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IBM NC Due For November UK Release
News Yesterday, IBM announced the Network Station, a 2.5-pound unit without hard disk , floppy drive, CD- ROM drive or monitor, and measuring just 8 x 10 x 1.25 inches. IBM claims that NCs will work out 50-75 per cent cheaper than PCs, and claims that...
[September 6, 1996, 15:40]
CeBIT: IBM Tackles Thin Client Confusion
News The company has quietly started selling a variant of its Network Station that doesn't require a separate Unix or NT server. For a small business or branch office, quick-on versions of the Network Station Model 300 are much easier to install, he said.
[March 19, 1999, 11:14]
A Year Ago: IBM Says Compaq NC Report Is Full Of Howlers
News IBM's Network Station people aren't too impressed by Compaq's recent statistics report rubbishing the NC category. It's one of the most confused pieces of research I've seen in some time," said Pete Jakob, marketing manager for the Network Station...
[January 22, 1999, 5:11]
National Semi Chips In To Develop IBM Thin Client
News IBM claimed a first on Wednesday with the launch of the Network Station Series 2200 thin client, using a highly integrated network-on-a-chip processor supplied by National Semiconductor. The two companies were busy launching the Network Station...
[September 9, 1999, 16:54]
US Report: Don't Pull The NC Plug Yet
News IBM's Network Station 1000--the closest hardware to Sun's JavaStation--currently lists at around $1,000 (£600). In addition to its recent deal with AOL and Netscape in which Sun and AOL will sell Netscape e-commerce software and collaborate on Java...
[December 2, 1998, 6:25]
3G Tech Gets Cheaper As Standardisation Takes Hold
News IDC's Worldwide Base Station Semiconductor 2004-2008 Forecast and Analysis indicates that after a few years of sluggish activity, network operators have started investing in their infrastructures and are using standardised products to help reduce...
[June 2, 2004, 17:35]
US Report: Sun Cuts NC Prices, Hopes JavaStation Will Shine
News IBM's Network Station 1000 -- the closest hardware to Sun's JavaStation -- currently has a list price of about £700 in the UK. In addition to its deal with AOL and Netscape -- in which Sun and AOL will sell Netscape e-commerce software and...
[December 5, 1998, 7:41]
Energy-Efficient Data Collection For Bluetooth-Based Sensor Networks
White Papers A wide range of sensor network applications deals with an issue often referred to as data collection: sensor nodes periodically transmit data to a base station. The base station analyzes incoming data for interesting events.
[September 20, 2005, 0:00]
Apple Tackles AirPort Extreme Flaw
News The second issue relates to AirPort Disk, a feature of which allows network users to share storage space on a USB disk connected to the base station. Apple on Monday released a software update that addresses a pair of security problems in the...
[April 10, 2007, 11:37]
Photos: WiMax In Action
News A multi-protocol iTone Prime gateway (blue and green, top) links the base station into the public switched telephone network via a soft switch (silver, bottom). At the heart of AS.MAX is the MacroMax base station.
[June 22, 2006, 11:50]
Motor Show: Digital One Unveils Launch Line-up
News At the core of the company's digital radio offerings, which go live Monday 15 November, are classic rock station Planet Rock and teenage chart channel Core, along with established stations Classic FM, Talk Radio and Virgin Radio.
[October 20, 1999, 9:41]
Frenchelon: First Pictures Of French Listening Post
News Below is the first-ever, exclusive picture of the main French satellite interception station, located near Bordeaux. This Sigint station at Domme targets satellites over the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
[June 30, 2000, 9:00]
Smart Cameras To Watch Over London Tube
News LU has been trialling the technology at Liverpool Street station during the past two months and is now evaluating the results with a network-wide rollout tipped to follow across the Tube's 6,000 CCTV cameras, which cover 95 per cent of stations.
[March 30, 2004, 10:15]
Wi-Fi 'Evil Twin' To Become Troublemaker
News BaseStation Clone (Evil Twin) intercept traffic -- An attacker can trick legitimate wireless clients to connect to the attacker's honeypot network by placing an unauthorised base station with a stronger signal within close proximity of the...
[January 20, 2005, 16:45]
Echelon: Sigint Under The Spotlight
News When training was complete, the first task assigned to the station was "to maintain and operate an Echelon site". Sugar Grove station The first station to be confirmed as part of Echelon was Sugar Grove, in West Virginia.
[June 30, 2000, 9:35]
Ericsson Takes Office Apps Mobile
News Installed in the customer office, it would double as a GSM station for the mobile network and an exchange for calls made within the office. Other enterprise products include a digital PBX, and a combined mobile/office phone service offered through...
[December 2, 2002, 8:02]
Mobile Broadband Speeds Explained
Blog First off, here's those maximum line rates vs the maximum possible user rates that can be attained after the basic overhead is subtracted (all in Mbps obviously) - and remember, this is assuming you're right next to the base station in perfect...
[May 13, 2008, 17:26]
IPWireless Launches 3G Mobile TV Technology
News Another contender for mobile phone TV was unveiled in London on Wednesday, when IPWireless demonstrated its TDtv system transmitting multiple channels over the air from a cellular base station. Much of the technology exists already, we're using a...
[January 18, 2006, 16:55]
WiMax: The Saviour Of Rural Broadband?
News One of the strongest selling points of WiMax over other broadband access technologies is its scalability -- one base station can support thousands of subscribers without lowering performance. You get up to 280Mbps per base station -- enough to...
[April 5, 2004, 16:15]
Ofcom Fights To Save Mobile-mast Website
News But they stopped providing data last year after the information commissioner ordered Ofcom to release information considered to be "commercially sensitive" about each mobile-phone base station and their grid references to Health Protection...
[October 4, 2007, 11:59]
