 Collective solution to accessing the internet via satellite November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- In many rural areas, getting on the internet means putting up with sluggish dial-up connections or, at best, erratic mobile services. A new satellite-based solution developed by European researchers ... | |
Web video developing into cable alternative November 26, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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For consumers fed up with their cable companies, a new alternative is emerging. Call it Cable 2.0: You get many of the same TV shows and movies, often with fewer commercials. Better yet, you get to watch what you want on ... | |
High speed broadband will create energy bottleneck and slow Internet November 25, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A surge in energy consumption resulting from increased uptake of broadband will further slow Australia's Internet, says University of Melbourne research to be presented this week at the Symposium on Sustainability of the ... | |
 NASA Tests First Deep-Space Internet November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. | |
The Network of Everything November 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wireless experts believe that, by 2017, personal networks will have to cope with at least a thousand devices, like laptops, telephones, mp3 players, games, sensors and other technology. To link these devices ... | |
Light-speed computer connection will slash genetic data transfer time between TGen-ASU November 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Hot on the heels of a new supercomputer, plans for a new light-speed data line between the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Arizona State University could slash the time is takes to transfer genetic information. | |
Motorola Features First Public Safety Suite of 4G Wireless Broadband Applications Delivered on 700 MHz November 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Motorola, Inc. is demonstrating public safety wireless broadband applications over a live, 700 MHz wireless broadband system, which represents an industry first and an important milestone in advancing agency communications. | |
 Digital TV Transition Will Be Messy October 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The pending mandatory switch of all U.S. televisions to digital will be messy, a federal communications official said on Tuesday, urging broadcasters to step up local efforts to educate the ... | |
Samsung and ETRI demonstrate world's first live 'mobile WiMAX evolution' October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and ETRI announced the live demonstration of mobile WiMAX evolution, the next generation mobile WiMAX technology at ‘ITU-R Seoul Meeting,’ Oct. 7 to 15, 2008. | |
Study shows hotels' Internet connections unsafe October 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 14 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. | |
Going to the top gets results on FiOS September 16, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Robert Ritzer had had enough, so he went to the top. And it worked. | |
ChaCha service raises fears of cheating via cell phone September 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A new cell-phone service that promises to give free answers to virtually any question within minutes has some academics worried that it will be yet another device to help students cheat. | |
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 technologies used today based on decades of work at Virginia Tech September 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Technologies used today by companies, such as Direct TV, Iridium Satellite, Bluetooth, and Globalstar, are based on satellite communications efforts started at Virginia Tech four decades ago in its Bradley ... | |
Know your text-messaging limits before being caught at school September 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Beneath the desk, agile fingers flit across the keypad. Above, eye contact with the teacher never breaks. The cell-phone text message is sent, unnoticed. Or noticed. | |
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