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EU agrees on new Internet user rights

Technology / Internet

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.


carrier pigeon

Carrier Pigeon Faster Than Broadband Internet

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight ...


New Sony Blu-Ray Player Integrates Streaming Internet Video

New Sony Blu-Ray Player Integrates Streaming Internet Video

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Offering the best of full HD 1080p and streaming Internet video, Sony today introduced the BDP-N460 networked Blu-ray Disc player.


Testing White Fi Protocol

New Wi-Fi Technology Using White Spaces

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A wireless internet network that uses portions of the old analog TV spectrum may one day become a reality. The plans for a computer network that uses "white spaces," which are empty fragments ...


Verizon Wireless uses new network for first time

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless says it has completed the first calls using a brand-new network that's planned to go live next year, offering faster Internet speeds.


Journalists play with Nintendo's portable video game console DSi

Nintendo DSi users get to share pictures on Facebook

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nintendo said Monday that it is updating DSi software to allow users to upload pictures from the camera-equipped handheld videogame devices to hot social-networking website Facebook.


China's online population, the largest in the world, reportedly rose by 40m in the first six months of 2009

China web users 'outnumber US population'

Technology / Internet

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The number of Internet users in China is now greater than the entire population of the United States, after rising to 338 million by the end of June, state media reported Sunday.


A woman displays a latest Acer UX-30 notebook at Computex Taipei

Netbooks, broadband mobile centre stage in Taipei trade fair

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Asia's biggest information technology trade show opened in Taiwan Tuesday, with the spotlight on low-priced notebook computers and advanced broadband Internet mobile technology.


Enhanced learning with interactive courses for TV

Technology / Other

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Providing educators with the tools to create interactive TV courses will expand their ability to reach audiences in their homes and help them learn new skills, according to European researchers.


FCC gets going on national broadband plan

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission took the first step Wednesday in developing a comprehensive plan to give all Americans high-speed Internet access.