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How Optimal Are Wireless Scheduling Protocols?

In wireless networks mutual interference impairs the quality of received signals and might even prevent the correct reception of messages. It is therefore of paramount importance to dispose of power control and scheduling algorithms, coordinating the transmission of communication requests. This paper proposes a new measure disturbance in order to...

Tags: Algorithm, Network, Disturbance, Engineering, Networking, Wireless

White papers 2007-01-18

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600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddance!

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! As the great Obi-Wan Kenobi once said "I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." Click on the "Read the rest of this entry" link below...

Tags: Coffee, Starbucks Corp., Modems, Retail, Wireless LANs, DSL, E-mail, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-21

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeGood PostIn those days i was the Manager of Technical Services and Computer Operations and remember not too fondly the innumerable meetings, courses, seminars required to implement changes. The technique "Structured or Top-down programming" was used to insure data integrity when program...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, Y2K, IS-department, data-processing, IBM mainframe, business rule, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Bugs harmed by nuclear radiation?

Many studies have been conducted about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown of 1986. A large majority of them were focused on the environmental consequences of the radiation release. But, as the San Diego Union-Tribune asks, what happened to bugs? Cornelia Hesse-Honegger, a scientific illustrator from Zurich, Switzerland, has collected...

Tags: Radiation, Bug, Sales Strategy, Web Site Development, Sales, Internet, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-25

Notebook SSDs disappoint

Notebook SSDs disappointEee PC - OS makes a differenceOne of the problems when using the Eee PC with XP is the logging, writes to the registry, page filing, etc. that XP normally does on a conventional hard drive. Of course you can reduce some of these writes like turning off...

Tags: Notebooks, performance data, failure rate, SSD, Notebook SSD, Thanks Robin, notebook, Eee PC, hard drive, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

2008 Acura RDX

Photo gallery:2008 Acura RDXWe zipped around the city and flogged the 2008 Acura RDX through the hills, and in all areas found it an enjoyable ride. Its compact SUV-style body offers practical interior space while giving it car-like maneuverability. With the tech package, Acura throws in just about every cabin...

Tags: Acura RDX, Mph

Product reviews 2008-03-06

Sprint%27s+new+%2499.99+unlimited+plan+takes+the+lead+with+unlimited+EVERYTHING

Sprint%27s+new+%2499.99+unlimited+plan+takes+the+lead+with+unlimited+EVERYTHINGOk, thanks for being clever. We knew what he meantntCorrected the word, first time I saw it :)Thanks for the correction on the word fray. I am an engineer who I think also does a fair job of writing and have to admit I have never seen this word...

Tags: Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

Black oil, white bears and the color of money

Map of polar bear populations, courtesy USGS and IFAW. [Click image to enlarge.] The auction's over and the feds may rake in nearly three billion dollars for leases on land nobody will ever see. Land in the new oil and gas leases is far...

Tags: Oil, Bear, Government, Blogging, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Data trips between light and sound

As you probably are aware, future communications networks will certainly be based on optics. A research team led by Duke University physicists has done an important discovery which might lead to these future super-fast optical communications networks. The team has found a way to store information coming from a beam...

Tags: Team, Fibre, Data, Duke University, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Storage, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-15

The Halo 3 effect and its impact on Blackwater's future

Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk ruminates on the arrival of Halo 3 and finds connections between the video game, lattes, aspiring snipers, Blackwater and Britney. A couple of weeks ago, Wolf, the innocent-looking boy who makes my latte extra hot, seemed a little extra hot himself. Even...

Tags: Game, Industry, Video Game, Video, Wolf, Nothing, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-07

MySQL to get dynamic load balancing in 2008

MySQL to get dynamic load balancing in 2008Darth Oracle Senses DistrubanceDarth Oracle sense a great disturbance in the database force. As if thousands of customers all cried out at once and suddenly disappeared. Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle should all worry. People argue endlessly about whether this was...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Continuent, MySQL, load balancing, dynamic load balancing

Discussion threads 2007-09-14

Lite Mesh Wi-Fi Lets Hotels Deliver Complete Coverage, High Performance at the Lowest Cost Per Square Foot

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, One Media Wireless was formed in 2006 with the goal of providing high-speed, wireless internet access in an affordable and scalable manner, layering additional technology and services over the infrastructure. The company wanted ubiquitous Wi-Fi coverage throughout entire hotel and implement Wi-Fi solution with no guest...

Tags: Associated Press, High-performance, Ruckus Wireless, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Ethernet, Networking

Case studies 2007-09-01

Plantronics Voyager 520

The Plantronics Voyager 510 was one of the most popular Bluetooth headsets among our readers, and it's no wonder. The Voyager 510 was comfortable, easy to use, and had superior audio quality. But the Voyager 510 debuted more than a year ago, and Plantronics has decided it's time for a...

Tags: Voyager, Voyager 520, Plantronics, headset, Plantronics Voyager 520

Product reviews 2007-08-27

Report: RIM's BlackBerry system down

Report: RIM's BlackBerry system downIt's like the sound......of millions of Blackberry users all crying out in withdrawal agony at once.A lot of people havingwithdrawal symptoms right about now...Oh the Humanity!...What will they do? Talk to each other? ;)But only N.America suffers, Europe is fine!Le NoireBaie is working as normal lol.Stupid...

Tags: Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry System down, RIM BlackBerry System

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

U.S. warns of possible Qaida financial cyber attack

U.S. warns of possible Qaida financial cyber attackal qaida cyber attack . . .say what?Sorry folks. Just can't buy that one. They would if they could, but not likely they can. Meanwhile, we know our govt junkyard dogs have practice with this. The banks & all other tenants at...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Hacking, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, computer, cyberattack, 9/11 commission, al-Qaida, financial

Discussion threads 2006-11-30

Moviegoing Chatty Cathys to face new deterrent

Moviegoing Chatty Cathys to face new deterrentThe best solution to cell phones in the theatreIs to install a jamming device so that a person inside the theater will get the "no service" message on their phone. Other than that, you could impose fines on people who use their phones...

Tags: Food & Beverage, theater, movie, Chatty Cathy, phone, bat, cell phone

Discussion threads 2006-11-30

Microsoft makes Linux pact with Novell

Microsoft makes Linux pact with NovellOh my!!!!! Trouble for everyone besides Novell"In addition, the software makers have struck a deal on patents designed to give customers peace of mind about using Novell's open-source products, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Novell CEO Ronald Hovsepian said at an event here."Hmmm, so Novell...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-11-02

Can an egg really jump?

Just in time for Easter, Japanese scientists at Keio University have discovered that eggs can 'jump' in the air if you spin them fast enough. In "Jumpy eggs caught on camera," Nature reports that with a spin rate of 1,800 revolutions per minute, hard-boiled eggs can jump, but not very...

Tags: egg

Blog posts 2006-04-13

Low Disturbance Embedded System Tracing With Linux Trace Toolkit Next Generation

Embedded systems in applications that include GPS, airplanes, life support devices, video decoders and many others are often required to meet hard and soft real-time constraints. Various proprietary operating systems, like VxWorks and µC/OS-II, aim primarily at allowing programs to have an higher bound on their execution time. They can...

Tags: Embedded System, Linux, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Marketing

White papers 2006-04-11

Advertising's final (online) frontier

Advertising's final online frontierBeyond freewareIf the software contains advertising then the supplier pays you to use it.How would that editor competewith the likes of Open Office, EMACS, vi?But productivity suites already have ads......I somehow doubt Microsoft is going to share that space with anyone else though!eudora e-mail and ads, perfect...

Tags: advertiser, advertisement

Discussion threads 2005-07-26