News tagged with communication
New law could free up TV airwaves for mobile use
A new law could result in fewer TV stations on the air, in exchange for faster wireless data services for smartphones and tablet computers.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Repairs on Kenya web cable to take three weeks
An undersea fibre optic Internet cable that was sliced by a ship's anchor in the Kenyan port of Mombasa will be fully repaired in about three weeks, an official said Tuesday.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Record-speed wireless data bridge demonstrated: Takes high-speed communications the 'last mile'
A team of researchers in Germany has created a new way to overcome many of the issues associated with bringing high-speed digital communications across challenging terrain and into remote areas, commonly referred to as the ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Motorola Solutions buying $1.17B shares from Icahn
(AP) -- Motorola Solutions Inc. is buying about $1.17 billion of its stock back from billionaire investor Carl Icahn.
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Navy launches new communications satellite
(AP) -- The Navy has launched a new communications satellite after two weather-related scrubs last week.
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Cyber-security expert finds new flaw in smartphones
Just as U.S. companies are coming to grips with threats to their computer networks emanating from cyber-spies based in China, a noted expert is highlighting what he says is an even more pernicious vulnerability in smartphones.
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Small-scale soil studies provide big benefits
When it comes to studying microbial communities in soil, the smaller the sample, the better. Only by approaching the scale at which microbes interact and function, the micron scale, can scientists understand ...
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Microsoft sharpens its ads to jab rivals
From the Gmail Man, who peeks into people's private mail, to the VMware salesman stuck in the '70s, Microsoft's marketing campaigns have become quite pointed in the past year.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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NASA pinning down 'here' better than ever
Before our Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation devices can tell us where we are, the satellites that make up the GPS need to know exactly where they are. For that, they rely on a network of sites that ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Sony commercializes TransferJet compatible LSI
Sony today announced the commercialization of "CXD3271GW" LSI, for use in the close proximity wireless transfer technology TransferJet. This LSI realizes a 350Mbps transmission speed and the industry's highest ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Cable cos. shut down interactive ad venture
(AP) -- The country's largest cable TV companies are shutting down the bulk of a venture that let viewers interact with TV ads, laying off 120 employees.
Feb 22, 2012 |
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To celebrate prairie landscapes, research says to take an aesthetic approach
A Kansas State University researcher and former park ranger is helping people take a new view of the prairie and see it as more than a seemingly empty landscape.
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Netflix bolsters video library as new threat looms
(AP) -- Netflix's Internet video service is adding more marquee attractions as it braces for a new competitive threat from cable-TV provider Comcast Corp.
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Coasts in peril plan ahead for rising seas
Scientists warn that by the end of this century, the sea level along North America's west coast will rise by about a meter due to global warming and melting arctic glaciers.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Does history repeat? Using the past to improve ecological forecasting
To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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