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Why does the new iPhone use old Wi-Fi technology?

Why does the new iPhone use old Wi-Fi technology?they need to leave something for iPhone 3.0NTwhatwhat's the point of this article? LOLIts like you argue with your self, but in the end find the answer. Why you need N when G is fast enough? Plus not many phones have WIFI...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, LANs, Apple iPhone, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi technology

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

Why does the new iPhone use old Wi-Fi technology?

Apple’s upcoming iPhone uses an 802.11b/g radio, which won’t matter to a lot of people. But a friend, who has installed 802.11n routers in her apartment because of crippling interference in the 2.4GHz frequency range, mentioned this shortcoming the other day. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, IEEE 802.11n, Apple Inc., Wi-Fi Technology, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-06-13

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Walmart to sell $298 Compaq laptop in time for back-to-school, 'while supplies last'

The annual back-to-school shopping trip is just around the corner. Load the family in the mini-van, drive over to your local Walmart, and watch as your shopping cart fills with new clothes, shoes, pencils, notebooks, protractors, calculators, and a million other things. The yearly resupply is...

Tags: Hard Drive, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Compaq Computer Corp., Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Technology initiatives we should demand from the Obama administration

As much as many of us would like to continue to revel in the day, the inauguration with all of its rock-concert fanfare, pomp and circumstance is over, and it is finally time for the new administration to get to work. The 44th President of the...

Tags: Patient, Barack Obama, Administration, Broadband, Digital Television, TVs, Workforce Management, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-21

Apple's new Macbooks: flop or fiasco?

The news that Apple has cut Macbook production by 20-30% may not be surprising given the world economy. But when HP reports that their Q3 notebook revenue grew 26% and Mac resellers are offering rebates on the new 'books things have gone very wrong in Cupertino. Looking,...

Tags: Revenue, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., NeXTCube, iMac G4, Steve, Netbooks, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-11-24

I think voice is going to be a big deal

I think voice is going to be a big dealTrain to understandNowadays, computer education is too much focused on learning how to use a particular user interface of a particular application. Unwise, because those interfaces can change and applications themselves can change.Instead, children should be educated to understand how to...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, PRODUCTIVITY, big deal, voice, tool

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Signs of life emerge on the Vista marketing front

Signs of life emerge on the Vista marketing frontMarkets are based onDemand and Availability..Nobody needed a new OS at this stage.Nobody still does.. Ads won't change this.Plus for me.. i don't need fancy GUI tricks i could do 8 years ago under Enlightenment with X11 and Linux.There is no added...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), marketing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Leopard, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on Microsoft

Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on MicrosoftAll very interesting. I do hope that Yahoo remains an independentcompetitor to both Google and MS. Consumers will be the losers if we have less competition here. But, Yang is playing this out the best he can. they will...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-21

Followup from Intel on the OLPC debacle

Followup from Intel on the OLPC debacleHow can anyone support Classmate?The Classmate reference design is such a worthless piece of kit, Intel obvioulsy rushed it out the door 6 months after the first prototypes of the OLPC were released over a year and a half ago. Since then the Classmate...

Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, Classmate, Nicholas Negroponte

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Yahoo Answers scarier than Wikipedia

Yahoo Answers scarier than WikipediaWikipedia is the best so farAfter reviewing answers on Yahoo!, they just seem to random about and lead to nowhere, so basically some/most are wrong eventually. Noting that some are just comments like "Who really cares?" providing no answer to the question, hilarious at first, but...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-12

Universita La Sapienza's Wi-Art Project Uses RFID Technology to Personalize the Museum Experience

Located in Rome, Universita La Sapienza is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious universities. Universita La Sapienza wanted to create a single archive of all university artifacts, with Radio Frequency Identification RFID cataloguing to ensure advanced access and security methods. The challenge was to offer high added value...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Universita La Sapienza, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

Case studies 2007-12-01

Wisconsin's Apologist for IT Failure

Wisconsin's Apologist for IT FailureEDS is toast in Seattle150 EDS consultants are to be turned lose from the Seattle Office in August. Let me give a theory. In government, just as in business, there are core competencies. Where many will argue that IT is a core competency of every on...

Tags: Government, HEALTHCARE, Strategy, Outsourcing Deals, Government IT project, future possibility, Electronic Data Systems Corp., outsourcing, Medicaid, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

An argument for laptop carts

An argument for laptop cartsExpensive and dangeriousWe've purchased 3 of these things over the years and they all have one thing in common: They are designed to charge the computers while in the cart. Of course, that seems like a great idea! Have you read about exploding laptop...

Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, laptop computer, laptop cart, battery, mobile lab, cart

Discussion threads 2007-06-27

The role of 802.11n in the Enterprise

The role of 802.11n in the EnterpriseHow about distance?Isnt N supposed to be able to carry further than G and B?I almost......tossed one of the new linksys 802.11n routers into my Wal-Mart shopping cart the other day but then realized I'd need a client card as well. My life was...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Wi-MAX, IEEE 802.11n

Discussion threads 2007-06-19

Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive

Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensiveWant to eliminate BotNets and all this crap?It's really easy, it takes a router expert and the will to force ISPs to take control of their networks. It works, I have personally forced several ISPs to disable spammers from their networks, it just comes...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, distributed denial of service, CompuServe, spammer, Internet Service Provider, public email system, email system, network, e-mail

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

Thoughts on Windows Media Center

Thoughts on Windows Media CenterSo you are saying......HBO doesn't have a business model. Sorry, facts on the ground say you are wrong."premium"These so-called premium channels are rarely worth it, and the few programs that are, you can simply purchase the DVD's of those shows, or rent them. I have...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Velocity Micro, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PC, digital-rights management, HBO, OCUR, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Media

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

Top Trends of 2007 Impacting VPN and Remote Access

This year the trends that are expected to have the greatest impact on businesses' VPN and remote access decisions include: The proliferation of mobile devices and business users' demand for secure, anywhere-anytime access to corporate systems and data Prioritization of initiatives to simplify regulatory compliance and...

Tags: Positive Networks Inc., Remote Access, VPNs, Software As A Service (SaaS), Telecommunications, Network Security, Networking, Security, Emerging Technologies

Webcasts 2007-02-08

Removable Storage: Dell Dell Media Card Reader wi... Application Version: A00 2007-02-01 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:HID-compliant Device Belkin Bluetooth Device with trace filter BCM92045DG-Flash with trace filter Broadcom 2045 Bluetooth 2.0 USB Device with trace filter Belkin Bluetooth 2.0 USB Adapter with trace filter with trace filter Bluetooth USB Device with trace filter with trace filter Broadcom 2045 Bluetooth...

Tags: Card Reader, Dell Computer Corp., Broadcom Corp., Removable Storage, Media, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Firmware, USB, Bluetooth 2.0, Firmware Upgrade, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless

Software downloads 2007-02-01

Look who's coming to DEMO 2007

Ill be attending the DEMO 07 conference next week in Palm Desert, CA. This will be my third DEMO Conference and fourth DEMO event. Chris Shipley and her team put on an absolutely first-rate event and I cant wait to see what great ideas are presented this year. The companies...

Tags: DEMO, Computer Associates International Inc.

Blog posts 2007-01-26

iPhone neglects the prosumer

iPhone neglects the prosumerProbably seen as a lost causeA number of years ago, in response to a reporter's question, Jabs said that he did not have much hope for Apple's penetration of the enterprise market.Since that time Apple has done well catering to the consumer and specialty markets graphics.My guess...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Instant messaging, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Lord, SMS, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2007-01-10