Researchers at Duke University have devised a way to see through walls using a narrow band of microwave frequencies without any advance knowledge of what the walls are made out of. Besides having obvious applications in the ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 6, 2017
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Facebook and Google once aimed to connect the world. Now they would be happy just to reconnect part of it.
Other
Oct 7, 2017
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Microsoft wants to extend broadband services to rural America by turning to a wireless technology that uses the buffer zones separating individual television channels in the airwaves.
Telecom
Jul 11, 2017
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Mobile phone carriers scooped up airwaves no longer needed by television broadcasters last March in a $19-billion auction designed by UBC and Stanford University researchers.
Telecom
Jun 26, 2017
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US lawmakers voted Tuesday to roll back rules that would block internet service providers from selling user data to third parties, following a heated debate over privacy protections.
Telecom
Mar 29, 2017
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306
Americans are generally getting much faster Internet speeds than a few years ago, but growth is uneven depending on the type of connections, a government report said Wednesday.
Telecom
Dec 30, 2015
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354
Engineers have known for some time that if cars could only "talk" to each other, they could avoid a lot of accidents.
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 16, 2015
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The top US telecom regulator proposed Wednesday to regulate broadband Internet service providers as "public utility" carriers, in a renewed effort to enforce "net neutrality" rules.
Telecom
Feb 4, 2015
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46
A city once infamous for the smoke-belching foundries that blanketed its buildings and streets with a heavy layer of soot is turning to lightning-fast Internet speeds to try to transform itself into a vibrant tech hub.
Telecom
Dec 27, 2014
0
1
Too many vehicles on the highway inevitably slow down traffic. On the Internet information highway, consumers value high-speed Internet service, but there is little reason to think broadband traffic congestion will improve ...
Economics & Business
Dec 10, 2014
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