Answers Sought for U.S. Broadband Decline April 25, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A U.S. innovation brain drain, coupled with sloppy government handling of subsidy programs and data collection, have contributed to a decline in the country's broadband standing, technology experts told the Senate Commerce ... | |
 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. | |
Wireless World: Mobile maps June 09, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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You're on vacation, and, after a brief walk about town, you realize you can't find your way back to the hotel. Relax. You're not going to be lost for long. Sources tell United Press International's Wireless World that mobile-phone ... | |
Bill tackles so-called new piracy frontier May 15, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A new House bill seeks to further protect the music industry from piracy by limiting the ability to record digital radio broadcasts, singling out satellite radio industry competitors XM Radio and Sirius. | |
Double antennas deliver double the signal November 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Digital TV transmission techniques that deliver most benefit in the worst reception environments have been developed by a consortium of European researchers. The technologies promise to reduce the network infrastructure needed ... | |
Text messaging partners mobile and TV May 25, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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With more than 64.5 million text messages throughout Fox's fifth season of "American Idol," LogicaCMG gave United Press International a behind-the-scenes look at how text messaging is uniting the mobile and television industries. | |
In Brief: Calif. passes rules for BPL broadband April 28, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday approved a package of guidelines for the development of broadband-over-power-line (BPL) projects. | |
Want FiOS from Your Cable Company? Motorola Can Help May 08, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Motorola on Monday unveiled a cable passive optical network (PON) solution intended to provide an upgrade path for cable-based broadband companies to shift to fiber. | |
 Innovations in International Calling: MAXroam SIM Cuts Costs October 03, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Cubic Telecom MAXroam Sim popular in Europe is on its way to North America. The MAXroam SIM card is inserted into an unlocked mobile phone with GSM network capability. MAXroam provides easy instructions on ... | |
Undersea WiFi can be made faster, says researcher September 03, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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As the United States and Canada take their first step toward establishing a cabled ocean observatory, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher is trying to improve the speed of wireless underwater communication. | |
 Networking: Investors eye power-line trend June 12, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Institutional and individual investors are eagerly examining prospects in the so-called broadband over power line (BPL) market and are helping finance proof-of-concept projects in the field, experts tell UPI's ... | |
Study shows hotels' Internet connections unsafe October 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Travelers who use a hotel's Internet network risk the possibility of data theft, concludes a new study from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. | |
Wireless World: Never lost at sea May 19, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Your wireless Internet connection -- dear workaholic -- will never be lost at sea. Whether you are sailing the Caribbean, the Mediterranean or the open ocean, your wireless broadband will continually be connected to the office, ... | |
Globe Talk: Money power vs. the NSA May 19, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Outraged that some telecom companies are selling out their customers to the government? Then vote with your wallet, or so argues one activist group. But the seemingly good idea may be rather difficult to follow through. | |
Globe Talk: Enron's broadband debacle June 02, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Enron was nothing if not flamboyant and eager to pursue the latest business trends. While its focus was on energy trading, it had expanded into telecommunications among other industries as executives cooked the books and ... | |
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