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Physicists build first single-photon router

(PhysOrg.com) -- By demonstrating that an artificial atom embedded in a transmission line can route a single photon from an input port to one of two output ports, physicists have built the first router working ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

An Internet 100 times as fast: A new network design could boost capacity

(PhysOrg.com) -- The heart of the Internet is a network of high-capacity optical fibers that spans continents. But while optical signals transmit information much more efficiently than electrical signals, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (54) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

The power of 'random': 'Seemingly loopy' technique could dramatically improve communications networks

A radical new approach to the design of communications networks, called "network coding," promises to make Internet file sharing faster, streaming video more reliable, and cell-phone reception better -- among ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Dutch study suggests Wi-Fi possibly harmful to trees

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study carried out in the Netherlands suggests radiation from Wi-Fi networks may be damaging trees and affecting the growth of other plants near routers.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (21) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

On the path to 1 terabit-per-second networks

As IP traffic continues to increase and the router interface rate extends beyond 100 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s), future optical networks—ones that would achieve unprecedented speeds of 1 terabit-per-second (Tb/s)—will ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

18-year-old star hacker arrested in Greece

Police in Greece have arrested an 18-year-old star hacker suspected of breaking into the website of crimefighting agency Interpol and a number of US state agencies, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 15

Foreign hardware could be designed to launch cyber attacks against US companies and consumers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A security official at the Department of Homeland Security recently released a statement that confirmed the idea that some foreign-made computer components are actually being designed to make the job of launching ...

Technology / Other

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 13 | with audio podcast weblog

Cisco plans to shut its Flip camcorder business

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc., one of the titans of the technology industry, on Tuesday said it is killing the Flip Video, the most popular video camera in the U.S., just two years after it bought the startup ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Cisco to introduce new heavy-duty Internet router

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it is upgrading one of its biggest pieces of networking hardware, a router that's used to power the most trafficked parts of the Internet backbone.

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Millionths of a second can cost millions of dollars: A new way to track network delays

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists have developed an inexpensive solution for diagnosing networking delays in data center networks as short as tens of millionths of seconds—delays that can lead to multi-million ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Analysts: New software won't save Blackberry maker

In the trend-setting North American market, BlackBerry phones have gone from must-have messaging toys to outdated clunkers -all in the space of a few years. The new CEO of Research In Motion Ltd., the company behind the phones, ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Cisco buys Tidal Software for 105 mln dlrs

Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Thursday it was buying Tidal Software Inc. for 105 million dollars in a move aimed at enhancing the US networking giant's next-generation data centers.

Technology / Business

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cisco announces its first servers, riling rivals

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. wants a bigger chunk of the corporate computing market, and plans to start selling servers in competition with old partners like Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM Corp.

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cablevision has fastest Internet speeds for cable

(AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. is set to unveil Tuesday the fastest Internet speeds available from any cable or phone company.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4

OpenDNS service is an alternative to major Internet providers

You turn on your computer and try to log onto your favorite sites. Nothing happens. A message at the bottom of your screen tells you your computer is trying to connect, and trying and trying.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1