A recent study by four UCLA documents what some wireless data customers have long suspected -- that users can be charged for wireless data they never received. In the most extreme case of overcharging, an unnamed carrier charged the ...
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This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach. The latest challenge confronting IT organizations is managing the ...
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Broadcom plans to bring IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi to smartphones starting early next year, using a chipset announced Tuesday that the company said can deliver about 300Mbps of real-world speed. The 802.11ac standard is the next generation of ...
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The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched a certification program for its Miracast video transmission specification, offering a seal of approval that should ensure many different phones, tablets, laptops, TVs and other products can send video to each ...
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Lenovo’s highly anticipated ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 will be priced starting at US$629, the company said. The tablet will have a 10.1-inch screen and become available on Oct. 26, alongside Microsoft’s launch Windows 8 ...
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Asia Pacific will generate the most cloud traffic by 2016 as compared to North America and Western Europe. The second annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (2011-2016) indicates that Asia Pacific will process the most cloud workloads – ...
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The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched a certification programme for its Miracast video transmission specification, offering a seal of approval that should ensure many different phones, tablets, laptops, TVs and other products can send video to ...
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Lenovo on Wednesday announced the ThinkPad Tablet 2, which has a 10.1-inch screen and kicks off a new generation of the company's PCs and devices with Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system. The tablet will weigh less than 600 ...
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ONVIF held its annual gathering of members in late November.Featuring the election of a slate of new officers and committee chairmen,the meetings set the stage for continued progress toward interoperability of IP security devices in 2013. ...
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Work under way to draft new regulations at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai this week could harm the Internet, warned Internet pioneer and Google executive Vint Cerf. “The Internet is under ...
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Yahoo has appointed leading Google executive Marissa Mayer as chief executive officer, ending months of speculation. The surprise move comes just over a week after interim Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn helped end a patent battle with Facebook ...
Broadcom thinks it can make NFC a common smartphone feature by offering it in a chip with other wireless technologies, even if making payments with the technology doesn’t catch on for years. On Tuesday, the communications chip ...
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B&B Electronics' European operation has provided an extensive, rugged communications network for the Volvo Ocean Race Galway Grand Finale, the 9-day festival built around the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 in Galway, Ireland, ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, has reported its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year results for the period ending 28 September 2012. Revenue for the ...
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UK - Sandbach School in Cheshire have found that the Roland VR-5 'all in one' AV mixer provides the solution for their streaming and recording requirements in different areas of the school. Supported in their initial training by UCan Play, ...
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