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Bright future for notebooks and pagers
News We are still in the chattering stage about integrating pager-type functionality, but we are obviously tracking usage patterns and user trends to figure out what folks really want in their next-generation notebooks," she added.
[March 28, 2001, 12:34]
Microsoft and Yahoo team up on IM
News The companies are set to release on Thursday a limited beta test of a service that will enable users of Windows Live Messenger (the next generation of MSN Messenger) and Yahoo Messenger with Voice to connect with each other.
[July 13, 2006, 9:25]
ATI puts 3D in mobile phones
News ATI recently landed a contract to build graphics chips for Microsoft's next-generation Xbox gaming console. Imageon 2300 enables exceptional 3D gaming that will fully leverage and help monetise the higher bandwidth offered by 2.5G and 3G networks...
[January 7, 2004, 16:35]
4G inches closer after Nokia Siemens tests
News The fourth generation of mobile broadband has moved closer to reality, following fresh trials by Nokia Siemens Networks. Most importantly, we now have evidence that future LTE networks can run on existing base station sites and mobile operators can...
[December 20, 2007, 11:08]
Faster video for wireless devices?
News Late last year, Verizon Wireless ditched plans to build a next-generation data-only cellular network for complex tasks such as videoconferencing. This week, Lucent said it was ready to license new technology that could allow carriers to build...
[February 14, 2003, 16:12]
Nokia mobiles to taste IPv6
News The handset maker said on Wednesday that handsets that it plans to make next year will dip into the next generation of the Internet, known as Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), which vastly expands the pool of unique numbers available for...
[November 6, 2003, 13:50]
Microsoft urges support for IPv6
News Microsoft is lobbying the computing industry to start moving the Internet to the next-generation underpinnings that will lay the groundwork for much richer networking. IPv6's use is being catalysed by the arrival of third-generation mobile phones...
[April 18, 2002, 10:42]
Portals in space
News And VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) graphics aren't the only suggestion of a back-to-the future strategy: Firmage's plan for a next-generation World Wide Web combines the power of affinity portals, the Mozilla browser, Web directories...
[July 29, 2003, 17:45]
Mobile can fill in UK broadband gaps, says 3
News Two broadband funds were proposed in the Digital Britain report, one for 2Mbps universal broadband coverag and one for the rollout of next-generation broadband access. A key issue for mobile networks seeking to invest in new infrastructure is that...
[July 10, 2009, 16:32]
Nokia sets date for 3G phone launch
News Few precise details about the product are yet available, but it will work on existing GSM networks as well as the forthcoming high-speed third-generation networks that should go live in the UK by the end of this year.
[July 18, 2002, 14:23]
Mobile WiMax standard ratified
News WiMax is considered a promising next-generation wireless technology because it supports high data rates and has a long transmission reach. Some WiMax supporters see the technology as a both a complement to mobile networks and a replacement for...
[December 9, 2005, 12:30]
Peregrine optical chips ready to fly
News Peregrine's first-generation optical networking chips, for example, will support speeds of up to 3 gigabits per second. Those speeds are good for data communication technologies, such as Fibre Channel, used in local area networks or storage.
[March 13, 2001, 8:07]
3D display could be a killer app for wireless
News In Japan, where NTT DoCoMo is the first in the world to introduce a next-generation, or 3G, service, the applications get even more sophisticated. Most are in the midst of creating higher-speed phone networks to offer subscribers new services such...
[June 7, 2001, 15:15]
NEC adds digital TV to cellphone
News To see the latest news on the next generation of mobile communications, see the GPRS/3G News Section. NEC has demonstrated a prototype third generation mobile phone that doubles as a portable digital television.
[July 14, 2003, 14:32]
Intel introduces fast Wi-Fi to Europe
News Intel has announced next-generation wireless LAN products -- also known as Wi-Fi -- for sale in Europe for the first time, following on from an agreement with the UK wireless spectrum authority that circumvented EU regulatory issues.
[May 28, 2002, 17:06]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The next generation will be better at this, while companies like Panasonic are designing cellphones with DAB built-in. Together with the existing networks and the World Service, these will bring our nationwide public service network count to nine.
[December 13, 2001, 14:07]
Cisco brings out blades in grand datacentre push
News Cisco has launched 'Unified Computing', a next-generation datacentre effort that encompasses virtualisation, a group of major technology partners and the networking company's first foray into making server hardware.
[March 16, 2009, 17:01]
Person-to-person services to drive 3G growth
News To see the latest news on the next generation of mobile communications, see the GPRS/3G News Section. The firm found that the services offered by 2.5G -- a term for stopgap data-based networks such as GPRS -- are likely to be 3G's biggest threat.
[October 28, 2002, 13:13]
Dell and Brocade forge closer alliance
News Both companies share a vision that next-generation, virtualised datacentres should be open and standards-based," said Brad Anderson, senior vice-president for Dell's Enterprise Product Group. Simon Robinson, storage research director at analyst...
[September 3, 2009, 16:40]
Government hails EC's 3G green light
News To see the latest news on the next generation of mobile communications, see the GPRS/3G News Section. The UK government has given its backing to the European Commission's decision to allow T-Mobile and mmO2 to share third-generation mobile network...
[September 12, 2002, 13:39]
