News tagged with wireless traffic

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

WalkSafe app shields smartphone pedestrians (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smartphone users who as pedestrians are not very smart about crossing and looking both ways now have a protective shield in the form of an Android app which they can download for free. A research ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

S. Korea's LG unveils ultra-high-speed smartphone

South Korea's LG Electronics Monday launched a new smartphone with ultra-high-speed network technology in a bid to catch up with rivals Apple and Samsung.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FCC sued over new Internet rules

(AP) -- A media and Internet advocacy group sued the federal government Wednesday over its new rules covering Internet traffic, saying they don't protect wireless traffic from interference by phone companies.

Technology / Telecom

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

Korean researchers combine algorithm with wireless communication to reduce traffic jams

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hyun Keun Lee and Beom Jun Kim, researchers at the University of Seoul, have developed an idea on how to reduce traffic jams or in some cases prevent them all together. In their paper, published in Physica A: ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Google's Street View starts mapping India

Google launched its "Street View" project in India on Thursday aiming to collect panoramic images of the vast country ranging from its palaces to its slums.

Technology / Internet

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

Researchers develop new wireless technology for faster, more efficient networks

"Wireless communication is a one-way street. Over." Radio traffic can flow in only one direction at a time on a specific frequency, hence the frequent use of "over" by pilots and air traffic controllers, walkie-talkie ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Divided FCC adopts rules to protect Web traffic (Update)

(AP) -- Federal regulators adopted new rules Tuesday to keep the companies that control the Internet's pipelines from restricting what their customers do online or blocking competing services, including online ...

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 177

Google: $1.4M on 1Q lobby on China, other issues

(AP) -- Google Inc. spent $1.4 million in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on everything from its decision to stop censoring search results in China to the tussle over open Internet rules before the Federal ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Explosion of wireless devices causing data traffic jam

With the exploding popularity of smartphones, wireless laptops and, if Steve Jobs has his way, tablet computers, it's fast becoming a wireless world. But the breakneck growth of all things wireless is threatening to cause ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

FCC chairman warns of 'looming spectrum crisis' (Update)

(AP) -- The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission warned Wednesday of "a looming spectrum crisis" if the government fails to find ways to come up with more bandwidth for mobile devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Qwest 1Q earnings rise 37 pct after cost cuts

(AP) -- First-quarter earnings at Qwest Communications International Inc. rose 37 percent, as the phone company was helped by cost-cutting and strong results from its business services unit.

Technology / Business

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0