Archive for December, 2007

Broadband

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Forbes – With extensive feature support, like IP Multicast, RTSP, RTP, and 3GPP, video images can be accessed from multiple endpoints and client applications like 3G phones, PCs or WiFi phones. The cameras’ audio capabilities include 2-way Audio, embedded Cont

SkySports – New “Pressure Play” Mission Mode, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 and WiFi Multi-player options in all-new Pressure Play game. Prepare for an all-new, handheld Brian Lara challenge as Codemasters announces Brian Lara 2007 Pressure Play, an original Cont

Cleveland Leader – Passengers on the equipped planes will soon be able to use their laptops and WiFi enabled phones to access a customized version of Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger. BlackBerry users will also be able to check their email, and use BlackBerry’s IM client Cont

Engineer Live – Some of the technologies for wireless such as WiFi are struggling to provide ubiquitous access, says Walter Tuttlebee, executive director of the Mobile VCE virtual research centre . VCE commissions universities to do research that will be useful Cont

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High Speed Internet

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

MacNN – WiFi allows users to browse the internet and purchase music something that the others either don’t do, or require additional subscriptions or components in order to have that functionality. Komando laments the lack of access to subscription-based More Here

Globe and Mail – WiFi between local computers is pretty short range as well (30 metres?), and discovering that it can take 20 minutes to send a 20K e-mail drove me nuts. The article did not state power consumption with WiFi turned on, but I suspect that schoolkids More Here

News-Democrat – Access any open WiFi network to log onto your AOL/AIM, Yahoo or MSN IM accounts and chat away. You can have multiple, simultaneous conversations, play music or view photos on its full-color display (add a miniSD card to up your memory). You can IM in More Here

Olympian – You also can play this melding of Scrabble and Mahjong Solitaire via WiFi with another player. If you’re a casual gamer who doesn’t know Mahjong Solitaire, there isn’t much of a tutorial. You will need to get that online, and it’s worth the brief More Here

Stockhouse Canada – With WiFi and lighter and slimmer form factors, Palm has really raised the bar in mobile phones. Aside from the voice and data connectivity, the Treo also features a camera and supports both still photo and video. The phone’s operating systems also More Here

High Speed Internet

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Houston Chronicle – A partially covered outdoor dining area runs along the side of the market that houses the coffee and pastry bar; customers here also have free WiFi access. As with all Whole Foods Markets, the Sugar Land store will offer some local produce. Lisa More Here

PR.com – To experience the utmost in wireless applications, tthis USB WiFi Adapter supports PSP and XBox online game, which further streams users entertainment experiences. While the Software AP mode transforms the connected computer into a full-fledged More Here

Cleveland Leader – Passengers on the equipped planes will soon be able to use their laptops and WiFi enabled phones to access a customized version of Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger. BlackBerry users will also be able to check their email, and use BlackBerry’s IM client More Here

MacNN – CradlePoint recently unveiled a new EVDO-sharing WiFi router, the PHS300 , allowing users to connect 3G-based cellphones or 3G USB modems to the device and share the connection with any WiFi enabled device. The device features a rechargeable lithium More Here

American Reporter – You can’t imagine a phone company acting with the boldness of Microsoft jumping into the consumer electronics business, or Google offering WiFi networks to communities. Technical issues: What Are Telcos Betting On? Maybe you don’t approve of my More Here

Wireless Internet

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

MacNewsWorld – If a new desktop isn’t in quite within range but you’ve still got electronics lovers to shop for, there are several audio systems out there that make fine additions to computers and iPods. Free WiFi Hotspot Locator from TechNewsWorld Wondering where to Cont

Tech Dirt – Congress Rushes Through Law To Protect The Children And Make Open WiFi A Huge Liability from the congress-folks-at-work dept Congress was apparently busy on Wednesday moving forward with incredibly bad laws that are designed to look good to Cont

