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- The harsh reality of suburban broadband
- Like millions of other Americans and many of New York City's "bridge and tunnel" crowd, I live in the 'burbs. While I do a great deal of travel for my full time job, I am also classified as a "mobile" employee, so I'm not formally attached to an office --...
- Blog posts 2008-06-22
- Is wireless mesh a game-changer?
- The biggest untold tech story of this decade has been the overturning of Moore's Law in the telecom sector. Despite technology breakthroughs in optical fiber, in optical switching, and in wireless transmission, you're still paying just as much for just as little bandwidth as you did a...
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- WiMax saved: Sprint, Clearwire form joint venture; Google, Intel among backers
- WiMax saved: Sprint, Clearwire form joint venture; Google, Intel among backersToo many cooks. nt.Seems like the perfect marriageIt's a Mormon marriage for sure, but the list of partners is very impressive in terms of what they bring to the party - aside from money and what is stated above.Intel...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- GetIP (zip)
- GetIP retrieves your ADSL dynamic IP and send it to your e-mail. Without static IP, GetIP will enable you to retrieve your changing IP address from your e-mail. With this official dynamic IP, you can configure to remote access your PC, perform FTP, ssh, or telnet. Version 1.0.0.2 includes schedule...
- Software downloads 2008-04-29
- Beyond Broadband - A Quiet Revolution
- The benefits of the Internet, both for businesses and the consumer are widely documented. When people talk about 'broadband', however, most are talking about Asymmetric DSL ADSL, which is still essentially a consumer technology. In the business world, a new wave of Internet technology is creating a revolution...
- White papers 2008-04-16
- Icon Remover (exe)
- Some new USB devices such as ADSL cable modems, SATA HDD drives, ZIP Drives, External CDROMs are hotplug devices. A hotplug device means that you can remove the device any time without switching off the computer. If you want to remove the device, click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in...
- Software downloads 2008-04-10
- Inside China's Golden Shield
- Inside China's Golden ShieldWell, Mr Koman,clicking on the link you provided, I had no trouble accessing the web page, in question, which displayed the following headline :«[35270;39057;]35199;34255;24050;26377;37096;20998;21442;19982;25171;30776;25250;28903;30340;19981;27861;20998;23376;33258;39318;»This on a very ordinary ADSL connexion, with a nominal 812288;Mbits/s (in practice, more like 5.64 Mbits/s) downstream speed. Perhaps you should try again...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- Troubleshooting Skype performance on a Mac
- Troubleshooting Skype performance on a MacI've never had problems with SkypeI've never had problems with Skype on Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Linux. Have you considered switching to a better OS?The other problem could be your Mac hardware. Turns out that Apple has some serious design problems with its Macs...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Troubleshooting Skype performance on a Mac (updated)
- Any ace Skype troubleshooters out there? I've been using the venerable VOIP client on my MacBook Pro almost since it came out without many issues – until recently. I've used Skype almost weekly to record 70 episodes of the PowerPage Podcast with good results but in the...
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- SIPHotSpotManager (zip)
- HotSpot Manager is an access control software for Wi-Fi or wired network. It is design for Wi-Fi HotSpot owners to manage their wireless HotSpot or wired network. Easy to Use. Users pay at the counter to receive a Password (automatically generated and display/print out to a printer) for their session...
- Software downloads 2008-03-10
- How much performance gain can you expect from a Draft-N router?
- How much performance gain can you expect from a Draft-N router?Range improvement can be impressiveI share my internet access with my girlfriend who lives in the same apartment building three floors above me. Those are three thick, reinforced concrete floors. With my G router, her reception was sporadic,...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network ManagementGood Job on your part.Very nice yet some what biased description. Not that I don't doubt that your observation was legitimate. You have successfully painted Burstein as an unorganized loud mouth that wants people to accept his word until proven otherwise....
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Five reasons not to fear a $200 Linux PC
- Five reasons not to fear a $200 Linux PCthe question is if they'll keep linux and buy a second oneanyone can make a PC with linux on it, even the installation is getting much easier (installed Mandriva yesterday over a game of Unreal Tournament 3, no fuss, no muss). The...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- eMeeting Multi Video/Audio Conference (exe)
- eMeeting Conference 2.0 for workgroup conferencing in the organization through LAN, Intranet, VPN, ADSL, ISDN, Wire-less LAN and Internet. included Chat, Group Chat, File Transfer, Multi clients Video/Audio Conference, Multi clients On-line Presentation and Remote Desktop to VNC free edition server. It can use very easy and friendly for all...
- Software downloads 2008-01-21
- How much for a video-friendly Internet?
- How much for a video-friendly Internet?What about static addresses?ISP's charge extra for static IP addresses. That made sense in the days of dial-up, but it is a total rip-off in the world of "always on" Internet. We are all second-class contents consumers without static addresses.Only if you sign up for...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-19
- BySoft StayAlive Pro (exe)
- StayAlive Pro is freeware windows 95/98/NT/2000/2003/XP program that simulates Internet activity so you don't get disconnected from your ISP. Features: Works with modem, adsl or cable connections; Simulates Internet activity through HTTP or PING; Nag window removing when ISP informs you that you are inactive too long; HTTP proxy support;...
- Software downloads 2008-01-09
- Microsoft delivers two patches for three vulnerabilities; Plugs Vista hole
- Microsoft delivers two patches for three vulnerabilities; Plugs Vista holeVista Patch Worked Great!It converted my PC back to Windows XP...Thank you Microsoft! ;).I knew there was something shifty about that sidebarYup, if I said it once, I said it a thousand times. If there's something that's just fine the...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- DSL Speed (zip)
- DSL Speed is a professional tool that will online smart optimize your DSL (ADSL, G.lite, IDSL, SDSL) connection speed to max. Main Features: online verify your ISP's MTU and your DSL unique optimize value. Online and offline optimize your DSL connection speed to max. Faster loading Web pages. Tweaks DNS...
- Software downloads 2007-12-25
- Google's Gdrive allegedly coming; Still late to the party
- Google's Gdrive allegedly coming; Still late to the partyThe PR WarA WSJ article about a me-too service that doesn't even exist yet? Google's flacks strike again... how about a little investigative reporting on how PR works in Mountain View?RE: Google's Gdrive allegedly coming; Still late to the partyInteresting. Sounds like...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
- Europe and telecommunications regulations
- Europe and telecommunications regulationsComments.Already in Europe, there is deregulation, and a requirement on the old monopoly operators to "unbundle the local loop". This means, in essence, they are obliged to let competitor have access to the copper between the exchange and the customer (not for free, of course).This has generally...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
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