Cisco braced for torrent of smart-meter data
News The tech giant is developing a suite of smart-grid products designed to add networking smarts to the existing grid, including routers for substations and home energy-monitoring systems. But a large chunk of the $20bn (£12bn) per year in smart-grid...
[July 29, 2009, 13:17]
Smart meters promised for UK homes by 2020
News Smart meters utilise machine-to-machine comms to enable the real-time transmission of gas and electricity meter readings to the utility — meaning companies don't need to send out staff to check meters manually.
[May 12, 2009, 11:34]
Smart Metering for Electric and Gas Utilities
White Papers Some jurisdictions have meter regulations that make it impractical to use a single meter for both gas and electricity. Removing those restrictions can increase the use of smart metering for gas and electric utilities.
[October 19, 2009, 14:14]
Cisco details plans to join 'smart grid' revolution
News But in other cases, such as home networks and smart-meter security, Cisco is developing new products, said Marie Hattar, vice president of marketing in Cisco's Network Systems Solutions group. Not all smart-meter companies use IP to communicate...
[May 19, 2009, 8:32]
iLife '04 review
Reviews There's also a meter that keeps track of how much space is available on your hard drive to work with. A handy Resource meter also keeps track of how much space is left on the disc you're burning to. In addition are Smart Albums, which operate in a...
[February 27, 2004, 14:00]
Smart Energy Distribution Management Systems: Powerful, Intelligent Solutions for the Next-Generation Distribution Utility
White Papers Encompassing a wide range of advanced capabilities - including Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI), demand response, Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA), capacitor bank control, and automated feeder switching - these systems provide...
[September 25, 2009, 2:16]
Online Meter XP
Downloads It also have the facility to view device statistic, bandwidth meter, and export report to MS Excel and CSV format. It's smart detection system will detect online network devices and record the time and traffic then calculate the connection price.
[September 25, 2006, 11:39]
yesBRAINER - mindTrainer
Downloads A very simple, clever game to meter your brain muscle power. Do you know any smart people around? Test them, too, whether they're really as smart as they think! Probably one of the simplest games you've ever played.
[May 14, 2007, 8:00]
HandDee GTuner (UIQ) chromatic guitar tuner
Downloads Its dynamic length and color scheme with smooth fading combine to facilitate real-time string adjustment with unsurpassed ease.Features:Handy, light and small size for musical instrument tuning by using Symbian phones.Note and Hertz digital...
[November 20, 2003, 6:00]
HandDee GTuner guitar tuner S60
Downloads Its dynamic length and color scheme with smooth fading combine to facilitate real-time string adjustment with unsurpassed ease.Features:Handy, light and small size for musical instrument tuning by using Symbian phones.Note and Hertz digital...
[October 13, 2004, 7:00]
Electrical Converter + Free Desktop Edition
Downloads The user-friendly interface will enable even first-time users to rapidly perform all their necessary conversions.Electrical Converter comes with an intuitive interface with a Single and Multiple conversion mode.Single Mode: With an active auto Num...
[November 3, 2005, 6:00]
Essential Converter 2003+ Free Desktop Edition
Downloads Essential converter comes with an intuitive interface with a Single and Multiple conversion mode.Single Mode: With an active auto Num keypad just selects the value to be converted, and correspondingly the result is displayed.Reverse value displays...
[August 13, 2005, 8:00]
Intel seeds five energy start-ups with $10m
News The company has licensed its WiMax smart meter design to General Electric, which is testing it with utilities. Intel participated in a series C round for Grid Net, which makes network-management software for utilities to manage energy flow to...
[July 30, 2009, 12:10]
Microsoft shakes up Hohm improvement
News Two smart meter vendors — Itron and Landis+Gyr — are also partnering with Microsoft to provide more detailed information. As part of their smart-grid programs, some utilities are also testing what are called demand-response programs where, with a...
[June 25, 2009, 16:56]
Behind the scenes at chip firm NXP
News The smart meter is at the bottom right of this device, which can provide two-way monitoring of electricity consumed and of energy sold back to the grid. Vogel said that offences ranged from burrowing into the physical electrical infrastructure, to...
[July 10, 2009, 11:39]
SplashID for BlackBerry
Downloads Enhanced security - AES and Blowfish encryption, auto lockout after 10 failed attempts, password strength meter, and password hint option Desktop web browser plugin with web form autofill (Safari and Internet Explorer) Attach files to records for...
[June 23, 2006, 7:00]
Simputer 'not just a poor man's PC'
News And in Singapore, restaurant waiters are using Simputers as wireless order-taking terminals, while in Malaysia, gas meter readers use it to capture customers' gas usage. The drivers' smart-chip ID cards are read through a built-in slot on the...
[November 6, 2003, 11:00]
Inside a notebook battery pack review
Reviews Many lithium ion packs have a built-in meter consisting of a row of LEDs and a button. Many dangerous situations are avoided by the internal geometry of the cells and smart support electronics -- there's far more to modern battery design than you...
[August 17, 2006, 13:20]
Google PowerMeter hits the UK
News The energy company has 30,000 UK subscribers to its smart meter service, according to Google. Alternatively, homeowners can switch to energy company First Utility, which supplies customers with free smart meters but will not provide the full Google...
[October 30, 2009, 15:05]
ViewSonic airpanel V110 review
Reviews This you do by tapping the Settings icon located on the dashboard, and dragging the bar across the brightness meter. Once setup is complete, up pops the airpanel V110's dashboard (Microsoft's term for a welcome screen), which shows the list of...
[February 10, 2003, 13:56]