TMCnet – to the release hailing this announcement, the company said that the SSX is purpose-built for scalable, stateful management of secure, reliable, high-quality subscriber sessions over multiple network access types including fixed, cellular, WiFi ( Cont

Wanstead and Woodford Guardian – WORRIED parents have demanded wireless internet technology be removed from a primary school over fears it could make children sick. More than 90 people have signed a petition calling for wi-fi transmitters at Aldersbrook Primary School to be replaced Cont

Tech Dirt – The New York Times says that several airlines are testing in-flight Internet services. JetBlue will apparently be offering free, but crippled service that includes only email and instant messaging. And Crunchgear suggests it will be even more Cont

Biloxi Sun Herald – The 8 GB iPod touch ($299; $399 for 16 GB) uses the same four-inch screen as the iPhone and can download songs over WiFi. The 20-inch and 24-inch iMacs look sleek and include a variety of software that makes them a bargain at prices ranging from $1 Cont

Stockhouse Canada – “Who here wouldn’t want the latest and greatest motherboard from Asus? Yup, I would too. In the crosshairs of this review will be the P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n with the new X38 chipset. The Intel X38 Express Chipset supports new dual-channel DDR3 memory Cont

High Speed Internet

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Bloomberg – Manitoba Telecom is relying on wireless, high-speed Internet and Internet-based TV to lure back customers and offset a decline in its traditional local phone business. Digital TV reached 75,000 subscribers in Winnipeg in October, and climbed more More Here

Times-Herald – Southern Tier West is also working with a community in Allegany County on a broadband access initiatives involving wireless Internet access, Mr. Rychnowski said. While completion of the larger broadband initiative is dependent on the availability of More Here

Marketwatch – Dvorak In San Francisco, the dream of free municipal wireless Internet access is all but dead. It’s another sign that U.S. cities are woefully unable to spread cutting-edge technology to the masses, writes John C. Dvorak. T , CMCSK , AAPL 16. John Dvorak’s More Here

Seattle Post Intelligencer – Clearwire Corp., the wireless Internet company founded by mobile-phone pioneer Craig McCaw, said it won’t bid for airwaves in a U.S. government auction next month. Clearwire didn’t disclose its reasons for the decision in a regulatory filing More Here

FOX News – JetBlue will be using a wireless spectrum that LiveTV bought from the Federal Communications Commission last year for $7 million. Because Internet access will use Wi-Fi and not cellular signals, the company said, it does not violate federal More Here

CNBC – CHICAGO – Fitch Ratings expects “modest revenue growth” for telecom operators in 2008, fueled by growing demand for data services such as Internet access, the ratings agency said Thursday. But while business and wireless services are expected to grow More Here

Wireless Internet

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Kansas City Business Journal – Everest brings advanced telecommunications services including guaranteed high-speed Internet, local and long distance telephone service and critical web applications. Everest delivers these services over a state-of-the-art Metropolitan Ethernet Cont

Forbes – Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The $600 million tax windfall Verizon is due to receive in its proposed sale of telephone operations in northern New England, if invested in network upgrades, would be enough to provide high-speed Internet access to Cont

pressbox.co.uk – It can block specified programs, websites, and even all types of Internet connection including dialup modem, high-speed cable and DSL. Parents takes advantage of this helpful feature to monitor children’s Internet activities effectively. Wii Parental Cont

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle – (December 7, 2007) ALBANY A $5 million plan to improve the speed and availability of high-speed Internet to underserved areas of the state was unveiled Thursday by Gov. Eliot Spitzer. The state money is aimed to encourage private service Cont

Bloomberg – Manitoba Telecom is relying on wireless, high-speed Internet and Internet-based TV to lure back customers and offset a decline in its traditional local phone business. Digital TV reached 75,000 subscribers in Winnipeg in October, and climbed more Cont

News.com.au – The commitment to spend $4.7 billion of public money to fund a new high-speed broadband network was central to Labor’s Naomi Robson’s ex in drug bust Controversial biography: Dame Roma rumours rife Roos defiant: Qld may get new AFL club Internet Cont

