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Wi-Fi in the sky. Satellite Broadband Internet and TV service.
10.30.2010
10.29.2010
Wi-Fi Direct certified devices connect directly, form a Wi-Fi Direct Group.
Wi-Fi Direct device connections can happen anywhere, anytime - even when you don't have access to a Wi-Fi network. Your Wi-Fi Direct device will signal to other devices in the area that it can make a connection. You can view available devices and ask them to connect, or you might receive an invitation to connect to another Wi-Fi Direct device. When two or more Wi-Fi Direct-certified devices connect directly, they have formed a Wi-Fi Direct Group, using Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ and the latest Wi-Fi security. Now you can get started doing all the exciting things that Wi-Fi Direct enables!
Best Tech Products 2010: Full List, 1-100 - PCWorld
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| Happy Halloween R. Scott |
PC World scanned the entire universe of technology this year--HDTVs, phones, tablets, PCs, e-book readers, storage, software, services, apps, digital cameras, camcorders, printers, and more--and picked the 100 best.
1. Google Android 2.22. Apple iPad
3. Amazon Kindle (third-generation)
4. Netflix
5. Samsung Galaxy Tab
6. Sony Alpha NEX-5
7. HP Envy 14 Beats Edition
8. Samsung Epic 4G
9. Instapaper
10. Microsoft Security Essentials
11. Samsung UN55C8000
12. HP TouchSmart 600 Quad
13. Apple iPhone 4
14. Google Chrome
15. HTC HD7
16. Crucial RealSSD C300
17. Blizzard Entertainment StarCraft II
18. Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
19. Microsoft Office 2010
20. Samsung LN46C650
21. Apple TV
22. Western Digital WD TV Live Plus
23. Canon Pixma MG8120
24. Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
25. Motorola Droid X
26. Adobe Creative Suite 5
27. Canon EOS 7D
28. Sony Handycam NEX-VG10
29. Alienware M11x (second revision)
30. Sonos ZonePlayer S5
31. Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-350
32. nVidia GeForce GTX 460
33. Origin Genesis Midtower
34. Google Voice
35. Logitech C910
36. Bump
37. Norton Antivirus 2011
38. MOG
39. AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
40. Livescribe Echo Smartpen
41. Google Gmail
42. Western Digital 3TB My Book Essential
43. Clickfree Network CN2
44. Flipboard
45. Panasonic HDC-SDT750
46. Handcent SMS
47. HTC Droid Incredible
48. SlingPlayer Mobile
49. At Bat 2010 for iPad
50. XMind
51. PC Tools Internet Security 2011
52. Seagate Momentus XT
53. Cisco M20 Valet Plus
54. Rovio Angry Birds
55. Innergie mCube Mini
56. Lookout Mobile Security
57. Maingear F131
58. ATI Radeon HD 5870
59. iVina BulletScan S300
60. DimDim
61. Smartfish ErgoMotion Mouse
62. Lenovo ThinkPad x100e
63. Second Rotation Gazelle
64. Facebook
65. Plantronics K100
66. Taptrix Brushes
67. Alphonso Labs Pulse News Reader
68. Corsair 800D
69. Qnap TS-259 Pro Turbo NAS
70. Fuze Box Fuze Meeting
71. Evernote
72. Iomega eGo SuperSpeed USB 3.0
73. Gateway SX2840-01
74. Jabra Clipper
75. Lenovo ThinkPad W701ds
76. FitNow Lose It
77. Cisco Flip UltraHD 8GB with FlipPort
78. Samsung BD-C6500
79. PopCap Games Plants vs. Zombies HD
80. Asus Eee PC 1201n
81. Genieo
82. Jabra Extreme
83. Virgin Mobile Beyond Talk Plans
84. Dell UltraSharp U2711
85. Grooveshark for Android
86. Epson PictureMate Show PM 300
87. Polar WearLink+ Transmitter Nike+
88. RideCharge Taxi Magic
89. Belkin Conserve Insight
90. Bitalpha Taska
91. 3M MPro120
92. B&W P5 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphones
93. Apple iPod Touch (2010 version)
94. TheFind.com
95. Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse
96. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
97. Astro A30 Headset
98. Prezi
99. TomTom XXL 550-TM
100. Ubuntu 10.10
10.28.2010
The top 5 European smartphones for 2010 - FierceWireless:Europe
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| Apple iPhone 4 |
1.The top smartphone, and unassailable today. Its appeal is becoming wider within both consumer and enterprise segments, boosted by a growing number of enterprise apps.
10.27.2010
GSM operators shy away from CDMA acquisitions
GSM and CDMA are going to end up on a new technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE). In a couple of years, we would see a full scale commercial implementation of LTE. So, if you are going to have a convergence, we are gradually moving to technology neutrality or, if you like, interoperability of devices, networks, and so on.
Starcomms, Multilinks-Telkom, Visafone and ZOOMmobile are the CDMA firms operating in Nigeria’s telecoms industry. Between January and July, CDMA operators in Nigeria lost about 1.08 million active subscribers. Subscriber information made available by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) covering December 2009 to July 2010 shows that active mobile CDMA lines, which stood at 7.7 million in January 2010 dropped to a dismal 6.6 million lines by July.
Also, the ease to change from one network to the other gives GSM operators an edge, whereas, the CDMAs have to buy handsets and subsidise them. This adds to their costs of operation. If a handset is faulty, GSM subscribers can easily buy another handset and swap their SIMs, but for CDMA subscribers, it is not like that. Most times, subscribers have to buy new handsets and re-programme their old numbers. That is one of the reasons why CDMA is not really growing”.
Also, the ease to change from one network to the other gives GSM operators an edge, whereas, the CDMAs have to buy handsets and subsidise them. This adds to their costs of operation. If a handset is faulty, GSM subscribers can easily buy another handset and swap their SIMs, but for CDMA subscribers, it is not like that. Most times, subscribers have to buy new handsets and re-programme their old numbers. That is one of the reasons why CDMA is not really growing”.
10.25.2010
ITU declares LTE-Advanced, 802.16m 4G standards
Geneva - ITU's Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) has completed the assessment of six candidate submissions for the global 4G mobile wireless broadband technology, otherwise known as IMT-Advanced. Harmonization among these proposals has resulted in two technologies, "LTE-Advanced and "WirelessMAN-Advanced being accorded the official designation of IMT-Advanced, qualifying them as true 4G technologies.
In its recent meeting in Chongqing, China, ITU-R Working Party 5D, which is charged with defining the IMT-Advanced global 4G technologies, reached a milestone in its work by deciding on these technologies for the first release of IMT-Advanced. In the ITU-R Report, which will be published shortly, the LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced technologies were each determined to have successfully met all of the criteria established by ITU-R for the first release of IMT-Advanced. The Report is expected to be approved by ITU Member States at the ITU-R Study Group 5 meeting in Geneva in late November 2010.
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These technologies will now move into the final stage of the IMT-Advanced process, which provides for the development in early 2012 of an ITU-R Recommendation specifying the in-depth technical standards for these radio technologies.
ITU also organizes worldwide and regional exhibitions and forums, such as ITU TELECOM WORLD, bringing together the most influential representatives of government and the telecommunications and ICT industry to exchange ideas, knowledge and technology for the benefit of the global community, and in particular the developing world.
From broadband Internet to latest-generation wireless technologies, from aeronautical and maritime navigation to radio astronomy and satellite-based meteorology, from convergence in fixed-mobile phone, Internet access, data, voice and TV broadcasting to next-generation networks, ITU is committed to connecting the world.
ITU is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and its membership includes 192 Member States and more than 700 Sector Members and Associates.
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