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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. ...; Tags: Method, Colour, Compensation, Hot Spot, Substrate, RIM BlackBerry, Image, LCD, Hot Spot Filter, Abstract, Monitors & Displays, Benefits, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Russell Shaw; 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...; Tags: Seoul National University, Hot Spot, WLAN, TCP, Tcp/Ip, Wireless LANs, LANs, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless; 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?; Tags: Desktops, Beijing, hot spot, PC, backup, photograph; 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.; Tags: SEARCH, hot spot, Google Maps, search engine, Google Inc.; 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."; Tags: Code, Da Vinci, hot spot, 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.; Tags: SEARCH, hot spot, Google Maps, search engine, Google Inc.; 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.; Tags: SEARCH, hot spot, Google Maps, search engine, Google Inc.; 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...; Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, hot spot, Wi-Fi, Google Inc., Wi-MAX; 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...; Tags: Network, Hot Spot, Wireless Network, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless; 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...; Tags: hot spot, Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi; 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...; Tags: Hot Spot, Wi-Fi; 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...; Tags: Gartner Inc., hot spot; Blog posts 2004-02-18

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Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users: Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...; Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25
IDA Disassembler on the iPhone? Yep.: Ilfak Guilfanov has reported that IDA has been ported to the iPhone. Unbelievable? Yes. Is it useful? Who cares! IDA on the iPhone is hot! Don't act like you don't want IDA for your iPhone, you know you do. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, IDA, Blogging, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
(Photos: Great Red Spot eats 'Baby'): (Photos: Great Red Spot eats 'Baby')Why is it there?Could it be that underneath, on the surface, is a giant mountain causing the spot? I mean, an almost stationary turbulence that has lasted over 168 years must have some logical reason.; Tags: Great Red Spot, photograph; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?: Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....; Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Compiz-fusion, Even Linux, Ubuntu, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?: Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...; Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism: Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalismIt's happening everywhere.Nobody wants to be in business or make a transaction unless they make a killing, not just a reasonable profit.I have nothing against making money, but when your greed hurts others, like the Starbucks managers and employees, I think it's time...; Tags: Retail, Blogging, Investment, Food & Beverage, Starbucks Corp., compassionate capitalism, capitalism, blog; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista: Survey: Corporations hold out on VistaLarry isn't going to give it up...It's sad what passes for "journalism" these days. ZDNet and her "sister site" TechRepublic are so one sided it's laughable. Is this "survey" really supposed to be passed as truth? The survey was conducted by a company KACE that...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, survey, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources; Blog posts 2008-07-23