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Ofcom pushes UK to be first in white-space radio

...to set up new unlicensed data services in unused parts of the radio spectrum. White space, which exists in bands reserved for TV broadcasts, could... Read more

1 September, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Radio amateurs prep launch of tiny FUNcube satellite

...A group of British radio hams will send a tiny 10cm-cubed satellite into space later this... Read more

4 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Australia's theSkyNet project exposes personal data

...Australian project theSkyNet, aimed at harnessing users' spare computing cycles to analyse radio signals from space, has been inadvertently broadcasting the details of users that... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Michael Lee

Australia launches theSkyNet space project

...throughout Australia. TheSkyNet will pool computing power from home PCs to analyse radio signals from space, gathered by observatories such as the CSIRO Parkes (above... Read more

13 September, 2011 by Michael Lee
Why white-space Wi-Fi won't wash

Why white-space Wi-Fi won't wash

...s low-power, short-distance, unlicensed broadband wireless networking. And white-space radio? Low-power, longer-distance, unlicensed broadband or narrowband wireless networking. They're... Read more

2 September, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Children's toy can jam FBI radios, researchers say

...Expensive high-tech digital radios used by the FBI, the US secret service and Homeland Security are... Read more

10 August, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Don't kill FM for broadband: Build a new internet

...yet. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ofcom is considering liberating the radio spectrum that carries FM stations and giving it over to broadband. The... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Millimetre-sized medical chips will provide 'endless' uses

...power microprocessor, pressure sensor, memory, thin-film battery, solar cell and wireless radio with antenna. It is designed to track changes in eyeball pressure in... Read more

22 February, 2011 by Jack Clark

BT joins forces with Arqiva, Detica for smart meter bid

...with Arqiva and Detica to offer "a dedicated and secure long-range radio communications solution for the government's proposed smart-metering initiative". The partners... Read more

19 July, 2010 by David Meyer
RADYO 5.1

RADYO 5.1

...gemii-Entegre iletiim formu ve yardmENGLISH: RADYO is the MOST advanced mobile radio application in earth.Besides the custom radio stations(including almost all countries... Read more

30 September, 2011

IBM builds complete circuit from graphene

...frequency mixer circuit. This near-ubiquitous circuit handles many tasks — translating a radio signal into an audible voice on a mobile phone, for example. The... Read more

11 June, 2011 by Lucy Sherriff

BBC websites recover from massive outage

...and Sport pages were completely inaccessible, as were BBC iPlayer on-demand radio and TV streaming services on a range of devices. "It's not... Read more

30 March, 2011 by Ben Woods

Spectrum auction prompts calls for caps

...for mobile data increases, the biggest UK release for years of the radio spectrum for carrying that data is looming. The auction for the Digital... Read more

17 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Vodafone Australia turns to Huawei for network rollout

...Hutchison Australia has revealed it is teaming up Huawei to install new radio equipment at around 8,000 mobile base stations around Australia. The giant... Read more

23 February, 2011 by Marina Freri

Alcatel-Lucent launches LightRadio base station rival

...cheaper and greener alternative to current base station technology. It separates the radio and processing components of a base station so that small, light units... Read more

7 February, 2011 by David Meyer

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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

...... and PDP11s too

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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...

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

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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...

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

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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...

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Jack Schofield

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

14 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...

14 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

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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....

17 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...

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

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

19 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

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

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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