Times Online – Parents have been told not to buy their children high-speed skateboard that has become a cult hit on the internet. Trading Standards officers, who seized one during a raid on a garage in Bournemouth, believe that parents may be tempted to buy the Cont

Broadband

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Forbes – Among their offerings are the world’s most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation’s leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and Read More

Newsday – ALBANY – Gov. Eliot Spitzer yesterday announced his plan to provide broadband Internet service to even the most remote areas of the state. An affordable high-speed Internet service plan was part of what Spitzer said would be a transformation and Read More

Forbes – Ofcom said the 1452-1492 MHz band — also known as the L-Band — can be used for mobile multimedia services including mobile TV, satellite digital radio, broadband wireless access or high-speed Internet on the move. All the licences will be tradable. Read More

MSN MoneyCentral – Consumers with high-speed Internet connections can go to www.firedog.com to arrange online setup and training sessions for home networking, MP3 players and digital cameras, no matter where the devices were purchased. firedog online service has Read More

Wireless Internet

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

CNBC – Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will be required to sell certain noncore assets, including Andrew’s non-controlling minority interest in Andes Industries Inc., a supplier of products for broadband communications networks, and other Read More

ZDNet Blogs – Software as a service company NetSuite moved closer to an IPO as it shared more details about its public market debut. In Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:14 am Categories: General , Wired & Wireless , Telecommunications , Broadband , Verizon Tags: Comcast Read More

Forbes – That $600 million, if put into a Broadband Infrastructure Fund — as the unions have recommended to the Federal Communications Commission as a condition for approval of the sale — would allow for: — Providing lightening-fast fiber optic service Read More

CNBC – NEW YORK – Shares of major telecommunications companies were mixed Thursday as Wall Street advanced amid investor hopes for an interest rate cut. Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp., which have declined steadily in recent months to hit multiyear lows amid Read More

MSN MoneyCentral – Juniper Networks, Inc. JNPR , the leader in high-performance networking, today announced that Hong Kong-based telecommunications service provider PCCW IMS Limited (”PCCW”) has increased the scale and performance of its broadband network with E320 Read More

WIFI

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

MSN MoneyCentral – MDU Communications International, Inc. (OTCBB: MDTV) (the “Company”), a leading end-to-end provider of DIRECTV digital satellite television programming, high-speed broadband Internet and other premium communication and information services to the Read More

Forbes – online backup services tailored to their customers’ disaster recovery, high CommVault Simpana software offers key reporting, security, performance and speed have really advanced in their maturity with respect to leveraging the Internet. So it Read More

Forbes – Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access and point-to-point transport services. Cogent’s facilities-based, all-optical IP network backbone provides IP services in over 100 markets located in North America and Europe Read More

Tacoma News Tribune – and phone lines along the Oregon Coast was worse than initially thought, but progress was being reported. Qwest said Wednesday night it had completed repairs on its main fiber-optic system on the north coast, restoring telephone, high-speed Internet Read More

All Headline News – Tokyo, Japan (AHN) – Japan will launch on Feb. 15 next year a satellite that will provide high-speed Internet access to people living in the country’s mountain areas and remote islands. The Kizuna satellite of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Read More

Wireless Internet

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Chicago Tribune – Clearwire Corp. and Sprint scrapped a plan last month to build a national network together for delivering fast Internet connections on mobile devices. Sprint plans to activate high-speed networks this year in Chicago and Washington. More articles More Here

Carroll County Online – All you need is a high-speed Internet connection. Never miss the game or a prime-time drama again. Find a movie to fit your mood of the moment without having to leave home. The Associated Press and copy editor Brandon Oland offer their takes on the More Here

Forbes – creator of the world’s smallest fully-functional Windows Vista(R) PC, today announced availability of the new model e2 with embedded HSDPA mobile broadband capability, providing customers in Europe and Asia with widely-available high-speed Internet More Here

Forbes – Among their offerings are the world’s most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation’s leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and More Here