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Those face-meltingly fast new 802.11ac routers might not be king of the wireless networking world for long. On Sunday, Samsung announced it鈥檚 developing new 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology that can turbocharge network speeds fivefold, from today鈥檚 866Mbps per-device maximum to a blistering 4.6Gbps. At that rate, Samsung says, a 1GB movie file can transfer from one device to another in under 3 seconds.
 
The secret sauce: Ditching the crowded 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless channels used by today鈥檚 routers and jumping to the 60GHz frequency band.
 
Even though you might not have heard of them, neither  nor the idea of  are new. But prior implementations have run into a brick wall, both literally and figuratively: 60GHz signals can鈥檛 easily penetrate walls. That鈥檚 obviously a big problem for real-world usage. Most of the 60GHz-capable "WiGig" accessories  are designed to operate at very, very short ranges as a result.
 
But Kim Chang Yong, head of Samsung鈥檚 DMC R D Center, says the company has 鈥渟uccessfully overcome the barriers to the commercialization of 60GHz millimeter-wave band Wi-Fi technology.鈥?
 
  
Samsung鈥檚  says聽it overcame those physical and metaphorical barriers with "high-performance modem technologies and by developing wide-coverage beam-forming antenna." The WirelessHD and WiGig standards groups have also been trying to improve 60GHz signal performance using , a Wi-Fi technology that detects where client devices (like PCs and tablets) are physically located and then sends a focused signal directly at those devices, rather than mindlessly broadcasting a Wi-Fi signal in all directions as most routers do. (Beam-forming is already becoming a common feature in high-end 802.11ac routers.)
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Bill Hader brought back Stefon, one of his most popular characters from his time on the show, while hosting "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. Stefon visited Weekend Update, as usual, giving viewers advice on going out in New York City, and revealed a pretty big surprise at the end.聽
For the future, not today
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Stefon wasn't the only former "SNL" character to make a return to the late-night show. Although Kristen Wiig wasn't hosting, she impersonated Kathie Lee Gifford during a sketch skewering NBC's "Hollywood Game Night" hosted by Kate McKinnon's Jane Lynch.
Don鈥檛 start saving your pennies for this particular bit of next-gen networking kit just quite yet, however. While Samsung鈥檚 press release states that 鈥渃ommercialization is expected as early as next year,鈥?that鈥檚 only talking about industry-wide usage of the 60GHz frequency itself鈥攏ot necessarily the release of Samsung products packing the company鈥檚 new technology. A Samsung spokesperson provided the following statement to John Ribeiro of the IDG News Service:
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Wiig's Kathie Lee was joined by Jay Pharoah's Morgan Freeman, Hader's Al Pacino and a water cooler full of wine.
"As 60GHz is an unlicensed band spectrum globally, along with 2.4GHz and 5GHz spectrum, industry-level of commercialization is expected as early as next year, but there's nothing we could confirm at this point on when Samsung products supporting 60GHz Wi-Fi will be available in the market."
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Wiig's first surprise appearance of the night, however, came right at the beginning of the show, when she sang with her "Skeleton Twins" co-star in his monologue.聽<br>
It seems 802.11ac routers will have to do for now. Fortunately, there are a聽聽聽聽 .
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"That was really really bad," Wiig said of Hader's voice. "I love you, but don't do that to television."
The story behind the story: The idea of making wireless networks as fast or faster than wired connections holds obvious appeal鈥攖he less time you spend waiting for files to transfer, the more stuff you can get done. But while Wi-Fi improvements like Samsung鈥檚 new technology should (eventually) turbocharge sharing files, streaming locally stored movies, or  across your home network, don鈥檛 forget that a fast router won鈥檛 magically make your actual Internet connection any faster. Activities like browsing the web or zoning out on the couch and watching Netflix are usually limited by your Internet speed, not your router.<p>Related Articles:</p><ul><li><a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine Bags Outlet</a></li><li><a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine Outlet Store</a></li><li><a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine UK</a></li></ul>
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The episode also featured a touching tribute to former cast member , who  at the age of 57. Introduced by Hader and Wiig, the tribute featured one of Hooks' "SNL" pre-recorded video sketches with Phil Hartman, "Love is a Dream." The sweet video, a departure into more serious roles for the comedians, is even more poignant now that both former cast members are gone.<br>
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SNL announced during Saturday night's show that Jim Carrey will host "SNL" on Oct. 25, with musical guest Iggy Azaelia.
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Revision as of 17:09, 29 October 2014

Bill Hader brought back Stefon, one of his most popular characters from his time on the show, while hosting "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. Stefon visited Weekend Update, as usual, giving viewers advice on going out in New York City, and revealed a pretty big surprise at the end.聽 Stefon wasn't the only former "SNL" character to make a return to the late-night show. Although Kristen Wiig wasn't hosting, she impersonated Kathie Lee Gifford during a sketch skewering NBC's "Hollywood Game Night" hosted by Kate McKinnon's Jane Lynch. Wiig's Kathie Lee was joined by Jay Pharoah's Morgan Freeman, Hader's Al Pacino and a water cooler full of wine. Wiig's first surprise appearance of the night, however, came right at the beginning of the show, when she sang with her "Skeleton Twins" co-star in his monologue.聽
"That was really really bad," Wiig said of Hader's voice. "I love you, but don't do that to television." The episode also featured a touching tribute to former cast member , who at the age of 57. Introduced by Hader and Wiig, the tribute featured one of Hooks' "SNL" pre-recorded video sketches with Phil Hartman, "Love is a Dream." The sweet video, a departure into more serious roles for the comedians, is even more poignant now that both former cast members are gone.
SNL announced during Saturday night's show that Jim Carrey will host "SNL" on Oct. 25, with musical guest Iggy Azaelia.


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