JQ on Technology – fter rumors of its demise and resurrection, it looks like WiMax will finally get the push it needs in the U.S. to become a viable contender in the wireless communications space.

Sprint and Clearwire finally rekindled a deal to launch a nationwide service—thanks to a multi-billion-dollar push from investors Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, and Google. The new service will be marketed under the Clearwire brand, and it could offer true wireless broadband Internet access a year or two ahead of Verizon and AT&T’s planned offerings.

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9 to 5 Mac – Mac users are becoming frustrated at a strange bug in Leopard that’s causing problems with wireless connections.

These bugs are sufficiently serious to have driven the New York City Department of Education to have temporarily suspended receiving shipments of new Macs.

Recent reports have suggested Apple is working to repair the issue within its upcoming Mac OS X 10.5.3 release, but user anxiety continues to grow, with its discussion forum full of complaints from aggrieved users.

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