All High-Tech News Computing on Tom's Guide
More than one day ago
-
AT&T Announces Free Wi-Fi For iPhoners
July 18, 2008
on Networking
by
Jane McEntegart
Over the last few months we’ve seen the on-again-off-again free iPhone Wi-Fi at AT&T hotspots. The company announced this morning that there would be free Wi-Fi at AT&T hotspots around the country and it looks like this time around.... Read more
-
House Panelists Seek Opt-in Rule For Web Tracking
July 18, 2008
on Networking
by
LA Times
A key House lawmaker said Thursday that Internet service providers should be prohibited from tracking customers' Web activities to deliver targeted ads without those users' clear approval. Read more
-
WiMax To Roll Out In September, Really
July 15, 2008
on Networking
by
Wolfgang Gruener
San Francisco (CA) - Xohm president Barry West announced that Sprint and the companies that saved the company's WiMax network in May will be offering the high-speed wireless technology in September of this year on a very limited basis. Read more
-
Google Launches 3D Chat Program, Lively
July 9, 2008
on Networking
by
Jane McEntegart
Yesterday saw Google Labs launch the beta version of a program they like to call Lively. Read more
-
YouTubers Boycott Viacom In Campaign For Right To Privacy
July 9, 2008
on Networking
by
Jane McEntegart
YouTubers take a stand against Viacom Read more
-
Google Forced To Give Viacom Video Logs, But Can Keep Search Source Code
July 4, 2008
on Networking
by
Humphrey Cheung
Mountain View (CA) - Viacom won a significant victory in their $1 billion copyright infringement case against Google/YouTube. Read more
-
Networking Device Makers See Healthy Revenue Growth In Q3
July 3, 2008
on Miscellaneous
by
DigiTimes
Despite growing concerns of an economic slowdown worldwide, most Taiwan network-equipment makers, including Accton Technology, Alpha Networks, D-Link and Gemtek Technology, expect revenues to continue to post healthy growth in the third quarter of this year, according to sources at the makers. Read more
-
Mozilla Sets World Record for Most Downloads With 8 Million
July 3, 2008
on Networking
by
Jane McEntegart
The results are in; the downloads have been counted and verified to bring you a result we’ve known for weeks was coming: Mozilla has successfully made the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads in 24 hours. Read more
-
Digg.com Announces Launch Of Recommendation Engine
July 1, 2008
on Networking
by
Jane McEntegart
There’s good news for Digg fans as the website has announced that the Digg Recommendation Engine will be launched this week. Read more
-
Fujitsu Launches Mobile WiMax Chipsets
June 27, 2008
on Networking
by
DigiTimes
Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited (FML) recently announced its new mobile WiMAX chipset optimized devices such as smartphones and PDAs. Read more
-
Mobile WiMax Equipment Sales Jump 141% In Q1
June 26, 2008
on Networking
by
DigiTimes
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reported recently that the worldwide WiMAX equipment market, including fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment, increased 59% sequentially to $363 million in the first quarter of this year. Read more
-
Motel 6 Gets Wi-Fi Service
June 26, 2008
on Networking
by
Wolfgang Gruener
Accor, which owns more than 800 Motel 6/Studio 6 locations across the nation said it has begun offering Wi-Fi access to its guests earlier this year. Read more
-
Can You Replace Your Landline For $10 Per Month?
June 25, 2008
on Networking
by
Wolfgang Gruener
Bellevue (WA) - T-Mobile took a stab at an already dying industry and is offering a VoIP replacement for your landline telephone service for a flat fee of $10 per month. Read more
-
Google Rolls Out Google Map Maker
June 25, 2008
on Networking
by
Jane McEntegart
Google has announced a new feature for Google Maps that will allow users to map out uncharted areas on Google Maps. Read more
-
Freescale Intros Multi-standard Accelerator Supporting 3G-LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+ And TDD-LTE Base Station
June 25, 2008
on Networking
by
DigiTimes
Freescale Semiconductor recently introduced the industry's first multi-standard baseband accelerator device (MSBA8100) that supports 3G-LTE, wireless WiMAX, HSPA+ and TDD-LTE standards, enabling manufacturers of wireless infrastructure equipment to create substantially lower-cost, differentiated channel cards. Read more