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Skype launches HD video calling
News Skype said that "uninterrupted high-speed broadband of at least 1Mbps symmetrical bandwidth" is needed to support HD video calling on PCs and TVs. Skype has launched high-definition video calling in the latest version of its PC client, and has...
[January 5, 2010, 13:41]
MoGo Mouse BT review
Reviews The MoGo Mouse BT is perfectly symmetrical, so left-handers should find it as easy to use as right handers. Design When not in use, the MoGo Mouse BT is a thin, flat object that's precisely the right size to fit into a Type II PC Card slot.
[February 20, 2007, 8:16]
Google to launch location-sharing Latitude software
News What we found in testing is that the most common scenario is a symmetrical arrangement, where both people are sharing with each other," Lee said. Google plans to launch software called Latitude on Wednesday that lets mobile-phone users share their...
[February 4, 2009, 7:55]
Bulldog pursues BT in broadband market
News The latter technology is often popular with businesses because it is symmetrical, providing an equally fast connection both upstream and downstream. UK telco Bulldog Communications is making progress in its push to break BT's grasp on Britain's...
[January 20, 2003, 14:04]
Wi-Fi trains get two-way satellite
News Net's near-symmetrical broadband link contrasts favourably with a 3G connection, which typically give a maximum uplink speed of 64Kbps. A British company claims to have conducted the world's first trials of a high-speed wireless network powered by...
[September 8, 2004, 17:30]
World's first working 32nm device at IDF, Nehalem design finished.
Blog Nehalem has a new interconnect cum memoruy controller called QuickPath, which has very low latency for memory, scaleable bandwidth, and symmetrical multithreading. Paul Otellini just showed off "the world's first working 32nm device" - a wafer...
[September 18, 2007, 17:05]
Gadgets to make you look cool(ish)
Blog Comment It was also symmetrical, so it could be used equally well by left or right handers, which is why I got mine back out recently when I had shoulder and wrist operations. I find the thought of picking up the mouse and talking into it to be very...
[January 15, 2008, 6:42]
IBM sharpens blade plans for 2003
News We have the technology to create blades that plug in to create larger symmetrical multiprocessor servers," he said. IBM has sold 5,000 blade servers since launching its BladeCenter product less than three months ago, and the computing giant plans...
[February 13, 2003, 10:22]
Finding a funder for fibre to the home
News Copper provides at most 24Mbps — if you live in the exchange — and it's not symmetrical. As bandwidth demands continue to increase, the requirement for fibre-optic internet connections has risen up the regulatory agenda.
[May 6, 2008, 16:23]
Hitachi launches new-generation blade servers
News Hitachi plans to bring both the Virtage and symmetrical multiprocessor (SMP) abilities to blades with Xeon processors, Figliozzi added. Hitachi plans to launch on Tuesday a new generation of BladeSymphony blade servers, which can be linked into...
[November 28, 2006, 8:25]
BT halves business broadband start-up cost
News Research firm Point Topic said back in May that SDSL was still a hard sell, with firms unconvinced of the benefits of applications such as voice over IP, IP-VPNs and video conferencing, which all benefit from symmetrical broadband links.
[July 22, 2004, 17:25]
Easynet's trigger scheme aims to close broadband divide
News The telco's SureStream range of leased lines provides a two-way symmetrical connection of up to 8Mbps with full service level agreements -- making it an ideal broadband connection for a school -- but the same hardware that is installed at the...
[September 17, 2003, 18:05]
Sudoku Rules Extreme
Downloads Locked Candidate Projections, Pairs, Triples, Quads+, XWing, Swordfish, Jellyfish, Colours, XY Wing) Extended board generation symmetries (Zero-, Point-, Horizontal-, Vertical-, Quad-Symmetry) Enhanced pencil hint highlights differences between...
[July 11, 2005, 8:00]
Next decade holds new twists for comms technology
News Speeds will need to improve, but symmetrical connectivity will also become increasingly important as interaction takes over from consumption. Predicting what will happen in the next decade of communications technology is complicated, primarily...
[December 17, 2009, 14:53]
Next decade holds new twists for comms technology
Articles Speeds will need to improve, but symmetrical connectivity will also become increasingly important as interaction takes over from consumption. Predicting what will happen in the next decade of communications technology is complicated, primarily...
[December 17, 2009, 14:53]
BT lays out broadband plans
News BT's trials of SDSL will also be extended from its existing 22 local exchanges to a total of 100 by this May, and a commercial launch of the technology is scheduled for this summer -- aimed at businesses who want a symmetrical broadband connection.
[March 25, 2003, 12:56]
Dell vetoes eight-processor server
News This technology, called SMP, for symmetrical multiprocessing, also is known in industry jargon as "scaling up. Dell once argued that an eight-processor server was powerful enough for most folks. Now, the company has backed off plans for systems...
[July 21, 2003, 13:02]
Timms: Next-gen broadband key to UK economy
News Timms added that the debate had been "a constructive and open discussion which anticipated the demand for reliably faster and more symmetrical broadband". Ultra-fast broadband is going to be a key technology to drive future growth of the UK economy...
[November 28, 2007, 9:39]
HP releases long-awaited Intel servers
News In HP's system, however, memory access speeds are identical for every processor -- a traditional symmetrical multiprocessor (SMP) design. The new systems, the ProLiant DL760 and DL740, arrived later than HP had hoped to replace an elderly model...
[February 18, 2003, 8:41]
Start-up sees low-cost future in clusters
News Large servers use a design called symmetrical multiprocessing, or SMP, to link their chips together so a single operating system can span the chips. A start-up plans to launch technology in 2005 that it says will give the cheaper option the...
[December 17, 2004, 13:45]
