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The Case For Helically Stranded Cables
White Papers More recently, virtually all wire ropes (electrical conductors made of multiple smaller wires and electrical cables made of multiple conductors) have been twisted or “helically stranded” together. Since the dawn of man’s interest in combining...
[March 15, 2004, 23:00]
Caring For Your Cables
News According to Gleb Yourchenko, a systems analyst at InFocus, an increase in the number of data errors is the first sign that you might have problems with your cabling and should begin looking at replacing cables or hubs/switches.
[April 23, 2002, 10:30]
Re-running Cables
Blog Until yesterday, the 4 x speaker and 6 x CAT5 cables going to the pantry were laid under the carpet, then pushed down through a hole in a floodboard and the corresponding hole in the pantry ceiling. The reason for this was simply that it was too...
[February 17, 2008, 16:45]
UK's Network Of Cables To Get Mapped
News A £2.2m project to create a 3D map of the pipes and cables buried under UK roads is aiming to reduce road works and reduce the number of accidents caused by workmen digging through electricity lines. The pipes and cables buried under the UK's...
[March 22, 2006, 14:40]
Undersea Cables Extremely Vulnerable Say Analysts
Blog The cutting, and power failure, of four or more undersea cables has had some conspiracy theorists shouting terrorist but this is the first comment I have seen from an analyst house suggesting that foul play is possible.
[February 7, 2008, 14:36]
Three Undersea Cables Damaged Five Times
Blog According to the Khaleej Times online, three undersea cables have been damaged in five places in the past two weeks. However, the Press Association reported on Monday that Egypt's Ministry of Communications said that no ships were present when the...
[February 6, 2008, 11:41]
Selecting Power Cords And Jumper Cables For Use With HP ProLiant Servers
White Papers HP provides a variety of power cords, jumper cables, and accessories that allow HP ProLiant servers and options to be used around the world. Utility AC power standards vary from country to country with different voltage levels and connector types.
[July 8, 2004, 0:00]
Sponge's Fibres Inspire High-tech Cables
News Bell Labs researchers believe a deep-sea sponge holds clues to building better fibre-optic cables. Fibre-optic cables that communications companies use are very brittle, because they are created using extremely high heat.
[August 21, 2003, 10:15]
Can Wireless Broadband Routers Also Be Connected With Cables?
Forum we have 1 non wifi pc and 1 wireless laptop at home, and want to connect them both to the same cable broadband (blueyonder) modem.is this possible? if so, which would be the best/cheapest router to get?
[June 10, 2006, 12:33]
Can Wireless Broadband Routers Also Be Connected With Cables?
Forum we have 1 non wifi pc and 1 wireless laptop at home, and want to connect them both to the same cable broadband (blueyonder) modem.is this possible? if so, which would be the best/cheapest router to get?
[June 10, 2006, 12:39]
Big Screens, Cables And Quad-core Workstations
Blog Much excitement in the Reviews corner of the ZDNet office on Friday, when Dell delivered an enormous box containing its quad-core Xeon-based Precision 390 workstation. Another enormous box had some days earlier supplied the 30in.
[February 5, 2007, 11:03]
Rats Destroy London Comms?
Blog Chew your carpets, consume cheese, and, while they're at it, eat your cables. Apparently, rats chewed through underground data cables in More London, the stunning new office park overlooked by Ken Livingston's City Hall.
[June 12, 2007, 18:22]
Bluetooth, Its Applications And Problems
White Papers Bluetooth is a way of connecting machines to each other without cables or any other physical medium. Bluetooth technology allows for the replacement of the many proprietary cables that connect one device to another with one universal short-range...
[November 10, 2005, 23:00]
IBM Smoothes Out Server Connections
News IBM on Friday unveiled new technology that aims to simplify how servers are installed by cutting through the mess of connecting cables. Meanwhile, the technology uses standard cables to run between each server, which helps to lower cost some more...
[July 22, 2002, 10:01]
Ultrawideband In 2005, But Only In America
News Intel on Wednesday pledged to remove the cables cluttering up homes as it outlined its strategy to introduce a new generation of high-speed radio networking. Intel predicts that UWB will take over from cables wherever digital media needs to be...
[February 19, 2004, 8:45]
Bluetooth's Future Looking Rosier
News Bluetooth proponents see it as eliminating the cables now required to transfer data, for example, between a laptop or handheld and a printer. The wireless networking technology -- designed to replace cables that connect devices such as notebooks...
[December 17, 2001, 9:39]
Successful Test Of Audio Over CAT5
Blog I have just successfuly tested transmission of near-line-level audio over the cat5 cables I’ve recently finished installing. I bought some 2m green cat5 cables off of ebay, but rather than use them as normally intended I cut one of them into two...
[May 10, 2008, 20:37]
Currys £16.99 USB Cable Rip-off.
Blog Comment Environmentally speaking, I prefer to source cables as need be, excessive mark up is wrong though. I have lots of USB cables, true that with new standards I may not look upon it so favourably. First gen should have cables included.
[December 13, 2007, 15:43]
Anchor-draggers Cut Asia's Internet Pipe
News Internet traffic from Asia to the US has slowed to a snail's pace due to two impaired undersea cables. There appears to be a damage to some circuits on the China-US and [SEA-ME-WE cable which connects Germany to Japan] cables, about 30 km off...
[September 20, 2001, 14:18]
UK Firm Pushes Fibre Through The Sewers
News As the ground just below city streets becomes ever more jammed with cables of all types, it's becoming more difficult for network companies to find new pathways. Sewers are built in such a way that the channel is clear enough to allow the effluent...
[April 24, 2006, 11:30]
