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Optically Controlled 2×2 Switching Cell for Packet-Switched Networks

All-optical packet-switching eliminates the need for optical-electrical conversion and are ideal for high speed networks of the future. However, owing to the lack of optical random access memory and limited optical signal processing power available, progresses in all-optical packet-switching have been very slow. Recently, by using the multimode injection locking...

Tags: Network, Packet-switching, Packet-switched Network, Cell, Optical Society Of America, All-optical Packet-switching, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2006-06-02

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Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best luxe Mac accessories

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Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?

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Tags: Phone, Voice, Codec, Voice Channel, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Netgear readying Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 media-streaming device

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Tags: Hard Drive, NetGear, Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000, Home Networking, Ethernet, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Blockbuster joins movie-streaming race with 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player

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Cloud definitions and economics

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Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

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Google adds contact syncing for your Blackberry

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Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Garett Rogers

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Dell data dump: More energy ammo for the procurement checklist

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