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Sony Launches Short-Range Wireless Technology (w/ Video)

Technology / Telecom

Feb 08, 2010 | 4.7 / 5 (10) | 5 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first compliant products, that will use Sony’s TransferJet technology, will start appearing in products as early as the spring of this year. Its design will enable file swapping, between ...

Spain's Telefonica considers charging Google

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Feb 08, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use.

AT&T now says SlingPlayer for iPhone on 3G is OK

Technology / Telecom

Feb 04, 2010 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 2

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will now allow Sling Media Inc.'s television-viewing program for the iPhone to operate over its "3G" high-speed mobile network.

DOT bars commercial drivers from texting at wheel

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Jan 26, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The Transportation Department said Tuesday it is prohibiting truck and bus drivers from sending text messages on hand-held devices while operating commercial vehicles.

FCC seeking information about wireless fees

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Jan 26, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators are asking the nation's big wireless companies whether they give customers adequate notice about early termination fees for breaking a service contract before it expires.

Better computing, communication for emergency personnel at disaster sites

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Jan 25, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

Hurricane Katrina. The Southeast Asian tsunami. Now the killer earthquake in Haiti, which has claimed upwards of 50,000 lives. In each case, the response to a natural disaster has been further complicated by the difficulty ...

Liberty Global to sell stake to Japan's KDDI

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Jan 25, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Japan's second-largest telecommunications company, KDDI Corp., said Monday it is acquiring Liberty Global Inc.'s stake in Japan's largest cable TV operator for $4 billion in cash.

USDA awarding $310 million for broadband projects

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Jan 25, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The Agriculture Department is handing out nearly $310 million in stimulus money to bring high-speed Internet connections to 14 rural communities around the country.

To get NBC, Comcast still has persuading to do

Technology / Telecom

Jan 24, 2010 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Before Comcast Corp. can transform the entertainment business by taking control of NBC Universal, it must convince Washington that the plan won't hurt rivals and consumers. And the promises the cable company has ...

Siemens Sets New Record for Wireless Data Transfer using White LEDs

Technology / Telecom

Jan 21, 2010 | 4.3 / 5 (8) | 8 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Siemens have broken their own record for wirelessly transmitting data over white LED light. They’ve now achieved rates of 500 megabits per second (Mbps), shattering the previous ...

FCC closes loophole in cable program access rules

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Jan 20, 2010 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators have closed a wrinkle that has allowed cable TV operators to withhold sporting events and other popular programming that they own from satellite companies and other rivals.

Text service resumes 6 months after Xinjiang riots

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Jan 17, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Text messaging services restarted with some restrictions Sunday for cell phone users in far western China, more than six months after deadly ethnic rioting prompted the government to shut them down.

Broadband traffic gets into a jam on wireless expressway

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Jan 15, 2010 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

The Internet has become an ever more mobile beast. Through iPhones, netbooks, Kindles, BlackBerries, Skiffs and other freshly evolved hosts, its appetite for bandwidth grows by the minute.

'Widgets' are hot at gadget show

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Jan 10, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

Spend a lot of time on the Web while watching television? Maybe not. But a lot of companies are betting you will. All of the top television manufacturers at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here ...

MagicJack's next act: disappearing cell phone fees

Technology / Telecom

Jan 08, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 5

(AP) -- The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home.

Comcast, FCC take net neutrality dispute to court

Technology / Telecom

Jan 08, 2010 | 5 / 5 (2) | 16

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission staked out new ground nearly three months ago when it began drafting rules that would require Internet providers to give equal treatment to all data flowing over ...

EU Galileo satnav system to begin operations in 2014

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Jan 07, 2010 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0

The EU's much-delayed Galileo sat-nav network will begin operation in 2014, the European Commission said Thursday as it awarded key contracts to Germany's OHB System and France's Arianespace.

FCC seeks extension for national broadband plan

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Jan 07, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is asking for a one-month extension on the national broadband plan the agency is required to submit to Congress.