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Anyone who has lived in a crowded residential area or apartment complex knows that accessing the Internet is often as easy as logging on to an unprotected wireless network. With the growing number of Wi-Fi enabled devices, wireless connectivity has become the go-to standard for both individuals and businesses, making network management and security a must-have. Small businesses sometimes store customer information and rely on continuous connectivity, so here are five Wi-Fi tools that can help keep your company safe and operational.

WiMax promises faster speeds for a variety of mobile devices. With those faster speeds comes a number of impacts for the end user.

Engadget did a test this week in San Francisco to show just how fast we are talking about.

Mobile video is exploding. According to Cisco, mobile video will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 131% between 2009 to 2014 as people access more YouTube, Netflix and high-bandwidth material on their mobile devices.

But imagine what will happen to mobile streaming video as the next generation of high-speed wireless networks and devices become the norm.

Few consumer technologies are as encumbered by arcane acronyms as modern cell phones. Right now, the buzzword in the mobile industry is 4G. The problem, though, is that none of the current networks actually fulfill the International Telecommunication Union's requirements for being called 4G.

The technologies that are currently in the market and being labeled as 4G are LTE and WiMAX. These represent such a major generational shift from today's 3G networks that it is obvious why marketing departments prefer the 4G moniker, even though the official standard bodies don't consider them to be official 4G technologies.