The only real solution to Apple's antenna problem

Leading up to Apple's press conference’s tomorrow, there’s been endless speculation about the iPhone 4 antenna issue. Amidst all the wrangling, both sides have been pretty bipolar about the solution—suggesting either a complete recall, or a hand-waiving session, free bumpers, and a general denial of the hardware issue.

The best solution lies in between both of those extremes: a full admission of the hardware issue, together with a voluntary recall and an immediate manufacturing fix.

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Apple knew of the iPhone 4 issues before launch

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs was made aware of possible problems with the antenna on the new iPhone 4 before its launch, according to reports.


The company's senior antenna expert, Ruben Caballero, told Jobs during design testing for the device that there could be issues with the antenna that might cause calls to be dropped, said a Bloomberg report citing "a person familiar with the matter".

The report also claimed that a carrier partner had raised concerns about the antenna before the release, according to another person "familiar with the situation".

V3.co.uk contacted Apple for comment on the reports, but had not received a reply at the time of publication.

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China confirms renewal of Google's license

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has renewed the Chinese operating licence of U.S. Internet giant Google.


Guxiang, a company that operates Google's websites in China, was included in a list of more than 200 companies that had their licences renewed, which was posted on the ministry's website (www.miit.gov.cn).

The document said that the company received approval after "making improvements", but gave no further details.

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Finland make 1Mbps Internet a "Basic Right"

You may assume that you have no real reason to thank Finland today, but you do. If you're an avid Internet user, you owe the first nation to make broadband service a basic right a great deal of gratitude, because without them being first, there's no telling how long it would've taken for some other country to finally pull the trigger.


That's right: while Countries around the world try to figure out how to get broadband into rural areas, Finland is moving forward with a far bolder plan that involves giving broadband access to every single citizen.

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Researchers build Quantum Signal Repeater

Researchers at the Australian National University claim to have slowed light "all the way to a stop" in a cooled, rare-earth crystal that could serve as data storage in future quantum communications.

Using the crystal, which was surrounded in a magnetic field and cooled to -270 degrees Celsius, the researchers "stored" laser light for up to three microseconds with 69 percent efficiency.

This was no small feat, according to lead researcher Morgan Hedges, who noted that light normally would have traveled almost a kilometer in that time.

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