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- Web Science: The next academic hot spot
- Web Science: The next academic hot spotThe previous issue of SciAm was very good.For anyone who doesn't know, the prior issue of Scientific American was almost entirely about privacy and security, with an appropriate focus on the Internet.I thought the web science article in the current issue was very interesting...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-27
- Places 1.0 (Mobile)
- Not sure where to go for lunch? Pick a cuisine and it will show you what's nearby. Traveling in a new city and don't know where all the hot spots are? Find out with this application.
- Software downloads 2008-07-15
- Ways to improve device backlighting described in new BlackBerry patent app
- Technology described in a newly published BlackBerry Patent application would improve the quality of BlackBerry device backlighting by using "hot spot filters" to better managing overly "bright spots." The Patent app, 0070291507, is entitled, Method and Device To Improve Backlit Uniformity. ...
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- A Cross-Layer Approach for Per-Station Fairness in TCP Over WLANs
- This paper investigates the issue of per-station fairness in TCP over IEEE 802.11-compliant Wireless Local Area Networks WLANs, especially in Wi-Fi hot spot. It is asserted that the hot spot suffers from the unfairness among stations in exploiting the wireless medium. The source of this unfairness is analyzed from two...
- White papers 2007-06-16
- Photos: A tech trek in Beijing
- From cube farms to traffic backups to PC malls, Beijing has all the markings of a high-tech hot spot. Wait, PC malls?
- Image galleries 2007-04-23
- Images: Google maps life on Mars
- The search engine maps the Red Planet and lets you tour all the hot spots.
- Image galleries 2006-07-20
- Photos: 'Da Vinci Code' hot spots
- From Westminster Abbey to the Louvre's "Mona Lisa," have fun exploring the locations of "The Da Vinci Code."
- Image galleries 2006-05-19
- Images: Google maps life on Mars
- The search engine maps the Red Planet and lets you tour all the hot spots.
- Image galleries 2006-03-13
- Images: Google maps life on Mars
- The search engine maps the Red Planet and lets you tour all the hot spots.
- Image galleries 2006-03-13
- Google offers clues to its own Wi-Fi service
- Google offers clues to its own Wi-Fi serviceThis is what I would expect from them, skip Dialup totallyAs proof that these guys think ahead, rather than "me too" like MSFT, they are going after wireless service on a nationwide scale. It is surely where the money is going to be...
- Discussion threads 2005-09-20
- Wi-Fi worries: Unauthorized hot spots and rogue warriors
- IT professionals who administer wireless networks often find that, in addition to securing their organizations' own Wi-Fi access points, they must also police rogue wireless hot spots that are brought in by employees or students. Such rogue hot spots can conflict with an organization's own wireless networks, causing headaches for...
- Webcasts 2004-12-15
- Sprint in Wi-Fi roaming pact with SBC
- Could it be a trend, or just a one-off deal? In what may be one of the first such agreements between two 800-pound telecom gorillas, Sprint and SBC have apparently signed a deal that will allow each other's Wi-Fi customers to roam between the public hotspots that the two operate. Although details...
- Blog posts 2004-08-27
- 10% of Americans use wireless networks
- A recent survey done by InsightExpress found that 10% of online Americans currently use wireless technology. More than three in five (61%) home Wi-Fi users indicated that they are more productive, and almost two in five (38%) say they work more because of Wi-Fi. Similarly, Wi-Fi use outside the home...
- Blog posts 2004-02-27
- 30 mln WiFi users by the end of 2004
- Gartner reports that the number of hot-spot users worldwide will total 30 mil in 2004, up from 9.3 mil users in 2003. With such a large increase users, Gartner analysts said, enterprises must take action in implementing a strategy that gives their employees secure access and control over the cost...
- Blog posts 2004-02-18
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- MacLoggerDX 5.19 (Mac)
- While you are enjoying your favourite scheduled SWL program, DX Net, or W1AW Bulletin, MacLoggerDX is combing the internet looking for the latest Hot DX Spot ! Features: MacLoggerDX will automatically log into your favourite telnet DXCluster and as DX Spots are received, tune your radio to the...
- Software downloads 2009-11-24
- HP Pavilion dv4-1555dx
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. With its stylish, Imprint-finish chassis, excellent audio output, and remote control, the 14-inch HP Pavilion dv4-1555dx is best suited for students and others...
- Product reviews 2009-11-20
- Samsung Convoy SCH-U640 (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:Samsung ConvoyEditors' note: This review originally reported that the Convoy does not support Verizon's push-to-talk network. In fact, the phone does support the service. We apologize for the error.Hot on the rugged heels of the Motorola Barrage comes an equally durable phone for Verizon Wireless called the Samsung Convoy....
- Product reviews 2009-11-20
- Blue Paws Internet Share Remote Control and Server 1.3 (Windows)
- This software allows you to share your 3G Rocket Stick with other computers. For home or mobile office or places without high-speed Internet. Simply set up a hot spot anywhere, camping, Rving, picnics, or at home. Simply install it on one computer, and it turns any PC into a fully...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?
- ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Modern Combat: Sandstorm Free for iPhone 1.0.7 (Mobile)
- Modern Combat: Sandstorm for iPhone is an action-thriller will plunge you into the heart of modern war. Assigned to mission sandstorm, your duty is to locate and annihilate a new terrorist cell setting up shop and recruiting foreign insurgents in a remote desert hot spot. This jarring first person shooter...
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
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