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- Spectrum
- The range of electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic waves in our known universe, which includes visible light. The radio spectrum, which includes both licensed and unlicensed frequencies up to 300 GHz...
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- EDS's David Gee on the spectrum of cloud and outsourcing options unfolding before IT architects
- Is EDS, in fact, a cloud provider? And how will IT departments properly factor their decisions on what to keep on-premises in data centers versus placing assets and workloads on someone else's cloud infrastructure? by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Spectrum, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Data Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Spectro Spectrum Analyzer 1.1 (Windows)
- Spectro Spectrum Analyzer consists of a Frequency Analyzer and Octave Analyzer with the ability to perform real-time acoustic analysis on your PC with a sound card. The Frequency Analyzer computes the averaged auto power spectrum using RMS or peak hold averaging with a linear or exponential weighting. The Octave Analyzer...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Spectrum, Analysis, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Spectro Spectrum Analyzer, Frequency Analyzer, Octave Analyzer, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security
- Software downloads 2009-05-10
- The spectrum and the stimulus
- Vendors know they can't compete with open source, the equivalent in this case of the WiFi standard. Thus they will naturally seek to define as much as they can, and thereby protect their cash flow. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Spectrum, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Benefits of a Virtualized Data Center
- Server virtualization is one of the hottest trends in the IT industry today. Server virtualization has its roots in the IBM mainframe world of the 60s, had a rebirth in the late 90s, and finally came of age in 2007. Since that coming of age, the market penetration of server...
- Tags: Virtual Data Center, Benefit, Spectrum, Peak 10 Software, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-04-20
- iSpectrum Analyzer 2.05 (Mac)
- iSpectrum Analyzer is a simple and easy to use audio spectrum analyzer that allows the user to view live audio in a standard frequency plot as well as a waterfall display. The user can adjust the display resolution and save images to disk. Features...Audio spectrum analyzer.Provides the user with both...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Image, Spectrum, iSpectrum Analyzer
- Software downloads 2009-03-17
- Challenge for Genachowski: Incumbent smoke screens
- Opposition to FCC's free Internet plan for D block is mostly incumbent smokescreen. by Richard Koman
- Tags: FCC, Broadband, Spectrum, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- MacHeads: The movie
- MacHeads: The moviezx spectrum vs commodore 64Yes I remember there used to be similar arguments in the playground between the zx spectrum and commodore 64. Clearly the spectrum was better just kidding. Back then it was the equivalent of my Dad is bigger than yours.The point is stopped that nonsense...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, movie, Mac Fanboys, Linux, spectrum, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
- Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead
- OK, public spectrum, take 2. Or is it 3? After the infamous D-block auction meltdown, the FCC is set with a new plan to have the private sector deliver free Internet over the airwaves, Reuters reports. And FCC chair Kevin Martin's plan includes another long-held fantasy of policymakers: a...
- Tags: FCC, M2Z Networks, Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Martin, Internet, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- The Business of WiMAX: Impact of Technology, Architecture & Spectrum on the WiMAX Business Case
- The advent of next generation, wireless broadband platforms pairing performance with favorable economics is ushering in a new age of unprecedented connectivity in communities across a diverse range of global markets. Mobile WiMAX, based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 global standard, leads the evolution roadmap with market ready solutions leveraging the...
- Tags: Business Case, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2008-11-11
- What does FCC's decision on white spaces spectrum mean for wireless?
- Despite Dolly Parton's best efforts, the FCC voted unanimously yesterday to open up the unlicensed white spaces spectrum to companies hoping to build wireless devices that can make use of the spectrum, which currently sits unused between TV channels. (A PDF version of the official press release is here.) Because...
- Tags: FCC, Network, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Federal Government, Wireless, WiMAX, Network Technology, Government, Networking, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards
- FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cardsCo-optingIf the new frequencies are open to any company and if some companies are threatened by competition using the new frequencies, then why shouldn't the threatened companies jam the new frequencies?That seems one of the points of this quoted quote:The...
- Tags: Federal government, Wi-Fi, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Amateur Radio, white space, spectrum, FCC, wireless
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- FCC agrees to free white-space spectrum
- FCC agrees to free white-space spectrumAccording to Richard Koman......this wasn't about Google. So does this mean what's good for Google is good for America? Does it also mean no more Garth Brooks and Britney Spears singing with wireless microphones?Carl RapsonRE: FCC agrees to free white-space spectrumWhat are the rules that...
- Tags: Federal government, spectrum, white-space spectrum, Google Inc., FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- FCC agrees to free white-space spectrum
- America wins. Large broadcasting companies and makers of devices like wireless microphones are squirming today after the FCC announced that it has voted in favor of Google -- freeing the frequencies between television channels to create a wireless broadband service. What does that really...
- Tags: FCC, Spectrum, Wireless Broadband, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Government, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Golden era of open spectrum dawns
- While you were watching Barack Obama become President-elect something just as Earth-shattering was happening in Washington. The golden era of open spectrum was launched. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Era, Dana Blankenhorn, Wi-Fi, Spectrum
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards
- The Federal Communications Commission has opened up so-called wireless white spaces--unused spectrum between broadcast channels--in a move the agency hopes paves the way for 'Wi-Fi on Steroids'. In a statement following the FCC's 5-0 approval Techmeme, Chairman Kevin Martin said: Opening the white spaces will allow...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., WiMAX, Broadband, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Pitch To Note 1.1 (Mobile)
- Have you ever jammed with a bunch of musicians and didnt know the notes of the song or the chords? Pitch to Note breaks down an audio signal into a spectrum of musical pitches within the frequency range of the built-in microphone on the iPhone (roughly from two octaves below...
- Tags: Mobile, Spectrum, Intelligent Gadgets
- Software downloads 2008-10-21
- The tangled web of broadcasting regulations
- The FCC is preparing to approve licensing of "white space" spectrum, which is good for the public even if it poses challenges for broadcasters and mobile networks who paid top dollar for the right to have fewer competitors. Likewise, though the NAB supports a delay in the switchover to...
- Tags: Web, Regulation, Broadcasting, John Carroll, FCC, Spectrum, Switchover, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- White Space devices pass key technical test
- White space devices -- which take advantage of used portions of the television spectrum -- have passed the "burden of proof" stage, the FCC says. They work, and they don't interfere with TV or wireless mics. If we actually get wireless net on white space spectrum, it will have...
- Tags: Spectrum, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman, Device
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- The candidates on tech
- Wired has the obligatory candidates-on-tech piece today. They look at five key tech issues â€" broadband, H1B, green tech, net neutrality and spectrum â€" although TechPresident notes the list is not comprehensive and conceivably is biased towards Obama. Here's the breakdown. Broadband. McCain: D....
- Tags: Broadband, H-1B, Human Resources, John McCain, Labor Relations, Net Neutrality, Obama, Richard Koman, Spectrum, Telecommunications
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- FCC: Free wireless spectrum won't harm T-Mobile
- Back in May, the FCC was to vote on rules for a national free wireless spectrum along the lines of a proposal by M2Z Networks. But rather than handing over 25MHz of spectrum to the Kleiner Perkins-based company, the FCC decided to auction the spectrum off to...
- Tags: FCC, T-Mobile, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-12

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