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- Cellphones to detect dirty bombs?
- Cellphones to detect dirty bombs?If not on the phonesThen on the base stations, especially in cities and by roads. Fill in important gaps with some permanently sited, dedicated detector phones, i.e. phone plus device, only used for monitoring. Hidden (e.g. from vandals). Powered by solar or mains or very long...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, dirty bomb, bomb, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- Cellphones to detect dirty bombs?
- Purdue University engineers are developing a system which would use a U.S. network of cellphones to detect dirty bombs and nuclear weapons. They say that 'such a system could blanket the nation with millions of cellphones equipped with radiation sensors able to detect even light residues of radioactive material.' They...
- Tags: Purdue University, Phone, Radiation, Sensor, Cell Phone, Bomb, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- Company challenges FCC rules on cell phone jamming gear
- Company challenges FCC rules on cell phone jamming gearNot just law enforcementLet's make this technology available to Movie Theaters, Restaraunts, and concert halls...Something Bugs MeIf this cell phone jamming gear can be used to prevent the detonation of bombs, why on earth doesn't our troops in Iraq have them to...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, phone, bomb
- Discussion threads 2006-12-01
- Contradiction in prevention of cell-phone controlled bombs?
- Contradiction in prevention of cell-phone controlled bombs?Cellphones Make Terrorism LESS likelyThe ability to dial the transit authorities or 911 in the event that suspicious activity is sighted is far more likely to prevent a terrorist attack than the ability of a terrorist to make a call is likely to set...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, cell phone, bomb
- Discussion threads 2005-07-12
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- Cablevision blankets Long Island with Wi-Fi
- Cablevision Systems, one of the biggest cable providers in the New York City metro area, announced that it's completed the first stage of a massive Wi-Fi network project called Optimum WiFi that will eventually cover the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. The company says that its wireless networking equipment now...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Google's Top 10 Cloud Computing List
- Dontcha just love Top 10 lists? At the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco today, Matthew Glotzbach, who leads the Enterprise Products team at Google, offered a "Top 10 Things I Can Do in the Cloud That I Couldn't Do A Year Ago." No surprises that many of the tasks...
- Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Mobile, E-mail, Productivity, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Wireless Access: What Price Speed
- Is Verizon missing a trick in its trench warfare with Cablevision? Or has the maverick cable operator found an Achilles heel in the telephone operator's methods of providing TV, phone and particularly Internet access to customers in the New York area – and possibly nationwide? One...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, Wireless Access, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Broadband Internet, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'
- There's been plenty of excellent commentary about Google's new Chrome browser provided by my colleagues here in the ZDNet community, so I'm not going to go into any nitty-gritty here. But to look at it from an enterprise perspective, Chrome may help lay the groundwork for a...
- Tags: Google Inc., Client-server, SOA, Web Browser, Computing, Dave Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Web Browsers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Ten key differences between Linux and Windows
- Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License
- News items 2008-09-04
- News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- On stupid mascots and closed source browser plugins
- Everyone's been harping on Google this week with the release of Chrome, so I thought I would be different -- today I'm going to give Adobe some love. Because I bet they feel left out. Adobe's Flash and Acrobat Reader plugins are some...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web Browser Plug-in, Adobe Acrobat, Web Browser, Plug-in, Flash, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Windows Mobile 6.1 update for Blackjack II now available
- Windows Mobile 6.1 update for Blackjack II now availableSecond phoneYou think it's worth $200 to pick it up as a second or third phone? (To supplement iPhone and N95.) I kinda like the white and blue model.RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 update for Blackjack II now availableSounds good . There is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Handhelds, BlackJack II, Windows Mobile 6.1, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- MobileMe's Rolling 1 Percent Outage
- So pretty much every day these days, about 1% of MobileMe Mail users can't access their email. Today, my access was down -- and somehow I don't expect I'm alone. This, even though there's no acknowledgement of a problem -- on Sept. 3 any way -- on Apple's Support Page for...
- Tags: Inconvenience, Outage, MobileMe, E-mail, Mortgages, Manufacturing, Online Communications, Finance, Capital Structures, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Handicapping Apple's September 9 event (updated)
- Now that it's official that Apple will be holding a special "Let's Rock" media event in San Francisco on Tuesday let's take a look under the curtain to see what announcements may be in store from Cupertino. It's pretty apparent that new iPods are in the offing,...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Kevin Rose, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3G
- Dell CEO Michael Dell said he expects netbooks to eventually be subsidized by wireless telecom carriers that would sell the devices along with 3G service. The comments, made at the Citigroup Technology Conference on Wednesday, could shed some light on Dell's strategy as it announces a new...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Telecommunications Company, 3G, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Corporate Law, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Where WiFi succeeds
- Where WiFi succeedsAll Good PointsMost important is your point that the cities' failures result from the failure of their business models. Just because the city council votes it to be true, and then commands, "Make it so", doesn't make it so.Your last point, that WIFI can work well on any...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- A virus in our genes, think about that....
- A virus in our genes, think about that....Not bad...You were doing good until about halfway through the post, when you might as well have pulled out your Barack Hussein Obama flag and waved it from the rooftops.Your gallop off into politics ruined what would otherwise have been a good read.RE:...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Obama, gene, virus, Creationists, Natural Selection, Sarah Palin
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Dell repair adventure, day 4
- Dell repair adventure, day 4Litigation"The expectation is that a person will arrive on site the next day having 1) the skills to diagnose and repair the problem, 2) the parts necessary to repair problem and 3) the tools necessary to do the work."1. Litigate: misleading advertising.2. Where is ZDNET's legal...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Data Doctor Forensic Software - Pocket PC (exe)
- Pocket PC forensic investigator fetch OS registry information, folders data content, mobile information include inbox/outbox read unread text messages, contact number with name and other relevant information. Mobile phone inspection tool capable to display phone book, contact numbers, text messages, mobile manufacturer name, mobile IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity number,...
- Tags: Software, Phone, Mobile, PC, Cell Phone, Data Recovery Software, Pocket PC, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- AVAide Mobile Movie Converter (exe)
- AVAide Mobile Movie Converter is all-in-one solution for your mobile device, splitting and editing. This application is able to extract audio tracks from video as well as to encode video files from one format to another. AVAide Mobile Movie Converter can help you convert all common video formats including AVI,...
- Tags: Video, Mobile Device, Avaide Studio, AVAide Mobile Movie Converter, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
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