News tagged with home networking

Next up: Smart homes

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows bandwidth caps create user uncertainty, risky decisions

Recently, many U.S. Internet service providers have fallen in line with their international counterparts in capping monthly residential broadband usage. A new study by a Georgia Tech researcher, conducted ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Now that you have a smartphone, it's time for a smart home

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A cheap and fully optical solution for ultra-fast internet

Blisteringly fast Internet speeds, more robust connections and a big increase in network capacity at little extra cost, even in rural areas? It's the sort of fantasy that keeps telecommunication company executives and bandwidth-hungry ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative ...

Technology / Business

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

The high price of data breaches

As consumers, we transmit valuable personal information to the companies with which we do business. In doing so, we trust that information will remain secure. Over the past year, however, we have learned of a number of instances ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Retailers angle for presence in social media's virtual worlds

Best Buy Co. Inc. may be building fewer big-box stores in malls and shopping centers nationwide. But when it comes to the virtual world, the Richfield, Minn.-based consumer electronics giant is looking to grab some digital ...

Technology / Business

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Connected' cars new buzzword at IAA fair

Following smartphones and tablet computers, motorists look set to be the next big market for connected devices as automakers wow crowds with the latest Internet-enabled models at the IAA motor show.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Australian sacked for Facebook rant

An Australian man who posted a foul-mouthed rant against management on social networking site Facebook has lost an employment tribunal appeal after he was sacked.

Technology / Business

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

'Evil' Australian hacker faces 49 charges

A man who used the online nickname "Evil" has been charged with hacking attacks that police Wednesday alleged could have caused considerable damage to Australias national infrastructure.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New AMBA 4 specification optimizes coherency for heterogeneous multicore SoCs

ARM today announced the latest AMBA 4 interface and protocol specification featuring the AMBA 4 AXI Coherency Extensions (ACE). Cache coherency is essential in multicore computing applications to efficiently maintain the ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Free Wi-Fi can hide security dangers

After someone sniffed out his password at a free Wi-Fi hotspot and successfully hacked his computer, Igor Mello stays home for the majority of his web use.

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Turning remote control into intimate support

(PhysOrg.com) -- All the remote controls lying around our houses or fixed to our walls can be combined via new standardised middleware. Combined control enables new levels of home support to the elderly and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Launches 3D Home Theater

Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of the world's first 3D Home Theater (HT-C6930W), offering the ultimate experience in 3D stereoscopic images and 3D sound.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 14, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Facebook marks sixth birthday with new home page

Facebook marked its sixth birthday by simplifying its home page and holding an all-night "hackathon" to craft new software for the social networking website.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0