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Wi-Fi bridge claims a range of 5 miles

I’d love to get my paws on this one: A wireless outdoor network bridge that can connect 802.11g devices over a range of up to five miles. Or so claims its manufacturer, HD Communications. For $318, the...

Tags: IEEE 802.11g, Manufacturer, HD Communications, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Ethernet, Manufacturing, Networking, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-05-28

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News to know: Oracle OpenWorld; Google Wave; Intel; Windows 7; WiFi

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more Paul Greenberg: Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Wi-Fi, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-15

LifeSize PassPort: The First Skype-Compatible Telepresence System

Cisco's $3 billion offer to buy Tandberg yesterday may bring Cisco a more economical telepresence solution than its own not saying much, but that's only part of the challenge of bringing the technology to the small business and our homes. On Monday, LifeSize will take a big step towards solving...

Tags: Video Call, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, Cisco Systems Inc., HD, Passport, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-02

New details on Apple tablet emerge; two versions, Jan. 2010

Apple SurpriseI'm reminded of the hype running up to the introduction of the iPhone. There were all sorts of predictions of how it would fit into an already mature and crowded smart phone marketplace, how it would fail, how it would be a niche player. If the iTablet follows in...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Smart phones, Apple Inc., tablet, Apple iPhone, Apple Tablet, iTablet

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

The Biggest Challenge for HD Voice

I'm down here in New York City attending Jeff Pulver's HD Communications conference and will be blogging from here on and off throughout the day where the first speaker just touched on what I think is to be the biggest challenging facing HD voice. HD voice is...

Tags: Voice, PSTN, HD Voice, Software Client, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Will new Skype owners deal differently with open source?

Don?t forget Skype for SIP ;)Skype for SIP also offers interoperability with other communications systems - there's more about how it works on our website:http://www.skype.com/go/sipRE: Will new Skype owners deal differently with open source?An equally important question is, will Skype deal differently with their users? Will they stop treating...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, VOIP, MagicJack, open source, Skype Technologies S.A.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Zune HD FCC tear-down

Photos from the Federal Communications Commission show the internal components of the Microsoft Zune HD MP3 player. by CNET News.com

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Federal Government, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-08-10

Netbook or notebook? Confusion reigns at 12 inches

Market researcher NPD says that consumers are confused about the difference between a netbook and a notebook. It's no wonder. In the world according to Wintel, the distinction would be fairly clear: Netbooks have 10-inch or smaller displays, use Atom processors and 1GB of memory, and run...

Tags: Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Gateway LT3100, Dell Mini 12, Notebook Price, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-06-25

LifeSize launches HD desktop conferencing software

LifeSize Communications on Monday rolled out high-definition video conferencing software designed to extend corporate telepresence systems. LifeSize Desktop is designed to work with all webcams and a worker's PC. LifeSize Desktop delivers HD video at 720p in full 16:9 format with multiple applications running. The company claims...

Tags: Software, Video Conferencing, Skype Technologies S.A., Corporate Communications, Desktops, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-15

News to know: Pre; NetApp; Bartz; Windows 7; Netbooks

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition? Matthew Miller: Palm Pre reviews appear; can it beat the...

Tags: NetApp Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-04

News to know: Facebook; Psystar Chapter 11; Intel; Twitter API; Nokia's Ovi Store

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Facebook snares $200 million investment from Russian investor Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Psystar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., API, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Twitter, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operational Planning, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Can you go without gadgets for a week?

Can you go without gadgets for a week?Sure, I could do it...well, within reason I could. I probably wouldn't be too happy trying to go with dark-age-style gadgetlessness but today, if I was to shut off my computer, cell phone. ipod, etc, I think I'd be fine. Much of what...

Tags: E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, phone

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?

There is no denying the popularity of netbooks, but there's still much debate about who's buying them and for what purpose. Netbooks were conceived for emerging markets--along the lines of the OLPC's XO laptop and Intel's Classmate PC--but they turned out to be more popular in developed countries. More recently,...

Tags: Notebook, Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Signs of the Times, Redux: The World's Next Mass(ive) Medium?

In colonial times, journalism was born on broad sheets of cheap paper and the vocal chords of human marketing throats. The long sheets delivered news to those who could read. But in the middle of most cities of any size, from Derby, England, to New York, NY,...

Tags: News, Willard, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Apple hates netbooks

Apple hates netbooksI hate netbooks alsoHell, for the same price you can buy a entry level Laptop that does more then a oversize PDA.RE: Apple hates netbooksAdrian, 1st never use logic when dealing with Apple! It doesn't apply as they can do things like year after year trash Intel then...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

State of the Art Microsoft Conference Experience - Online...

Microsoft are doing a terrific job of demonstrating how to run a conference with their Mix09 conference, which is happening in Vegas right now. Click on the conference url while the keynotes are on and it is as if you're there. A live...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Conference, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Games, Strategy, Marketing, Personal Technology, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Spotlight on Austin: Anue Systems' Tommy Landry

The second part of my Spotlight on Austin series features Anue Systems,  which provides network emulators for testing real world network conditions and tool aggregation for optimizing networking and application monitoring. While Anue Systems isn't a Web or social media company that would normally fall onto my radar, it has...

Tags: Data Center, Network, Austin, Monitoring, LifeSize Communications, Tool, Network Emulation, Data Centers, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-13

What should Apple do - Scale down Mac OS X or scale up iPhone OS?

What should Apple do - Scale down Mac OS X or scale up iPhone OS?dosen't matterunless you have apple computers, since they have a very samll percentage of the market, who really cares, Oviously, Apple will not do a netbook like everyone else.It will at least have a swivel screen...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone OS, Scale-down Mac OS X, Apple-do, operating system, Snow Leopard

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

News to know: Microsoft's reversal, Obama's policies, MySpace, Apple netbook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft lets laid-off employees keep overpayments Sam Diaz: Microsoft backpedals on severance payback ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Citrix Systems Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, MySpace, HL7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Analyst: 6.6 million AppleTV units in 2009; an Apple-connected TV on the horizon

Analyst: 6.6 million AppleTV units in 2009; an Apple-connected TV on the horizonNothing to see here folks, just Apple leveraging its monopolyAnyone notice how Apple is leveraging its iTunes / iTMS monopoly (over 90% of the downloadable media market, if that isn't a monopoly, nothing is) to break into the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Apple TV, AppleTV unit, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-02-05