Archive for the ‘Networking’ Category

Skin-tenna: Antenna That Uses Skin To Transmit Signals

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed a wireless antenna that channels signals along human skin could broadcast signals over your body to connect up medical implants or portable gadgets. The new power-efficient approach could make more of established medical devices like pacemakers or help future implants distributed around ...

Internet: Now And Then

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Nearly 10 times as many people are connected to the Internet today as there were a decade ago. The Wall Street Journal has a story The Internet: Then And Now The two images above are maps of the Internet, specifically the “routers” – equipment that passes data to its intended destination ...

Software Turns Mobiles Into Wi-Fi Hotspots

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Here's a cool use for a phone that has both cellular broadband and Wi-Fi: Turn it into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot so your friends can surf the Internet on their laptops. A couple startups have created and made available software like this in the last year. But a more established software ...

Modu Mini Phone: Worlds Lightest And Smallest Phone

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Everyday there is a new mobile phone model is being released in to the market. Some are trendy, some are smart and well designed and loaded with hundreds of features. Did you ever wanted to have a phone that's just a phone. Here comes the lightest and smallest phone: Modu Mini ...

Internet Access Disrupted Due To Cable Cuts

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Internet services and voice traffic have been disrupted in large parts of the Middle East and India following damage to two undersea cables in the Mediterranean. One cable was damaged near Alexandria, Egypt, and the other in the waters off Marseille, France, telecommunications operators said. The two cables, which are separately ...

Internet Capacity To Be Exceeded By 2010 : A Study Claims

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

A study by the Nemertes Research Group is predicting that the Internet could run out of capacity by 2010 if backbone providers don’t invest in new infrastructure. It says the backbone needs an estimated $42 to $55 billion invested in capacity in the next 3-5 years to keep up with ...