News tagged with global network

Alcatel-Lucent introduces the world's most powerful Internet core router

Alcatel-Lucent today unveiled a new family of Internet core routers designed to address the major shifts that are happening in global networks. The 7950 XRS (Extensible Routing System) allows network operators to embrace ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cellphone trade show kicks off in New Orleans

(AP) -- CTIA Wireless, the U.S. cellphone phone industry's annual trade show that starts Tuesday, is drawing heavy participation not just from the cellphone industry, but from MasterCard, Visa, and other companies in the ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo! websites to get do-not-track tool

Yahoo! on Thursday said that it will soon add a tool to its websites that allows visitors to signal that they don't want their online activity tracked for ad targeting or other ends.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fiercer competition for quicker innovations

Reading e-mails while on the move, downloading music, or watching videos is quite normal for smartphone users. European mobile communication markets, however, are far behind the top innovator: Japan. This is identified by ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Microsoft hits Motorola, Google with EU complaint

Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator against Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be owner Google, saying Motorola's aggressive enforcement of patent ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Digital photos could put kids at risk

A study published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics this month suggests that parents and carers could be putting children at risk if they upload digital photos that are automatically "geota ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

IBM sees students' Facebook time as more than waste of time

College students need not feel guilty about spending hours each day on Facebook or other social networks. Turns out it might help them get a job.

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: Terrorist organizations have shifted Internet activity to social networks

Hackers invading databases is just the tip of the iceberg in online terrorist activity: International terrorist organizations have shifted their Internet activity focus to social networks and today a number of Facebook groups ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Interactive map of sea level changes launched

A new interactive map that allows users to explore changes in sea level worldwide over five decades has been launched by the UK's Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL).

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Samsung holds final talks on Google TV venture

Samsung Electronics is holding final talks with Google about launching a television using the US search giant's software platform next year, an executive of the South Korean company said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists meet to discuss usefulness of GMT

Leading scientists from around the world are meeting in Britain from Thursday to consider a proposal that could eventually see Greenwich Mean Time relegated to a footnote in history.

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 12

FCC unveils rules for rural broadband fund

Federal regulators have unveiled a plan for overhauling the $8 billion fund that subsidizes phone service in rural areas and for the poor. It redirects the money toward broadband expansion.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Moody's downgrades LG's outlook to negative

Credit ratings agency Moody's on Thursday downgraded its outlook on South Korea's LG Electronics to negative, saying its position in the mobile phone business has weakened considerably.

Technology / Business

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

S. Korea's SK to launch seven 4G smartphones

South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom said Wednesday it would this year offer seven smartphone models and one tablet device running on ultra high-speed network technology.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lawmakers question WHouse role in wireless project

Republican lawmakers say the White House may have tried to push through a company's proposed wireless network despite objections from the military that the project could disrupt vital satellite navigation ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4