Bluetooth+Technology.

Bluetooth Technology.

Basically, it's a short-range wireless technology that simplifies communication between internet devices like mobile phones, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) and computers. Bluetooth's has a range of about 30 feet and allows you to do away with messy cables.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, a cabal of over 3000 manufacturers, oversees the standards and security of the technology. The source of it’s name is in honour of Harold Bluetooth, King of Denmark in the mid-tenth century for no other reason than to recognize the contribution of Baltic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland) to the communications industry.

Many appliances today are Bluetooth enabled, everything from wireless printers, wireless keyboards, even home appliances (I am puzzled however, as to why my computer and washing machine need to communicate). 