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- Google's Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps?
- I won't ntntI can'tI'm not online 24/7. I need local apps, as does everyone else. Say what you want. But network outages happen... Weather by forces of nature or human error, a network will eventually go down. It's only a matter of time. And knowing Google's past GMail outages, I...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- AT&T launches Verizon counter-punch ad, keeps digging that hole
- There's a Cr-app for that!I only have one thing to say, Sprint! Well, two things, AT&T neglects to mention 4G. Well, three things, They are the most expensive carrier for the least amount of quality delivered. Oh wait, 4 things, I had an iPhone and loved the interface. In the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- A Net Neutrality Solution: Opinions Wanted
- First thoughts"the incumbents fought it tooth and nail"Same thing happened in the last 4 industrial revolutions!I'm broadly in favour of your improvements ... with a few caveats ... and will look at the 2 papers you plugged, sorry referenced ;-)"Users should be concerned that the Internet services they pay for...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Asus K50IJ-RX05
- asus k50IJThe ASUS K50IJ series is one of the latest budget notebooks designed to provide better performance than a netbook and a larger screen for only a modest price increase. ASUS K50IJ-C1 Specifications:Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6500 Processor (2.1GHz)15.6" 16:9 Wide Format (1366 x...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-25
- New Roku XR will add 802.11n Wi-Fi upgrade to cheap media streamer
- Stability and antenna more important than 802.11nVideo streams are 4.5 Mbps at best. Even 802.11b can handle it so long as you have a very stable stream with no radio interference. In come cases, 802.11b is more resilient against interference because each pulse of data occupies a longer...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- The case of the missing iPhone 3GS's
- When I finally filled my iPod Touch 16GB and realized that I really do like a lot of the iPhone apps, it was time to bid my Nokia N96 which has been a problem child goodbye and go straight for the top: an iPhone 32GB. I'd not...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?
- Should mobile broadband be preserved, much the same way people are interested in conserving energy and saving the environment? During a keynote speech at CTIA, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega spoke about the state of the wireless industry and the trends that we're seeing in...
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Light Peak fiber optic connector to replace Firewire, USB, monitor cables
- 100 Gbps is a pretty conservative estimate...100 Gbps is a pretty conservative estimate because the theoretical maximum throughput on fiber optic is however fast the hardware is on either end of the cable.Developed by Intel, not AppleWhile it appears that Apple may have been important in inspiring this particular standard,...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- 802.11n approved; Not 'new' and hardly groundbreaking
- I'm moving to itWell, if all you do is check email and write blog posts all day - then yeah, g is fine.BUT - if you ever intend on watching high-def video or play games, then even g is not enough. You'll want n.WiMAX is interesting, BUT:-No computer we have...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Comcast's Burke: TV Everywhere trials going national in 30 to 60 days
- Comcast has built a TV Everywhere site that's "complicated technically," but will roll out nationally as a pilot in the next 30 to 60 days, said Stephen Burke, chief operating officer of the cable giant. Burke, speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Media, Communications...
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- AT&T's "problem" customers get the blame
- Fortune Magazine swallows the AT&T pitch hook, line and sinker in a story titled "Bandwidth hogs â€" iPhones and other smartphones." Writer Jon Fortt dishes up a steaming dish of bull shoveled straight out of AT&T PR: Now the wireless providers hawking those Internet-enabled mobile devices...
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Telecoms want cheap spectrum, low standards
- The United States is ranked 19th in broadband speeds with an average advertised rate of 9.6 megabytes per second, Compare that to Japan with 92.8 mbps, Korea with 80.8 mbps and France with 51 mbps. The industry is calling out for more spectrum to be sold off to businesses, more...
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000
- The Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000 is a compact and simple Wireless-N router with a friendly price of just around $70. The router offers decent throughput speeds and excellent range, and it's also the first router from Netgear to come with a free, comprehensive Web-based Web-filtering tool. Missing are some extras,...
- Product reviews 2009-08-20
- Gadget Gal's daily deals: Sennheiser earbuds, Dell Mini 10 netbook, Altec Lansing speakers for MP3 players
- A pair of Altec Lansing speakers for your MP3 player, a discount on the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, and a pair of Sennheiser headphones. Here are your daily deals for Tuesday, August 11, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. It's Two-for-Tuesday at Woot, which means you...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bits
- MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bitsI'm getting the bits right now50-100KBs at a time. I'll let you know in 7-17 hours how well it went. :)RE: MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bitsC'mon baby. Download faster! I started mine at home through an RDP session...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- A 'personal cloud' with Novatel's MiFi 2372 3G Wi-Fi hotspot; AT&T, T-Mobile
- Novatel Wireless on Tuesday unveiled its MiFi 2372 HSPA, the newest version of its Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, allowing for a portable Wi-Fi hotspot ("personal cloud") using 3G connectivity. The MiFi 2372 can be used "virtually anywhere in the world" thanks to its support...
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Botnet awakes in further South Korean attack
- Botnet awakes in further South Korean attackLets ban Windows and go hard core Linux.Because we know that the hackers will give up instantly if everything was Linux. They would simply give in and go out and get real jobs.NOT.Whats the difference, Windows today, Linux tomorrow, in the long run...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- HTC Ozone (Verizon Wireless)
- The HTC Ozone is Verizon Wireless' answer to Sprint's HTC Snap. Though its design is slightly different, it offers many of the same features and is positioned toward the same group of messaging-savvy users. In a great move, Verizon added Wi-Fi and dual-mode CDMA/GSM support, but we missed support for...
- Product reviews 2009-07-10
- The United States of broadband: All of the speed is on the east coast
- Akamai's state of the Internet report for the first quarter illustrates the distribution of broadband speeds in the U.S. The real speed appears to be on the east coast. Here's the distribution of broadband in the top 10 states: Akamai...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 - wireless router
- NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 - wireless routerFull Hardware Warranty? Not true!We had great expectations when we bought this router for a small business office with 5 people to replace a wornout Watchguard. We tried for 3 weeks to get it to work but it would only allow traffic...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
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