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Rogue Reporter 1.0

Rogue Reporter 1.0

...happening and how to get there Report storm damage, downed trees and powerlines, crumbling infrastructure, potholes, and other problems and concerns Found something interesting? Let... Read more

13 September, 2011
The Prophecies Of The Brahan Seer :- by Alexander Mackenzie 1.0

The Prophecies Of The Brahan Seer :- by Alexander Mackenzie 1.0

...p. 35), and "hills strewn with ribbons", (p. 10) which sound like powerlines, but this is about as futuristic as he gets. Unlike Nostradamus, none... Read more

25 August, 2010

Trial runs broadband over power lines

A test in California will see high-speed Internet access delivered via Wi-Fi repeaters on lampposts Read more

15 July, 2004 by Ben Charny

Networking card taps into powerlines

Using the mains power circuit for networking homes is nothing new, but a £100 PCI card due out in September could create a new surge of interest Read more

25 June, 2002 by Peter Judge
Data Commuinications Via <endeca_term>Powerlines</endeca_term>

Data Commuinications Via Powerlines

The hunger for increased bandwidth is driving individuals, corporations, and organizations to seek new methods for... Read more

16 April, 2010
Cross-Layer Designs of Multicarrier NC-PRMA Systems Over <endeca_term>Powerlines</endeca_term>

Cross-Layer Designs of Multicarrier NC-PRMA Systems Over Powerlines

The authors study the performance of Non-Collision Packet Reservation Multiple Access (NC-PRMA) scheme as a MAC protocol... Read more

5 February, 2007
Schmidt: Full steam ahead for Google-Yahoo deal

Schmidt: Full steam ahead for Google-Yahoo deal

Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the company plans to go ahead with the ad deal in the absence of opinion from antitrust regulators Read more

18 September, 2008 by Stephen Shankland

170Mbps through an electrical socket demoed

...the electrical network. Companies have been able to demonstrate data running on powerlines before, but only at speeds up to around 10Mbps and with strict... Read more

30 September, 2005 by Colin Barker

CeBIT: ZDNet Germany's Top Ten hottest Hannover picks

...class, the DC256 zoom with 1.6 million pixels. 6. Data via powerlines/network The transfer of data through the power-network "Powerline" enables Internet... Read more

18 March, 1999 by ZDNet Germany

Plug into the Net

...joint company, NOR.WEB DPL, to develop and market their data-over-powerlines technology, dubbed Digital PowerLine. Digital PowerLine will eventually provide Internet access over... Read more

26 March, 1998 by Richard Barry and Rupert Goodwins
The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer 1.2

The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer 1.2

...p. 35), and "hills strewn with ribbons", (p. 10) which sound like powerlines, but this is about as futuristic as he gets. Unlike Nostradamus, none... Read more

21 May, 2010

Upwardly Mobile: How green is your phone?

...stations. While these ideas are aimed at the developing world where traditional powerlines are at a premium, there's no reason such renewable technologies can... Read more

14 May, 2007 by Jo Best
An Enhanced Powerline Channel Noise Model

An Enhanced Powerline Channel Noise Model

...to overcome Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI). Such a hostile environment is the powerlines when used for communication purposes in the frequency range 1MHz-30MHz. Nevertheless... Read more

1 January, 2006

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

55 minutes ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

8 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

8 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

10 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

11 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

13 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

13 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

14 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

16 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

17 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

17 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

19 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

19 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

21 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

21 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

21 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

2 days ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry