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Wireless world record: Researchers transfer data at 100Gbps through the air

Posted October 15, 2013 - 4:28 pm

One of the major obstacles for delivering faster Internet to the home is the sheer amount of work and money it takes to lay the cable. Now, researchers are coming up with a workaround that transmits the data wirelessly.
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New Twitter feature opens direct message floodgates

Posted October 15, 2013 - 3:54 pm

Spammers, rejoice! A new opt-in setting lets anyone send you a direct message on Twitter.
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Open letter to customers: 'You can continue to count on BlackBerry'

Posted October 15, 2013 - 3:24 pm

One analyst says 'that's silly,' and urges the phone maker to commit to enterprise network support for 18 months.
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How to stay private now that anyone can find you on Facebook

Posted October 15, 2013 - 3:19 pm

Facebook is making it easier for people to find you, so it's about that time again: Check your privacy settings.
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How cable companies have quietly dominated public Wi-Fi

Posted October 15, 2013 - 3:11 pm

With more than 200,000 Wi-Fi hotspots launched in the past few years U.S. cable providers are the runaway leaders in public Wi-Fi.
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VMware expands management of Amazon, Microsoft, OpenStack clouds

Posted October 15, 2013 - 3:07 pm

VMware has rolled out expanded support for non-VMware workloads in its management tools, including the added ability to manage OpenStack clouds, and providing better visibility into Amazon and Microsoft clouds.
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Digital nomad survival tips you can use anywhere

Posted October 15, 2013 - 2:33 pm

Mike Elgan traveled over three continents in the past 18 months and has these tips for staying connected, keeping powered up and protecting your valuable gadgets from theft.
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Question

Why does my home WiFi internet connection occasionally drop for a few seconds?

Posted October 15, 2013 - 2:19 pm

I have a DSL connection at home and a 2Wire router, and occasionally the signal just goes away, then is reestablished a few seconds later. It’s not the end of the world, but it is annoying. Is it more likely to be my ISP or my router?
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Having fun with super-fast storage drives

Posted October 15, 2013 - 1:39 pm

Two drives (and a docking station) that can help speed up your personal file storage transfer dilemmas.
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Juniper seeks edge router advantage over Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent

Posted October 15, 2013 - 1:15 pm

Juniper Networks this week upgraded its MX service provider edge routers with expanded system capacity to enhance subscriber bandwidth and service performance.
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6 ways social media can boost your business

Posted October 15, 2013 - 1:11 pm

If your company isn't fully taking advantage of social media, it might be missing out on opportunities to connect with customers, gain market share and bring needed talent into the organization.
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Avaya cozies up to developers

Posted October 15, 2013 - 1:07 pm

Avaya is making it easier to drop its unified communications capabilities into business applications, removing a layer of complexity that may be holding developers back from writing communications-enabled apps for businesses.
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Is Twitter's top engineer worth $10.3 million?

Posted October 15, 2013 - 12:20 pm

Twitter revealed its biggest earners as it prepares for its IPO. CEO Dick Costolo netted $11.5 million last year, and Christopher Fry, SVP of engineering, raked in $10.3 million.
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Lavabit briefly allowing users to recover their data

Posted October 15, 2013 - 9:32 am

Former users of the Lavabit encrypted email service that was shut down in August are being temporarily allowed to change their passwords and download copies of their data.
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Washington Post: NSA collects address books to map human relationships

Posted October 15, 2013 - 9:09 am

The U.S. National Security Agency is collecting online address books from Yahoo, Hotmail, Facebook, Gmail and other providers in order to map human relationships, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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D-Link to padlock router backdoor by Halloween

Posted October 14, 2013 - 1:45 pm

D-Link will address by the end of October a security issue in some of its routers that could allow attackers to change the device settings without requiring a username and password.
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Report: Broadcasters ask high court to shut down Aereo TV streaming service

Posted October 11, 2013 - 7:28 pm

A cadre of prominent broadcasters including ABC and CBS petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to shut down Aereo, a television streaming service, alleging that Aereo infringes their copyrights and puts their businesses at risk, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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Google to feature user recommendations in ads

Posted October 11, 2013 - 11:43 am

Google will feature users in advertisements that run on its suite of websites when those users recommend products or stores.
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China's Alibaba backs Amazon rival ShopRunner

Posted October 11, 2013 - 12:42 am

Alibaba Group is targeting the U.S. market with a US$200 million investment in ShopRunner, an online retailer that competes with Amazon.com, a source familiar with the deal said Friday.
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Hadoop, Web 2.0 get a path to tape for cheap long-term storage

Posted October 10, 2013 - 8:15 pm

An appliance designed for Web 2.0 companies may take them back to the future with tape storage.
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Soon, everyone will be searchable on Facebook

Posted October 10, 2013 - 7:43 pm

In a matter of weeks, everyone on Facebook will be searchable by name. But you'll still have ways to control who sees your content, as long as you can navigate Facebook's web of privacy controls.
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Advanced mobile customer apps are target of Kofax software

Posted October 10, 2013 - 3:56 pm

Business interactions with customers who increasingly rely on mobile devices are especially complex. The new version of Kofax's TotalAgility has been extended to let businesses create and manage so-called "customer facing" mobile apps.
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How to beat storage bottlenecks in a flash

Posted October 10, 2013 - 3:54 pm

When a data visualization and analysis software provider found that its backend storage was slowing down its developers, it resisted the urge to add capacity. Instead, it turned to a software solution that scales storage performance using virtualization.
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Intel debuts gateway 'middlemen' for Internet of Things

Posted October 10, 2013 - 3:46 pm

Intel announces a new version of its embedded Atom chip, as well as a new "gateway" line for designers of intelligent consumer devices.
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AT&T; and GE join up on wireless global controls for industrial machines

Posted October 10, 2013 - 3:38 pm

M2M deal puts wireless modules into GE industrial machines such as jet engines.
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