Merger plan will spread digital throughout TN
Much as TVA spread affordable electric power throughout Tennessee, a proposed merger of AT&T with T-Mobile will facilitate getting broadband to rural communities that need it to keep up.
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Stanford Freshman Solves Number One Gripe of Tablet Users
BOULDER, Colo. – When 19-year-old Daniel Haarburger was a freshman at Stanford, he couldnt help but notice that his two roommates relationships with their tablet computers were lackluster. One used his iPad solely for watching movies. The other hardly used his at all. And all of them lugged their heavier laptops to class to take notes. Considering the tablets significant computing power,…
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Little Tokyo Design Week Brings Japan to Downtown L.A.
This weekend, the largest Japanese cultural district in California will host the first ever Little Tokyo Design Week , a free four-day showcase of Japanese design and technology with a heavy dose of L.A. ingenuity. With Little Tokyo acting as a lively bridge between the burgeoning Arts District and a revitalized downtown, there’s maybe no better place for a global exchange of ideas. “Little …
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Fan Who Caught Jeter Ball May Face IRS Bind
The 23-year-old man who caught Derek Jeter’s historic homerun ball on Saturday, and gave it back to the Yankee player free of charge, might be receiving a call from the IRS demanding that he pay taxes to Uncle Sam for the gifts he was awarded in return for the good deed.
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The Internet Can Still Save the Economy
From bike-sharing to health care, 4G mobile broadband can support millions of new jobs
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Houston-area happenings July 13-20
This summer, Dance Houston hosts its benefit celebration titled “All That Jazz” to help raise $ 100,000 to improve the lives of underprivileged children by providing them with healthy and wholesome dan
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Reducing 4G/LTE Testing Time with Trial Acceleration
Cambridge TV White Spaces Consortium, a new group consisting of leading broadcasters in the UK along with technology providers, are planning a trial of TV White Spaces transmission.
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Dialog Semiconductor Schedules Q2 2011 Earnings Call For Monday 25 July 2011
KIRCHHEIM/TECK, Germany–(BUSINESSWIRE)– Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and low energy short range wireless technologies, will …
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White space nets get access devices, pique investor interest
We reported earlier this week that Neul (it rhymes with “fuel”) is one of the partners in the new Cambridge TV White Spaces Consortium, whose other members include the BBC , BSkyB , BT , Cambridge Consultants , Microsoft, Nokia , Samsung , Spectrum Bridge Inc . and TTP . The group will exploit a special multi-site license from U.K. regulator Ofcom to test white space (a.k.a. “WhiteFi”) hotspots …
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Cisco Cius Tablet, AppHQ: Turning ‘Consumerization of IT’ On Its Head
With the Cius tablet and AppHQ, Cisco wants to bridge the divide between the desires of end users and IT managers: using mobile gadgets at home vs. control over those device.
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Keisha Buchanan and the Sugababes kiss and make up
It’s not every day you find yourself in the ­middle of a showbiz ­drama
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Mini ITX Motherboard supports access to cloud via 3G or 4G.
Supporting Intel Sandy Bridge 2nd generation i3/i5/i7 processor and Intel QM67 chipset, Model MITX-6910 carries dual mini-PCIe with one corresponding SIM slot to allow for 3G/4G/GSM/FPGA/HSPDA. Dual Gigabit Ethernet with wake-on-LAN features allow for remote access. Measuring 170 x 170 mm, board provides 2x DDRIII 1,067/1,333/1,600 MHz SO-DIMM slots with up to 8 GB capacity. It includes 2 x SATA …
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Worth It? A Frame to Display Facebook Photos for Your Mom
The Ceiva Pro 80 allows family members who are not tech-savvy to receive photos even from abroad
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PCCW Global and Tinet Bridge Ethernet Services
Offering Seamless Ethernet International Connectivity
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Gateway DX4860-UB21P
Priced below $ 600 and loaded with a quad-core Sandy Bridge CPU, the Gateway DX4860-UB21P desktop is an accomplished budget performer.
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Samsung RV520-W01
The Samsung RV520-W01 is battery efficient and equipped with some cutting edge wireless features, but it’ll take a better design to unseat the best budget laptops.
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Sony VAIO VPC-EH14FM/B
The multiple wireless features of the Sony VAIO VPC-EH14FM/B sets it apart from other laptops in the sub-$ 700 range. However, there are laptops out there with better performance numbers and similar features for slightly less.
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AT&T Opens the Bridge for BlackBerry-PlayBook Connection
AT&T, which had held off allowing BlackBerry users to connect their devices with the PlayBook tablet, said that it is enabling the Bridge software needed for such a pairing. Users will be able to access basic information coming into their BlackBerry from the tablet without a paid tethering plan, but those looking to access the Web …
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AT&T approves PlayBook Bridge app; if you want to tether
AT&T has finally approved the BlackBerry Bridge app which will allow PlayBook owners to wirelessly connect their tablet to their BlackBerry smartphone. The carrier “has thoroughly reviewed the application” an AT&T representative told AllThingsD, “and at noon today it will be made available via BlackBerry App World.” Would-be PlayBook buyers with AT&T devices were disappointed to [...]
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AT&T Approves PlayBook Bridge App for BlackBerries
AT&T today announced that it has approved Research In Motion’s Bridge application for use on its BlackBerry devices. The Bridge app is essential for BlackBerry users if they wish to access email, calendar, and contacts data on their PlayBook tablet. In a statement emailed to AllThingsD, an AT&T spokesperson said, “AT&T has thoroughly reviewed the application and at noon today it will be made …
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