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- IEEE 802.11b
- IEEE 802.11 specifies a 2.4 GHz operating frequency with data rates of 1 and 2 Mbps using either Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS or Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS. This white paper starts with introduction to IEEE 802.11b and then describes CCK used in IEEE 802.11b, Walsh and Complementary Codes...
- Tags: IEEE 802.11, VOCAL Technologies, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2003-10-23
- 802.11 Wireless LAN White Paper
- Wireless 802.11 specifies a 2.4 GHz operating frequency with data rates of 1 and 2 Mbps using either Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS or Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS. In 802.11 wireless LAN data is encoded using DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology. DSSS works by taking a data stream...
- Tags: 802.11 Wireless LAN, IEEE 802.11, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum, VOCAL Technologies, Wireless 802.11, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2003-10-23
- IEEE 802.11a Standard White Paper
- This paper provides overview of IEEE 802.11 standard. IEEE 802.11 standard specifies a 2.4 GHz operating frequency with data rates of 1 and 2 Mbps using either Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS or Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS.
- Tags: IEEE 802.11, VOCAL Technologies, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2003-09-04
- Method for using Concatenated Convolutional Turbo Codes in IEEE 802.16a
- Turbo codes present a new and very powerful error control technique, which allows communication very close to the channel capacity. Since its discovery in 1993, a lot of research has been done in the application of turbo codes in deep space communications, mobile satellite/cellular communications, microwave links, paging, in OFDM...
- Tags: Microwave, Communication, IEEE 802.16, VOCAL Technologies, WiMAX, OFDM, Network Technology, Wireless, Networking
- White papers 2002-07-04
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- Open source advocates still called zealots
- Open source advocates still called zealotsHow about Microsoft zealots?I am certain any group includes a few wackies. Law of averages and all. If the shoe fits....... wear it!I find it funny...the a blogger calls what a journalist does worthless. Considering the difference in quality control and that...
- Tags: Blogging, word zealot, Moderators, Ashlee Vance, NYT, open source, zealot, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- Web Squared: Web 2.0's Successor?
- Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discussed their vision and nomenclature for the next iteration of the web in a webinar last Thursday: I believe the recording will be available online sometime this week, slides are above. With the term 'Web 2.0' enjoying its fifth birthday...
- Tags: Web, ISBN, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-28
- Invisible Linux
- Invisible LinuxLinux on the mobile "desktop"Many/most of the major smartphone/mobile OSes are based on Linix: Android, WebOS, LiMo, Moblin, Maemo, Ubuntu, .... The iPhone OS is based on FreeBSD, a cousin of Linux.Thus, Linux/*nix is already entering the "desktop" of the average user, through the use of mobile devices. And,...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Invisible Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- 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
- Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom case
- Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseWhat will happen next?Lawyers will make lots of money. Society will not benefit.RE: Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseMy TomTom 730 is a dream GPS unit. Glad I read about this Microsoft case. I would have never purchased a...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Perlow, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., patent
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
- Slicing up Sun
- Slicing up SunDell seems a better fit.If any company could make money on Sun's current products, Sun itself is the most likely to do so. That Sun cannot produce profits means that the buyers would not be interested in continuing what Sun is now doing.Sun's most important assets are...
- Tags: Sun Solaris, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, OPEN SOURCE, Manufacturing hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.
- Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.So if the task gets sold to ONE bidder......what company is big enough to "connect" the entire country? And wouldn't that be creating a monopoly? Or wouldn't a monopoly exist, because the system is free?If it is free, where is the financial...
- Tags: Taxes, Wireless LANs, Free trade, WIRELESS, Internet, tax, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows "back door"
- Techdirt's Mike Masnick is usually pretty reliable, but he completely blew it today, hitting the publish button on one of the sloppiest, most inflammatory stories I've seen in a long time: Microsoft Gives Vista Backdoor Keys To The Police It's long been assumed that Microsoft has...
- Tags: Security, Password, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Encryption, USB, Tool, Computer, CrunchGear, USB Switchblade, Productivity, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Sonim XP1 - yellow (unlocked)
- In the age of cell phones as fashion accessories, the demand for rugged, durable handsets has remained decidedly small. But even though they constitute a niche market, fans of burly models are particularly vocal. For much of its life Nextel has mastered this sector well, with Sanyo and Casio contributing...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Sonim XP1
- Product reviews 2008-03-13
- Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultists
- Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultistsUnderstating the case[i]In the read world, it is more like give me Microsoft Office, Outlook Express, maybe iTunes, some games. Don't give me hacks or alphabet soup utilities, remedies or solutions.[/i]No, in the real world it is more like, "let...
- Tags: Branding, Microsoft Office, elitism, rogue coder, open source, coder
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- OpenDocument Format community steadfast despite theatrics of now impotent 'Foundation'
- When in mid-October 2007, the OpenDocument Foundation (ODf, yes, that's a little "f" that's not to be confused with the OASIS- and 400-member strong OpenDocument Alliance-backed big F-ODF: the OpenDocument Format) announced that the World Wide Web Consoritum (W3C)-backed Common Document Format CDF was the heir-apparent to what it believed...
- Tags: W3C, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., OpenDocument Foundation, ODf, Matusow, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- More evidence of why Microsoft, AOL, Google, and Yahoo must work together on spam
- Theoretically, with all the e-mail that flows through its systems, Yahoo is in a really good position to spot and tag spam as spam. But if the screen shot below taken today is any evidence of how Yahoo is faring in the war, then it's time for another approach....
- Tags: Google Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., E-mail Authentication, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- OpenOffice won't fork -- for now
- In spite of a bitter battle between Novell and Sun developers, OpenOffice won’t fork â€" at least for now. That's the consensus among several OpenOffice developers who are locked in a bitter dispute with Sun over how the open source project is governed but who nevertheless...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Fork, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- RipEditBurn 2.3.42 (Windows)
- Blaze Audio's award-winning RipEditBurn turns your PC into a digital audio powerhouse! It will rip CDs including copy protected CDs by using our Analog Ripping Technology, edit wave, WMA and MP3 files, convert MP3/WMA files to wave and wave files to MP3/WMA, and burn your own custom music CDs easily,...
- Tags: CD, Microsoft Windows, Digital Audio, Blaze Audio, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2007-09-10
- Top 25 responses to Sun's JAVA move
- Stockholders and employees are among the most vocal critics of Jonathan Schwartz's move yesterday to change Sun's stock ticker to JAVA. Here's my pick of the most thoughtful, scathing, informative, or just funniest comments posted so far.Reaction to yesterday's announcement that Sun was changing it's stock ticker to "JAVA" has...
- Tags: Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
- Freeconferencecall.com accuses carriers that are blocking its service of foul play
- Last week, I published a post about how some of the big wireless carriers were blocking access to free conference calling services and I think some people missed one of the main points I was trying to make in that post -- the fact that were seeing the new system...
- Tags: Federal government, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Blogging, LEC, carrier, FreeConferenceCall.com, local exchange
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
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