 Space scientist says texting is four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 62 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. | |
 We're watching the 'oppressors': world telecoms boss May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The head of the world telecoms body said on Tuesday that oppressive regimes are increasingly using their control over the Internet to deprive citizens of information but that those governments are being watched ... | |
Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 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 ... | |
Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday. | |
LG and Samsung Join Forces to Develop Mobile Digital TV Standard May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics, which together lead the global digital TV market, announced today that they will propose their jointly developed technology as the North American technology standard for mobile DTV. | |
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated ... | |
Sprint Nextel CEO asks shareholders' patience in turnaround May 13, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Dan Hesse, chief executive officer at Sprint Nextel Corp. for less than five months, faced tough questions Tuesday about the company's continued trouble keeping wireless subscribers. | |
3 in 10 get all or most calls on cell phones May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- For nearly three in 10 households, don't even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone. | |
EarthLink to pull the plug on Wi-Fi in Philadelphia May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi. | |
Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service 17 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend. After a dismal 2007 in which their shares took a big pounding, cable is seeing a rebound as Wall Street ... | |
Review: Foneshow makes podcasts available by cell phone May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A new service named Foneshow offers a quick and easy way to access the downloadable radio shows known as podcasts. Instead of synching your music player to a PC to get audio clips that interest you, Foneshow lets ... | |
Comcast to acquire contact manager Plaxo May 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Comcast Corp. is buying contact management company Plaxo Inc. and plans to incorporate into all its offerings features intended to help people synchronize their address books and connect socially online. | |
Embarq CFO: May drop wireless customers after 2009 May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The chief financial officer of telephone company Embarq Corp. says the company may hand its wireless customers to another carrier next year. | |
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