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Toshiba Satellite Pro U400-10H
Reviews The Satellite Pro U400 has a number of strong points, but the battery life, in particular, is disappointing. It could be a good choice if you need a compact notebook that'll spend most of its time on the desktop. But mobile professionals needing a long-lived system away from mains power may want to look elsewhere.
Tags: Battery, Satellite, Graphics, USB, Toshiba Satellite, Notebook, Satellite Pro U400, Toshiba Satellite Pro U400, Back Edge, performance
Philippines gets first retail satellite service
News Satellite broadband service provider is targeting "under-served" communities and aims to have 50,000 subscribers, mostly in the country's rural areas, in three years.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Satellite, Asia, Internet Access, Philippines, Satellite Service, Broadband, satellite broadband, information technology
UK leads in Galileo-procurement shortlist
News The U.K. satellite-communications industry has made a strong showing in the shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's GPS alternative.
Tags: GPS, Mobile platforms/communications, Satellite, Logica, India, European Space Agency, Japan, Russia, Germany, U.K.
Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'
News When it comes to the tricky balance between providing comprehensive information and freaking people out, Google says it tries to stay on the good side of the "creepy line".
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., U.S. Government, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Internet search, Eric Schmidt, satellite, advisor
Apple to reinvent Apple TV...for the rest of us
News Apple is trying to persuade programmers to make their TV shows available as part of a subscription via iTunes.
Tags: Video, TVs, Apple Inc., Satellite, TV, Apple iTunes, Apple TV, billing, Apple iPhone, PC
New GPS platform aims to save batteries
News Cambridge Silicon Radio's new architecture, designed for mobile phones and other portable devices, can run in an "'aware" state that uses very little power.
Tags: Development/design, Bluetooth, Battery, Satellite, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, GPS, phone, performance, Development/design
Where's technology when the earth shakes?
Blogs This past week has been calamity filled. Following the freak dust storm in Sydney, Typhoon Kestana flooded into the Phil...
US govt eases restrictions on US telecom firms in Cuba
News The White House announces a shift in policy toward Cuba to allow for greater telecommunications links to the communist country.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Networking technology, Mobile/Wireless, Satellite, Telecommunications, Cell Phone, Cuba, Cable, phone, White House
The final frontier: Solar power from space
News California utility PG&E has contracted with stealth company Solaren to capture solar energy with satellites in space for delivery to Earth via radio frequency.
Tags: Green IT, Satellite, PG&E Corp., Pacific Gas & Electric, Renewable Energy, radio frequency, Earth, scientist, California, radio
Skyhook teams up with Texas Instruments
News Skyhook's hybrid Wi-Fi/GPS location technology will soon be used in Texas Instruments chips for mobile devices to get more accurate location information.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Mobile processors, Apple Inc., Satellite, Texas Instruments Inc., Positioning, GPS, Skyhook Wireless, phone, Wi-Fi
Google Earth's virtual Roman holiday
News Google Earth is extending its satellite perspective to give virtual time-traveling tourists a view of what the city of Rome looked like nearly two millennia ago.
Tags: Web sites, City, Satellite, Google Inc., Google Earth, Tool, University of California at Los Angeles, computer graphics, University of Virginia, blog
Google to buy GeoEye satellite imagery
News Google Maps and Google Earth will get a new infusion of higher-resolution imagery from the GeoEye-1 satellite, due to launch from a California Air Force base Sep. 4.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Satellite, Imagery, Google Inc., imaging, marketing, Earth, blog, vice president
Nine-year Iridium bankruptcy saga over for Motorola
News A judge has ruled Motorola does not have to pay damages of US$4 billion over the failure of its Iridium satellite venture.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Legal, Iridium, Satellite, Motorola Inc., Bankruptcy, phone, network, U.S., project failure
EC readies European satellite wireless spectrum
News The European Commission is inviting satellite operators to compete for the provision of services such as mobile TV and high-speed Internet across the whole of Europe.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Mobile/Wireless, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile platforms/communications, Satellite, Mobile, Mobile TV, Internet Access, Spectrum
Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone
News The Internet giant releases an iPhone version of its geographic exploration software.
Tags: Web sites, Smart phones, GPS, Apple Inc., Satellite, Mobile, Google Inc., Google Earth, Computer, 3D
