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Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by step

Verizon fiber-optic network took up a little turf, but the increased broadband speeds were worth it.

Tags: Fiber optics, Optical networking, Network technology, NETWORKING, Verizon Communications Inc., broadband speed, turf, fiber-optic network, fiber-optics, broadband, photograph, network

Image galleries 2007-07-14

Photos: Verizon's Fios TV

The company is developing interactive features for its IP TV service, which uses a fiber optic network to deliver programming to customers.

Tags: Fiber optics, Optical networking, TVs, TV & Home Theater, NETWORKING, fiber-optic network, IP television, fiber-optics, Verizon Communications Inc., programming, TV, network

Image galleries 2005-10-13

Photos: Verizon's Fios TV

The company is developing interactive features for its IP TV service, which uses a fiber optic network to deliver programming to customers.

Tags: Fiber optics, Optical networking, TVs, TV & Home Theater, NETWORKING, fiber-optic network, IP television, fiber-optics, Verizon Communications Inc., programming, TV, network

Image galleries 2005-10-13

Grant County Public Utility District Supports Fiber Optic Network Rollout With Remedy

Grant County PUD is a municipal corporation of the state of Washington. When the PUD began rolling out broadband services, each of the four groups involved in the rollout used a different method for tracking its piece of the service delivery process. The PUD team decided to build a custom...

Tags: BMC Software Inc., Fiber-optic Network, Network, Fiber-optics, Remedy Corp., Grant County PUD, It Management, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, It service Management, Telecommunications

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Will HTC be the first to launch a WiMAX-enabled mobile phone?

Fellow Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host Kevin Tofel went to the Sprint/XOHM WiMAX launch event in Baltimore this week and wrote up his thoughts. The event was focused mainly on the devices that support the WiMAX network that was launched the week before and as a mobile guy I was...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Phone, Mobile, Radio, Cell Phone, Nokia N810, WiMAX, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Employee PC Activity Monitor (zip)

Instant Monitor allows you to monitor employee's activities on all network computers, such as email, instant message, keystrokes, FTP file transfer, Web sites visited, and applications used. Instant Monitor also can log file operations on employee's computer, such as copy, delete, create, rename, open, and copy file to removable disk....

Tags: Monitor, PC, FLAV, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-10-10

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home users

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home usersMakes senseMakes sense. Your average small biz probably doesn't want very much. They just want something that works. If it runs the databases and the tax software, it's good enough. For a small business, a single PC is usually...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Basic, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Home Basic hint, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical

It will be a very busy Patch Tuesday for administrators managing Microsoft Windows computer systems. According to Microsoft's advance notice mechanism, 11 security bulletins will drop next Tuesday (October 14, 2008), covering a wide range of serious vulnerabilities. Four of the 11 bulletins are...

Tags: Vulnerability, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Laptops with mobile WiMax now available

The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...

Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Cisco SONA

Cisco SONASONA: An Architectural ApproachDan, thanks for your posting. Just to clarify: SONA is not itself a product or series of products, but rather as you state – an approach. More specifically, an architectural approach towards understanding how network-based services can benefit applications – particularly those that are...

Tags: Cisco SONA, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?

I was browsing on webmagazine Salon when I came across an interesting review written by Scott Rosenberg of the book "Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know" by Randall Stross. (The title of the article is, "Google's Vulcan death grip." Boy am I a sucker.) ...

Tags: Google Inc., Flaw, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malware

Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malwareAsus ships Eee Box PCs with malwareThis is a deliberate attempt by Asus to get people to move away from Microsoft Windows and get the Asus eee's with linux installed. I hope Microsoft sues them for negligence. After that people will not want...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, ASUS, Eee Box PC, malware

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.

WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.Great NewsI've been reading a of articles about wimax and the buzz is all the same...excitement. This is evidence enough for me that it's time to buy a new laptop :)No information?Coverage where? Fixed or Mobile? Reception distance?ANSWERS:Coverage...

Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, WiMAX

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

NadConfigureIP 2oo8 (zip)

NADConfigureIp 2oo8 is a software for store multiple network settings into different profiles and apply every network configuration in just a click. The trial version permits to apply 10 different configuration. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Network, Networking

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Remobo (dmg)

Remobo creates an instant private network between users and lets you connect to each other over the Internet as if you were on the same LAN. Just login from your computers or add other users to your buddy list and Remobo will create an IPN between these computers, allowing you...

Tags: Computer, AWIT Systems, Remobo, Productivity, Instant Messaging, Web Site Development, Networking, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-10-09

ZoneOS ZoneScreen (msi)

Solution for extending and mirroring your desktop display using displays of another computers including Pocket PC, using network connection. Also, you could use ZoneScreen for Windows Mobile to extend/mirror your desktop to screen of your Pocket PC. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: PC, ZoneOS, Pocket PC, Operating Systems, Desktops, Handhelds, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Neoxen Visual Modus for SharePoint (exe)

Visual Modus allows you to manage and share documents, restructure folders, and other resources stored in SharePoint. Drag & Drop to and from your e-mail, local folders, ftp sites, and network locations. Copy, move, add, remove entire folder structures. Check in, check out, send to other locations, or e-mail. Drag...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Neoxen Systems, E-mail, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Network Home Reporter (zip)

Network Home Reporter helps network administrators keep a handle on their storage resources. By automatically generating a report for the administrator detailing the locations of each user's home directory, as well as the size and kinds of contents, you will be more able to ensure proper capacity planning or enforce...

Tags: Network, Digital Sapience, Storage, Networking, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Easy Net Switch (txt)

Easy Net Switch is a powerful and easy to use program, which stores network and Internet configuration settings into network profiles. By switching between location profiles, you can quickly and easily connect to a network without having to manually reconfigure settings each time. A location profile may include IP address,...

Tags: Network, IP, IP Address, ZHL Computing Software, E-mail, Networking, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Where are all the programmers?

Where are all the programmers?It's worse than you think!I'm in SO CAL. The market for good communicating and highly technical developers vanished back in 2000 with the .com meltdown. The guys from India and China are bright, but come on, business rules that are highly complex are missed when you...

Tags: Development tools, programmer, software development

Discussion threads 2008-10-08