven't heard of MiFi, it's a portable EV-DO router from Verizon. For $149 for the ...

UPDATE: The original headline to this post was "Bell Canada Remotely Kills, Recalls MiFi Routers." Bell got in touch to tell us that it is not a recall but an "exchange program". A forced one, as ...