Archive for July, 2008

WIFI

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

TRENDnet today shipped its own take on advanced wireless with the Dual Band Wireless N Gigabit Router . Like recent competition, the new networking device gives users the option of running 802.11n Wi-Fi either on the faster but less compatible 5GHz Cont

Jump straight into the deep-end with some money recovering and time saving tips to ensure you get what you need as efficiently as possible. 1. Use your university network to download on-demand television Many universities have very high-end network Cont

This is one warning credible and actionable that intelligence agencies can certainly lay claim to. They had cautioned the government against letting telecom service providers offer Wi-fi services to consumers without insisting on adequate Cont

Revo has really cornered the market when it comes to Wi-Fi internet radios. But this new device, which combines and iPod dock with Wi-Fi radio, as well as DAB radio is a must-buy for the discerning consumer looking for a good quality all-in-one Cont

SPRINGFIELD The first wireless Internet signals in what will be Springfield s citywide Wi-Fi network were broadcast this week. The city, in August, accepted a $750,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to install dozens of Cont

Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake, who left the Yahoo-acquired company in June, has a new gig. She posted on her blog on Wednesday that she’ll be joining a stealthy New York-based start-up, Hunch , as “Chief Product Officer, board member, and resident Cont

Starbucks plans to close 61 of its 84 coffee shops in Australia stores, which will likely result in at least half of its Telstra wireless broadband hotspots dropping off the radar. Starbucks currently has 37 stores equipped with Telstra’s wireless Cont

Wireless Internet

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) — A Beijing Olympic Games organizing committee official said here on Wednesday that all journalists covering the Games would enjoy “sufficient and convenient Internet access.” “Your reporting on the Games will not be Read More

Video search specialists Blinkx will roll out a web search tool today that aggregates all the British TV shows legally available free online. Blinkx Remote indexes all the current shows from the broadband catch-up services including the BBC iPlayer Read More

Although mobile operators are increasingly optimistic about femtocells, there are many doubts circulating around this new technology as it struggles to resolve key challenges such as functionality and cost. These low-power radio systems, known as Read More

Startup Percello Licenses MIPS32(R) 24Kc(TM) Core for Advanced Baseband Chipset Development MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. , July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — MIPS Technologies, Inc. MIPS , a leading provider of industry-standard architectures, processors and Read More

LONDON –(Business Wire)– Wireless broadband services will create significant opportunities for revenue growth, and cellular technologies will take the largest share, according to the latest report from Analysys Mason, the premier advisers on Read More

High Speed Internet

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

The Tasmanian Premier has outlined his economic vision for the state, describing high speed internet connections as the 21st century equivalent of Hydro infrastructure. David Bartlett told a business dinner in Hobart last night Tasmania must move Cont

www.edgewaternetworks.com/ – Edgewater Networks, Inc. Dave Martin, 408-351-7209 www.edgewaternetworks.com Virginia Broadband (VABB), a leading high-speed wireless broadband Internet Service Provider and Edgewater Networks, Inc., a leading provider of Cont

Shares of Harmonic Inc. plunged Tuesday, a day after the broadcast and on-demand video delivery systems provider said second-quarter profit more than quadrupled but issued revenue guidance short of Wall Street’s view. Investors sent shares down $1.93 Cont

The single best feature in Apple’s second-generation iPhone 3G isn’t the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature. It is something called the “App Store,” a clever distribution mechanism for third-party programs that can run on the iPhone Cont

SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 (Reuters) – Embarq Corp (EQ.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) posted higher second-quarter profit on Tuesday on lower operating expenses, even though revenue fell amid access line losses at the wired telephone Cont

The spread of WiMax networks across the UK is continuing, with two providers announcing extensions of their business-oriented networks in the past week. On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for providing wireless Cont

Tehama County Library patrons enjoy the new high-speed Internet access when the library reopened Monday. All three branches were closed Friday to install a new telecommunications system for the library s 48 computers. Library patrons can now enjoy Cont

WIFI

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

I was quick to write about Marc Fleury s latest effort , Open Remote, because I have known for years what the end game here is. It s keeping us in our homes . (Marc Fleury and his lovely wife recently left Atlanta, my hometown, for Spain . The Read More

NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Motorola Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy AirDefense, which makes systems that secure corporate Wi-Fi networks, for an undisclosed sum. Privately held AirDefense is based in Alpharetta, Ga., and Motorola intends to Read More

ATLANTA – EarthLink Inc. reported second-quarter profit Tuesday that beat Wall Street expectations as the Internet access provider focused on longer-term customers who cost less to service. The company reported net income of $53.3 million, or 48 Read More

Wi-Fi TV Inc. (Pink Sheets:WIFT) has updated hundreds of live TV stations that can be viewed at www.Wi-FiTV.com over the Internet including with Wi-Fi TV live chat, news stories, and more. All the basic stations are free, including Wi-Fi TV exclusive Read More

Internet access provider EarthLink Inc. raised its outlook for the year Tuesday, saying cost savings and subscriber rates are better than expected. The company now expects income from continuing operations in the range of $180 million to $195 million Read More

Once Haywood’s laptop was logged in to the Internet, anyone across four floors could have conceivably used the same connection. On Saturday, when the threat mail was sent to television channels, his Wi-Fi was switched on. Haywood, who came to India Read More

Broadband

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Next Wave Wireless Inc. WAVE , a global provider of advanced mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, announced that it has signed agreements with four parties to sell a portion of its AWS license portfolio, representing 63% of its More Here

