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10 things we’d change on the iPhone 3G

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

There’s plenty that’s great about the new iPhone, says silicon.com’s Natasha Lomas. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few things for Apple to think about for the next time round. The 3G iPhone has finally arrived–a year and a half after CEO Steve Jobs first confirmed…
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iPhone 3G poses barriers to business adoption

Friday, July 11th, 2008

UK enterprise adoption of the iPhone 3G may be hampered by security issues and Apple’s exclusive partnership with O2, among other factors. For years, Apple has paid little attention to products for enterprise users. Now it’s pitching its new iPhone 3G as: “The best phone for business. Ever”. But…
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Facebook overtakes MySpace globally

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The latest comScore figures show Mark Zuckerberg’s social network has overtaken its News Corp rival for worldwide unique visitors. New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace…
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FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auction

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The FCC said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography WASHINGTON–The Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without…
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Is VoIP a good idea for small business?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

If you have doubts about the cost and reliability of VoIP phone systems read on says Tristan Degenhardt of Digium Switchvox. Commentary–If you are like most small businesses, you are considering investing in a VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol phone system for your business,…
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So you think SMS is dying? Think again.

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

SMS messaging is approaching antiquity, but Brenda Suarez of Airline Solutions says it’s so entrenched that it won’t be replaced with a newer service that costs less and allows even faster and more on-demand contact. Commentary–In a world where technology is obsolete almost the moment…
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Silent start-up readies to take on Intel in notebooks

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Montalvo has some cash and a lot of execs with deep backgrounds in the chip industry. But will it have the staying power to survive against Intel? It’s a drama we’ve all seen play out before: a small, secretive start-up lays plans to come out with a chip…
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Repairs start on Mideast undersea cable

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Work starts on one of three broken undersea cables that provide data services to parts of the Middle East and Asia. Repair work has started on one of three broken undersea cables providing data services to parts of the Middle East and Asia, a cable operator said, and…
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ICANN turns on next-gen IP addresses

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

New version of Internet Protocol data has been added to six of the world’s root servers, assuring supply of unique IP addresses. The great migration from Internet Protocol version 4 to IPv6 has officially begun, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers added the first addresses…
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Ericsson to provide mobile broadband to Lenovo

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Selected Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks will include mobile broadband modules beginning this year. Sweden’s Ericsson said on Monday it was working with Lenovo, the world’s No. 3 PC maker, to provide mobile broadband modules based on high-speed packet access for Lenovo notebook computers. Ericsson said selected Lenovo ThinkPad…
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India Net capacity at 80% after cables break

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Full restoration of services expected to take about a week; outsourcing industry plays down disruption. India’s Internet services were operating at about 80 percent of capacity on Friday after breaks in undersea cables disrupted Web access, and normal services could be restored in a week, an industry official…
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India Net capacity at 80 percent after cables break

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Full restoration of services expected to take about a week; outsourcing industry plays down disruption. India’s Internet services were operating at about 80 percent of capacity on Friday after breaks in undersea cables disrupted Web access, and normal services could be restored in a week, an industry official…
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Ericsson’s Redback CEO leaves executive role

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Chief Executive Kevin DeNuccio will become vice chairman, company says, and Georges Antoun, a Redback vice president, will replace him. The head of telecom equipment maker Ericsson’s Redback Networks is leaving his executive position to become vice chairman of the unit, Redback’s chairman said on Thursday. …
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U.S. tops tech usage ranking

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

In study, U.S. tops ratings for “innovation-driven economies”; Russia tops list for “efficiency- and -resource driven economies.” The United States, Sweden, and Japan topped a new ranking that measures how well countries use telecommunications technologies–networks, cell phones, and computers–to boost their social and economic prosperity. Connectivity Scorecard,…
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Cisco CEO sees network upgrades lasting a decade

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Chambers also tells Israeli press that network loads at his company are growing as much as 500 percent year-over-year to meet demand for next-gen networks. TEL AVIV–John Chambers, chief executive of network equipment maker Cisco Systems, said on Tuesday service providers will continue to upgrade and build out…
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Toshiba profit drops, NAND chip outlook wary

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Earnings below expectations as company cites flash-memory competition, price drops, and HD DVD woes. Japanese electronics group Toshiba posted a worse-than-expected 25 percent drop in quarterly operating profit after tumbling flash memory chip prices ate into margins. The world’s No. 2 NAND flash memory chipmaker now expects…
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EU court: File sharers don’t have to be named

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

In civil cases, personal data, including the names of file sharers, does not have to be disclosed, the court rules. European Union countries can refuse to disclose names of file sharers on the Internet in civil cases, the EU’s top court said on Tuesday in a blow to…
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Deutsche Telekom says has sold 70,000 iPhones

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

German telecom operator says the iPhone is the most sold multimedia device in its T-Mobile division’s portfolio. German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom said on Saturday it had signed up 70,000 iPhone customers in the 11 weeks since November 9, 2007. Deutsche Telekom’s mobile telephony arm T-Mobile is the…
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In-flight Internet: Grounded for life?

Friday, January 25th, 2008

It’s been years since Boeing tried for lift-off with its Connexion service. Yet here we are still today, with barely a hint of airborne Wi-Fi.Photos: Putting Wi-Fi in the sky If Wi-Fi is available at thousands of Internet cafes on even the most remote beaches in Southeast Asia,…
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Symantec warns of router compromise

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Security company says it has seen an attack using a cross-site scripting flaw in 2Wire DNS routers. Security company Symantec has warned of an attack involving the subversion of routers. The security company said this was the first time it had seen such an attack “in the…
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