(AP) -- A proposal to prohibit broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against Internet traffic flowing over their networks has an uncertain future with just lukewarm support from large phone and cable service ...
Telecom
Dec 1, 2010
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Level 3 Communications Inc., an Internet backbone company that supports Netflix Inc.'s increasingly popular movie streaming service, complained Monday that cable giant Comcast Corp. is charging it an unfair fee for the right ...
Business
Nov 30, 2010
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(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to pay $16.25 million to settle allegations that it showered Texas school officials with gifts to win contracts funded by a federal program that pays for Internet connections for schools ...
Business
Nov 11, 2010
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(AP) -- The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors, even as subscriptions among American households overall grew ...
Telecom
Nov 8, 2010
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Members of the public could form the backbone of powerful new mobile internet networks by carrying wearable sensors.
Engineering
Oct 28, 2010
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Skype and Facebook joined forces Thursday to let users of the popular Internet communications service chat with their friends on the booming social network.
Internet
Oct 14, 2010
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Insecure Web browsers and the growing number of complex applets and browser plug-in applications are allowing malicious software to spread faster than ever on the Internet. Some websites are installing malicious code, such ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 6, 2010
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University of Oregon scientists have invented a method to change the color of single photons in a fiber optic cable. The laser-tweaked feat could be a quantum step forward for transferring and receiving high volumes of secured ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 30, 2010
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Skype announced an agreement Wednesday with corporate telephone provider Avaya to bring the Internet communications service to US business customers.
Internet
Sep 30, 2010
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The maximum-flow problem, or max flow, is one of the most basic problems in computer science: First solved during preparations for the Berlin airlift, it’s a component of many logistical problems and a staple of introductory ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 27, 2010
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