In communications, a single line that interconnects three or more devices.
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- Motorola H17
- Motorola continues its trend of making tiny Bluetooth headsets with the Motorola H17. As a successor to the H15 and the H12, Motorola touts the H17 as one if its smallest headsets yet. The reason it can be so small is because it has a flip-switch boom mic that can...
- Product reviews 2009-10-01
- Plantronics Discovery 975
- The Plantronics Voyager Pro earned our Editor's Choice award earlier this year for having the best sound quality of any Bluetooth headset we've tried. However, the Voyager Pro was marred by its slightly bulky and unfashionable appearance. The new Plantronics Discovery 975, on the other hand, is a much more...
- Product reviews 2009-08-20
- Motorola Endeavor HX1
- Though the Aliph Jawbone is so named for the voice activity sensor that touches the side of the face, it is not actually a bone conduction headset. The sensor on the Jawbone is just there to detect your voice and help separate it from the surrounding noise. Few headsets can...
- Product reviews 2009-07-24
- Motorola reveals Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset for 'extreme' noise environments
- Motorola unveiled Thursday its Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset, offering the company's CrystalTalk noise cancellation technology with a "stealth mode" for speaking in especially loud environments. When the Endeavor's stealth mode is activated, noise and wind are filtered out via...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- BlueAnt Q1
- When BlueAnt introduced the BlueAnt V1 last year, we were blown away by BlueAnt's unique voice user interface, making the V1 the world's first voice controlled Bluetooth headset. Indeed, we could pair and manage calls just by going through a series of voice prompts, without ever having to look at...
- Product reviews 2009-04-20
- "WiMAX" the Future of Wireless Communication
- The new era of communication, currently employed in some parts of the world, is Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access WIMAX. It is the latest technology which is approved by IEEE 802.16 group, which is a standard for point-to-multipoint wireless networking. Wimax vision is to deliver "Last mile" broadband connectivity to...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Performance Evaluation of WiMAX System Using Convolutional Product Code (CPC)
- The WIMAX technology based on air interface standard 802-16 wireless MAN is configured in the same way as a traditional cellular network with base stations using point to multipoint architecture to drive a service over a radius up to several kilometers. The range and the Non Line of Sight NLOS...
- White papers 2008-11-26
- Motorola H780 Bluetooth headset (brushed metal)
- Motorola has been touting its CrystalTalk noise-cancellation technology for a while now, first in its own handsets and most recently in its latest line of Bluetooth headsets. Its current star headset is the Motorola Pure H15, which we've reviewed already, but if you wish to save a little for a...
- Product reviews 2008-11-06
- Jabra BT8040
- Jabra is a significant brand name in the Bluetooth headset business, but that doesn't mean Jabra is resting on its laurels. The company has recently introduced the Jabra BT8040, which promises to blow other Bluetooth headsets out of the water with its simple, yet elegant design along with its impressive...
- Product reviews 2008-02-15
- Yahoo Maps beta
- Still stung from when Google assumed the search engine throne several years back, Yahoo is battling for supremacy in mapping. Google briefly ruled this realm last year when it released the Google Maps beta with satellite views and put to shame old-school sites such as Mapquest. The Yahoo Maps beta...
- Product reviews 2006-05-25
- Achieving Open Access in Ethernet PON (EPON)
- Ethernet Passive Optical Networks EPONs are point-to-multipoint broadband access networks. An Optical Line Terminal OLT at the Central Office CO is connected to many Optical Network Units ONUs at remote ends using optical fiber and passive splitter. EPON has been standardized in the IEEE 802.3ah standards body. Ethernet technology is...
- White papers 2004-09-13
- The BEST Challenge for Next-Generation Ethernet Services
- Service providers are starting to offer next-generation E-Line (point-to-point) and E-LAN (multipoint-to-multipoint) Ethernet services over their existing SONET/SDH networks. While Ethernet typically is "Best-effort", these emerging services are expected to be "Carrier-class" with strict bandwidth guarantees. Consequently, spanning tree creation, critical to any Ethernet network is fundamentally changed; each tree...
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