News tagged with traffic data

Bouncing signals off ceiling can rev up data centers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have a startlingly upbeat idea for data center managers coping with packed rooms, Internet traffic bursts, and high costs looming in having to reconfigure data center designs. ...

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Spies breach Pentagon fighter-jet project: report

Computer spies have hacked into the Pentagon's most costly weapons program, a US newspaper reported Tuesday, raising the prospect of adversaries gaining access to top-secret security data.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 8

Simulated skiers reveal mountain traffic jams

Millions of skiers and snowboarders escape to the mountains every winter, but some everyday stresses -- like traffic jams -- are unavoidable even on the slopes. In plenty of time to prepare for next season, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Swedish parliament passes controversial data storage bill

Sweden's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted through an EU-backed law obliging telecom and Internet operators to store data traffic information for at least six months.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Internet traffic to quadruple by 2015: Cisco

Global online traffic will quadruple by 2015 as the number of gadgets linked to the Internet climbs to 15 billion, according to a forecast by networking colossus Cisco.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The blackbox in your car

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is expected that within the next month officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will declare that all cars must have an event data recorder inside the vehicle.

Technology / Other

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 124 | with audio podcast weblog

EU pushes button for next Internet age

Europe geared up on Tuesday for a quantum leap in Internet traffic and a new generation of infrastructure to carry data, announcing the launch of a 600-million-euro research and investment programme.

Technology / Telecom

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Google Maps now helps users beat traffic jams

Google upgraded its popular Google Maps on Monday to suggest faster routes to drivers based on real-time traffic conditions.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Team achieves one terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip

(PhysOrg.com) -- With worldwide Internet data traffic increasing by 50 percent each year, telecommunications companies that handle this digital torrent must be able to economically expand the capacities of their networks ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Airliners fly in face of cyber attack scares

Around the world, around the clock, circles of flickering screens keep aircraft apart in the air, ease them gently down to the ground and guide their precious human cargoes off the runway.

Technology / Other

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Intel's new fiber-optic cables promise speed boost

Envisioning a data traffic jam looming as consumers shuttle increasing amounts of information among their home PCs, televisions and other gadgets, Intel plans to introduce new technology in a few months that could keep everything ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 8

Putting the squeeze on data

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data compression is one of the fundamental research areas in computer science, letting information systems do more with less. It’s the reason the iPod nano can hold thousands of songs instead ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

YouTube makes videos 'Feather' light

YouTube launched an experimental "Feather" feature on Thursday that slims down online videos for delivery to places where the Internet is unable to handle heavy data traffic.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google unveils free GPS navigation for mobile phones

Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones on Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of GPS navigation devices.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Faster smartphones spark race for ways out of data crunch

Lighter, faster and even smarter smartphones will premiere at the world's biggest mobile fair next week, sparking a race for ways to prevent network overload from rendering the phones "dumb".

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5