 Space scientist says texting is four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 70 vote(s)
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A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope. | |
 Hook Your Car Up to the Internet March 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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If the thought of a long road trip without full Internet access makes you jittery, a new in-car Internet connection could fulfill your high-speed needs. | |
 One in two Chinese people uses mobile phone, report says June 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Almost one in two Chinese people now has a mobile phone, while the number of fixed-line subscribers has fallen, state media reported Thursday. | |
 Low cost Internet phone revolution beckons for India August 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Battle lines are being drawn after India's telecoms regulator called for full-blown telephone services via the Internet, paving the way for another fall in the nation's already cheap call rates. | |
 Internet provider's usage cap raises questions August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Three months ago, Guy Distaffen switched Internet providers, lured from his cable company to his phone company by a year of free service on a two-year contract. But soon the company quietly updated ... | |
Comcast's new bandwidth limit irks some users September 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Comcast's plan to place a cap on consumer Internet use worries some customers who have come to take unfettered Web surfing for granted, even though most users aren't affected by the move. | |
Wireless in the Sky: Hearst Builds Tower of the Future March 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Media icon Hearst has built a 46-story, 856,000-square-foot structure designed to utilize the latest wireless technology. Hearst's new tower, with its diamond-shaped windows and distinctive triangular frame, cuts a unique ... | |
Wireless Problems Played Part in Chaos at Virginia Tech April 18, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
According to carriers serving the Virginia Tech campus, the massive increase in wireless call volume during the April 16 shooting tragedy left many students unable to place a voice call or send text messages. | |
 Internet at warp speed, captain! November 07, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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The ultra-high data speeds possible on optical fibre networks will only come into their own when the fibres reach the last mile into everyone’s home. But that will require miniaturisation and integration of ... | |
 Swiss researchers test high-speed WLAN network March 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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According to the communication theory, only a limited amount of data can be transmitted within a given bandwidth for wireless communication. Ever since these limits were revealed 60 years ago, we have been ... | |
Wireless networks that build themselves March 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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From traffic lights to mobile phones, small computers are all around us. Enabling these ‘embedded systems’ to create wireless communications networks automatically will have profound effects in areas from emergency management ... | |
Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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A new study from the University of Leicester has discovered a particular window of time when mobile signals and radio waves are ‘super strength’ – allowing them to be clearer and travel greater distances, potentially interfering ... | |
 Beyond 3G, communications services of the future July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe's telecommunications industry became the world leader in the 1990s. Now European researchers are working to maintain that lead by developing an innovative services platform for 'Beyond ... | |
 EU preparing to cap text message prices July 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
European mobile phone users could pay less to send cross-border text messages under plans the European Commission is preparing, fed-up that operators have left its calls to cut prices unanswered. | |
 Instant messaging world confirms six degrees of separation August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A social graph derived from billions of instant messages validates folklore that there are about six degrees of separation between any two strangers on the planet. | |
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