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Space scientist says texting is four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space
May 12, 2008 |
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A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope.
The leading 'edge': plastic fibre slashes network costs
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Plans in the 1990s to bring ultra-high speed telecom lines into every home foundered because the optical fibre infrastructure was just too expensive. But a new European project using plastic fibre and off-the-shelf ...
NASA Tests First Deep-Space Internet
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet.
Health concerns urge Wi-Fi removal
Jun 04, 2007 |
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After a warning from a government watchdog group, schools and families in Britain are scrambling to remove Wi-Fi systems.
Bell Labs breaks optical transmission record, 100 Petabit per second kilometer barrier
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Alcatel-Lucent today announced that scientists in Bell Labs, the company’s research arm, have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.kilometer (equivalent to 100 million Gigabits per second.kilometer). ...
Multi-gigabit wireless research could make wired computers and peripherals obsolete
Jul 19, 2007 |
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New research at the Georgia Institute of Technology could soon make that tangle of wires under desks and in data centers a thing of the past.
Internet at warp speed, captain!
Nov 07, 2007 |
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The ultra-high data speeds possible on optical fibre networks will only come into their own when the fibres reach the last mile into everyone’s home. But that will require miniaturisation and integration of ...
The Final 'Final' Nail in WEP's Coffin?
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Wireless security protocol, WEP, is everywhere in Wi-Fi networks and just got quicker and easier for hackers to break into.
US satellite protection scheme could affect global communications
Aug 14, 2006 |
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A proposed US system to protect satellites from solar storms or high-altitude nuclear detonations could cause side-effects that lead to radio communication blackouts, according to new research. If activated, the "radiation ...
Samsung is Set to Demonstrate 4th Generation Mobile Technology
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Samsung Electronics announced its plan to demonstrate 4th Generation (4G) mobile technology at the annual Samsung 4G Forum in Jeju Island, Korea for the first time in the world. Demonstration will take place ...
Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs
Apr 05, 2007 |
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The telecom giant is warning customers to avoid excessive bandwidth consumption or risk being disconnected for up to a year.
Swiss researchers test high-speed WLAN network
Mar 12, 2008 |
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According to the communication theory, only a limited amount of data can be transmitted within a given bandwidth for wireless communication. Ever since these limits were revealed 60 years ago, we have been ...
Undersea WiFi can be made faster, says researcher
Sep 03, 2007 |
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As the United States and Canada take their first step toward establishing a cabled ocean observatory, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher is trying to improve the speed of wireless underwater communication.
Networking: Investors eye power-line trend
Jun 12, 2006 |
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Institutional and individual investors are eagerly examining prospects in the so-called broadband over power line (BPL) market and are helping finance proof-of-concept projects in the field, experts tell UPI's ...
Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling
May 16, 2008 |
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A new study from the University of Leicester has discovered a particular window of time when mobile signals and radio waves are ‘super strength’ – allowing them to be clearer and travel greater distances, potentially interfering ...
