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UK top broadband spots: London, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea

Point Topic prepared a map of UK broadband penetration.City of London is at the top of the rankings with 210 total broadband lines for every 100 people. Westminster is some way behind with a broadband density of 22, and other prosperous London boroughs account for most of the top 10....

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband, broadband density

Blog posts 2005-04-22

UK top broadband spots: London, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea

Point Topic prepared a map of UK broadband penetration.City of London is at the top of the rankings with 210 total broadband lines for every 100 people. Westminster is some way behind with a broadband density of 22, and other prosperous London boroughs account for most of the top 10....

Tags: broadband density, broadband

Blog posts 2005-04-22

Additional Resources

An open letter to the RIAA: Illegal file sharing problem solved?

I think I'll skip......governments collecting and paying royalties. Its called tolling and every business in the world would like to access governments' ability to use force to collect money for them.What would be the outcome of such a scheme? Whenever "artists" (and I use the word loosely given...

Tags: Taxes, Vertical industries, Free trade, Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, government, file sharing problem, tax, open letter, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart grid

Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart gridPlease read...(Broadband over Power Lines- BPL)Take a look at the following. While net communication over power lines might be useful in high density areas (like a large Apt. Building in a major city) it is not without...

Tags: electrical power plug, smart grid, power plug, grid, powerline

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks

The tech industry is always looking for the next big thing: Bing is gaining on Google, the Palm Pre will dethrone the iPhone, and so on. One of the latest "next big things" is the duo of ARM and Android which, if you buy the hype, will wrest the PC...

Tags: Google Android, ARM, Smart Phone, Qualcomm Inc., Netbook, Tech Industry, Hardware Compatibility, SSD, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-06-15

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Leveraging Broadband Stimulus for IPTV Services in Lower-Density Markets

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ARRA represents a unique opportunity for network operators to upgrade their networks and greatly enhance their service delivery capabilities. IP video is a key component for serving communities, and IPTV, in particular, represents essential next-generation services which open up valuable revenue opportunities...

Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Recovery, Network, IP Television, Broadband, Alcatel, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications

White papers 2009-06-09

Verizon promises 4G wireless for rural America

Verizon promises 4G wireless for rural AmericaWhy?Why would they follow their 3G model if this is supposed to help rural areas? The metro areas have their broadband. They should start in the rural areas! I know, that will not get them a quick return on their investment due...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, 4G, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-02

Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.

Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.Once again, the greed practiced by US...broadband providers gets in the way of real progress. The inherent greed factor of capitalism is strangling our Internet. To regain our world dominance in the Internet world requires the government to step in and nationalize the...

Tags: INTERNET, Vertical industries, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Future-Ready, AT&T Corp., government, Web

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

IBM wins supercomputing bakeoff; Playstation chips rule; Intel dominates HPC

Supercomputers are like muscle cars for IT: Few of us have one, but boy they are fun to look at. IBM on Tuesday touted that its supercomputer built for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Lab is the most powerful system in the world. It...

Tags: Supercomputer, Blade, Sony Playstation, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, Supercomputing, NNSA Supercomputer, Roadrunner, Roadrunner System, Intel Quad-core Blade System, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

WiMAX Forum Position Paper for WiMAX Technology in the 700 MHz Band

Even though WiMAX systems based on OFDMA employ the most advanced technology in terms of modulation schemes and advanced antenna systems, cell ranges are constrained by physical propagation characteristics in the aforementioned frequency bands. This is not an issue in high population service regions with high capacity demand where smaller...

Tags: Cell, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2008-03-01

Did studios trade HD DVD backing for cash?

Did studios trade HD DVD backing for cash?Did studios trade HD DVD backing for cash?How sad is that? When you don't get your way start making false accusations about the competition. I'm holding out until there is a clear winner or they come out with a new standard...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, DVD, Disney Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-19

An Open Source Environment for Cell Broadband Engine System Software

Computer architects rarely introduce new architectures because incumbent architectures offer significant advantages due to tool maturity, programmer familiarity, and software availability. New architectures are usually a response to tectonic shifts in technology and market conditions. As the era of pure CMOS frequency scaling ends, architects must again respond to massive...

Tags: Software, Open Source, Broadband, System Software, IEEE, Cell, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2007-06-01

Cooling Design of a Sealed Optical Network Unit (ONU) Enclosure

In Fiber In The Loop FITL networks, large numbers of Optical Network Units (ONU's) will be deployed that must maintain telecommunications industry standards for reliability while providing for low cost installation and minimal maintenance. These units will carry both conventional telephone traffic, including lifeline service, as well as a host...

Tags: Optical Network, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications

White papers 2007-03-22

Ceiva 8-Inch Digital Photo Frame

Ceiva Logic, one of the pioneers in the digital photo frame arena, has been selling digital photo displays for several years with a unique business model: to get pictures onto your frame, you were required to buy a special Web-based subscription service. For folks dealing with tech-challenged family members--such as...

Tags: Memory, Ceiva 8-Inch Digital Photo Frame, photograph

Product reviews 2007-02-13

Jaman introduces 'social cinema'

In my pre-Demo 07 wanderings at the hotel in Palm Desert, CA, I ran into Gaurav Dhillon, the co-founder and former CEO of Informatica, an enterprise data integration company. His new venture, jaman.com, is at least a 180-degree turn from his previous company. Jaman is pioneering what Dhillon calls "social...

Tags: SEARCH, Jaman, Gaurav Dhillon

Blog posts 2007-01-30

Weighing in on the browser as the new OS

Weighing in on the browser as the new OSThe PC is dead! The PC is dead! Yeah … right.Thin client computing has kept on trying to take down the PC, ever since the PC significantly displaced it in the 80s. When all is said and done however, it is generally...

Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Web 2.0, Thin Client Computing, operating system, Web browser, Web, web app, thin client app, PC

Discussion threads 2006-10-24

Blu-ray Disc ready to hit play

Blu-ray Disc ready to hit play999.99 Let the trolls complain about the price!I just can't wait trolls to log in an say how $999.00 is an rediculous price. "I won't pay that for just a few titles, you'd have to be stupid...." The fact is we should praise...

Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Blu-ray disc, HDTV, hit play, DVD, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-06-16

Next-gen DVD war goes to the jury

Next-gen DVD war goes to the juryI'll be sitting on the side-lines to let everyone else do the grunt work NTNT... waiting for $149.99 ....will take about 2 yearsThis story makes one huge assumption.That assumption is that one or the other will win the format war. History has shown that...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Standard DVD, HD-DVD, disc, DVD, TV, Next-Gen DVD War

Discussion threads 2006-04-18

Why should anyone believe the Bells?

Over the weekend I caught an e-mail from C. Marc Wagner, a regular correspondent of our own David Berlind. David was even kind enough to publish it as an item on his blog. Wagner argued that it's OK the U.S. is falling in terms of broadband access, because we're so...

Tags: Bells See

Blog posts 2006-02-06

AT&#38T doubles up on DSL speed

AT&T doubles up on DSL speedAnd that puts us how far behind the rest of the world?Anyone care to answer that. When it comes to the rest of the world in the broadband race, they are in the pipe, 5 by 5. As far as US companies are concerned....

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, DSL, DSL-speed, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-12-13