 Bringing all-optical networks closer to home November 06, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Converting between electronic and optical signals is one of the main costs in high-speed data networks and telecommunications applications, even more so when looking at future applications. The solution, say ... | |
 Taiwan says pioneering WiMAX points way to the future June 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Residents in Taipei have been able to access wireless mobile Internet services in much of the city since a programme launched by former mayor Ma Ying-jeou was completed in 2006. However, users were frequently ... | |
 The leading 'edge': plastic fibre slashes network costs January 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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Plans in the 1990s to bring ultra-high speed telecom lines into every home foundered because the optical fibre infrastructure was just too expensive. But a new European project using plastic fibre and off-the-shelf ... | |
Super-fast Internet connections with existing cable-TV networks April 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Demand for high-speed Internet access is forecast to grow sharply with the increasing availability of video on demand, teleworking and easier access to government services. However existing bandwidths will soon be inadequate ... | |
Hospitalized school kids use robot replacements in classroom June 04, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Lying in his hospital room, on a mattress designed to protect his fragile skin, 13-year-old Achim Nurse poked his bandaged fingers at an orange button on what looked like a souped-up video game console. | |
The Final 'Final' Nail in WEP's Coffin? April 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Wireless security protocol, WEP, is everywhere in Wi-Fi networks and just got quicker and easier for hackers to break into. | |
Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs April 05, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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The telecom giant is warning customers to avoid excessive bandwidth consumption or risk being disconnected for up to a year. | |
 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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
 Hook Your Car Up to the Internet March 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 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. | |
Internet via power lines set to launch July 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A plan to offer consumers Internet access through their home's power lines may soon come to fruition for residents of Grand Ledge, Mich. | |
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 ... | |
Report: Fiber Internet growth overtakes cable July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fiber-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm. | |
 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. | |
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