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ebf47e/global_utilities) has announced the addition of the “Global – Utilities Broadband – Trends & Analyses” report to their offering. Several obstacles still continue to hinder the More Here

Worldwide consumer broadband connections will grow from 323 mln connections in 2007 to 499 mln in 2012, according to Gartner . Worldwide consumer broadband connections penetrated 18% of households in 2007, and by 2012, households with a broadband More Here

BEIJING China’s booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world’s biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday. The latest figure on More Here

Broadband

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., July 23 /PRNewswire/ — Franklin County residents now have access to the Internet, e-mail and other data on their laptops at faster speeds and can download music, watch videos, play 3D games and more on their phones as Verizon More Here

Auckland 24 July 2008 Crowne Plaza Auckland, in the heart of the city, is now offering Wi-Fi internet access for its guests. The new wireless internet access is available in all accommodation rooms, the Club Lounge and all conference rooms and More Here

TELSTRA is hailing its latest offering as the fastest wireless gateway in the world, but a technology expert says it is all a matter of semantics. At the launch of the Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway in Sydney today, Telstra directors said the More Here

July 24 (Bloomberg) — SK Telecom Co. , South Korea’s largest mobile-phone operator, posted profit that fell more than analysts estimated after the company boosted promotional spending to keep customers from defecting to KT Freetel Co. and LG Telecom More Here

WASHINGTON, July 22 /PRNewswire/ — Cox Communications and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children(R) (NCMEC) held the third annual Cox Communications National Summit on Internet Safety today in Washington D.C. Sixteen students from Cox More Here

Broadband

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Read up on the latest ideas and technologies from companies that sell hardware, software and services. Telstra, in conjunction with Netcomm and Sierra Wireless, has released a portable HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Ethernet router that can be used to share an Read More

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Internet users face being charged an annual “licence fee” of 30 to download music as part of a new crackdown on piracy. Under the proposals, backed by the Government and internet service providers, millions of broadband users could pay an annual Read More

AT&T’s second-quarter financial results reported yesterday indicated that the weak economy is catching up to the nation’s largest telecommunications company, but investors were largely satisfied with what they saw. AT&T earned $3.77 billion, up 30 Read More

Wireless Internet

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

DUESSELDORF, July 22 (Reuters) – British telecoms group Vodafone (VOD.L: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) is interested in buying the DSL broadband business of telecoms company freenet (FNTG.DE: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), the Read More

[ Johannesburg, 22 July 2008 ] – Powerline communication company Goal Technology Solutions (GTS) says it is on track to develop a large footprint within the Southern African residential market, following its sale of an 80% stake to Safika Holdings Read More

Catie Pletcher spent the first four years of her life in a house with no electricity. The Ephrata school where Pletcher (sophomore-animal science) attended kindergarten through fourth grade was tiny — two classrooms were used for each grade — and Read More

DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – British telecoms group Vodafone (VOD.L: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) is interested in buying the DSL broadband business of telecoms company freenet (FNTG.DE: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), the head of Read More

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has declined to deny opposition claims that construction of the government’s planned $4.7 billion national broadband network might not commence until July 2009. The Rudd Labor government had initially promised Read More

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia , FTTH Council APAC, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it has been selected by Suo Cable Net , a Japanese cable-TV operator, to design, integrate and deploy a Read More

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e17394/australia_intern) has announced the addition of the “Australia – Internet & Broadband Statistics – Residential Market” report to their offering. This report provides market Read More

Wireless Internet

Monday, July 21st, 2008

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Comcast Corp. (CMCSA CMCSK) said Monday it expects to sign an agreement with New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in which it will block access to bulletin boards and Web sites that distribute child pornography. On Cont

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e17394/australia_intern) has announced the addition of the “Australia – Internet & Broadband Statistics – Residential Market” report to their offering. This report provides market Cont

The federal opposition has attacked the government over the likelihood of a further delay to the roll-out of a national high-speed broadband network. The timetable for the construction of the network has been uncertain because project proponents have Cont

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Monday his office will take legal action against Comcast Corp.’s (CMCSA CMCSK) cable unit if it doesn’t agree to block access to bulletin boards and Web sites that distribute Cont

High Speed Internet

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Customers Can Now Get High-Speed Wireless Access on Their Laptops and Download Full-track Songs, Watch Videos, Play Games and More on Their Phones POTTSVILLE, Pa. , July 18 /PRNewswire/ — Schuylkill County residents now have access to the Internet More Here

A Barack Obama presidency would bode well for Google. A John McCain victory would be good for AT&T. That’s because the two senators approach regulation in the information age from fundamentally different perspectives. Obama, who clinched the More Here

Engineers skilled in laying undersea telecommunications cable will begin working in Southeast Alaska waters this month, placing 750 miles of fiber optic cable on the ocean floor, GCI officials announced Thursday. For residents in Ketchikan, Wrangell More Here

Ericsson ( NASDAQ: ERIC ) has signed a frame agreement with a leading Japanese operator, Softbank Mobile, to expand and upgrade its HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) network to increase capacity and enable even faster mobile broadband. With this More Here

he Times Argus (July 10) reported on Fairpoint’s upgrading of select towns to high-speed Internet service. I live in Calais, and I can tell you that I’m not one of the chosen people for this upgrade even though Calais’ upgrade has been “completed More Here