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Ultra-broadband to cause bandwidth divide
News Adoption of ultra-high speed residential broadband will create bandwidth divide among world regions, as well as within countries in three to five years, says Gartner.
Tags: Networking technology, Bandwidth, Mobile Broadband, TV, Video, Gartner Inc., HDTV, Broadband, Cable, cable television
Data Robotics DroboPro
Reviews DroboPro is a business-class RAID storage array that accepts virtually any SATA disk on the market, supports iSCSI and pretty much looks after itself. What more could you want?
Tags: Robotics, Storage, USB, RAID, NAS, storage array, disk, Ethernet, Serial ATA, iSCSI
Finland decrees Net access legal right
News Country becomes world's first to pass law making broadband access, at speeds of at least 1Mbps, a legal right for all its citizens by July 2010.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Finland, Telecommunications Company, cell phone, International Telecommunications Union, mobile phone network, Web sites, France, Internet Access
Vodafone mobile broadband to hit top HSDPA speed
News Operator is first in U.K. to upgrade parts of its network to reach 14.4Mbps, the highest speed offered by the HSDPA specification.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, O2 Plc., Mobile Broadband, Speed, Broadband, HSPA, 3G, HSDPA
3G wireless still holds promise
News Next generation of 4G wireless may get all the headlines, but advanced 3G technology will likely dominate services for next few years.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Network infrastructure, Speed, U.S., network, mobile, Wireless, HSPA, Clearwire Corp., 3G
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News Brits are still not satisfied with broadband speeds and with good reason, since actual line speeds are still on average 50 percent less than the headline speeds advertised.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Speed, Telecommunications, Broadband, Japan, London, Silicon.com, U.K., Internet Service Provider
Jaguar supercomputer races past Roadrunner in Top500
News Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" finally bests IBM after three tries. The top 10, while still dominated by supercomputers housed in the U.S., had just one newcomer.
Tags: Supercomputing, Teraflop, Cray Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Sandia National Laboratories, Computer, Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Opera Mobile 10 beta now browsing Windows phones
News Opera releases most recent mobile browser--complete with Speed Dial and new tabbed browsing design--for Windows Mobile phones.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Applications and tools, Browser, Windows Mobile, Opera Software ASA, Java Phone, Symbian Inc., Phone, mobile, Web Browser
Intel moves Nehalem chips into new niches
News Company is bolstering its Nehalem lineup with Core i7 CPUs for high-performance PCs and Xeons for small business.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Intel Xeon, Chip, Storage, Small Business, Server, processor, HyperThreading, consumer PC
Intel, NEC team up to flex supercomputing might
News Both companies will jointly develop high-performance computing systems based on Intel processor to extend products to wider audience, say executives.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, NEC Corp., Intel Corp., Richard Dracott, Intel Xeon, Chip Company, processor, Supercomputing, supercomputer
APAC mobile multimedia services to dethrone SMS
News Mobile multimedia services will surpass short messaging service in revenue contribution to Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan by year-end, reports IDC.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Development/design, Mobile Multimedia Service, cell phone, multimedia, revenue, network, mobile, Mobile applications
HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless
Reviews HP's Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless is a suitable inkjet for offices with high-volume print requirements. With a touch-screen, multiple networking options and very fast print speeds, this workhorse gets an Editors' Choice award.
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Scanner, Wireless, Optical Character Recognition, photograph, printer, fax, built-In
Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
News Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., DirectWrite, Bas Schouten, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Mozilla Corp.
Three APAC countries have fastest broadband
News Akamai report highlights South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong's connection speeds, and notes origins of online attacks spreading to many more countries.
Tags: Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Spam and phishing, Anti Phishing Work Group, Connection Speed, Banking, Akamai Technologies Inc., Attack Traffic, malicious software
Toshiba brings out business-card-size solid-state drives
News New solid-state drives, which feature capacities of up to 62GB, are designed for notebooks and Netbooks.
Tags: Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Notebook, consortium, Hardware, hardware maker, Dell Computer Corp., manufacturer, Toshiba Corp.
