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Article | 20/10/2010 How 'smart antennas' could boost Wi-Fi performance
We've all had the problem of going into a crowded Starbucks and suffering through a substandard Wi-Fi signal, most likely caused by too few access poi...
Article | 20/10/2010 UK lags world in new broadband league table
The UK is falling slowly but surely down the global league table for broadband, and is particularly weak in improving upload performance, a new Cisco-...
Article | 20/10/2010 Global survey predicts 'death of the office'
The office workplace that has dominated business since the 19th Century is dying and most employees would be quite happy not to work in it, a global s...
Article | 20/10/2010 AT&T, Verizon promote iPads and Galaxy tablets
CHICAGO -- Tablets computers are bound to be big sellers, and the two largest U.S. wireless carriers are getting ready to embrace that trend with reta...
Article | 19/10/2010 Gap between IPv4 depletion, IPv6 adoption widens
With the Internet's largest-ever upgrade looming, network operators are using up address space based on the current standard -- known as IPv4 -- much ...
Article | 19/10/2010 Gartner: Enterprise IT spending to hit $2.5 trillion in 2011
Worldwide enterprise IT spending will rise from $2.38 trillion this year to $2.46 trillion in 2011, a 3.1 per cent increase, the research firm Gartner...
Article | 19/10/2010 Wi-Fi, smart antennas power new carrier gear from Ruckus Wireless
At 4G World this week, Ruckus Wireless is announcing new 802.11n Wi-Fi products aimed at wireless network operators, for indoor and outdoor coverage t...
Article | 18/10/2010 Proxim looks to fill 'backhaul' demand for 4G wireless networks
As users demand faster WiMax and LTE wireless networks and devices, wireless carriers must vastly expand the network infrastructure that carries data ...
Article | 19/10/2010 YouTube, e-discovery software among tech tools for war crime investigators
War crimes -- brutal genocide, mass executions, ethnic cleansing, torture -- have spurred international efforts by the United Nations to investigate a...
Article | 19/10/2010 In-flight Wi-Fi turbulence: Travellers reluctant to pay
In 2008, the number of commercial aircraft that offered in-flight Wi-Fi service totaled just 25, according to market researcher In-Stat. By the end of...
Article | 16/10/2010 AT&T offers wireless discounts to business customers for iPad + 3G models
AT&T announced Friday that it will sell all three iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models directly to business customers at a discount for wireless service startin...
Article | 16/10/2010 AT&T wants your business’s iPad business
AT&T isn’t just going to make the Apple iPad available in retail stores on Oct. 28, as it announced yesterday. It’s also going to start selling the p...
Article | 16/10/2010 Gartner: Nearly 20 million tablets to be sold in 2010
Gartner estimates worldwide sales of iPads and other tablets will total 19.5 million units this year and nearly triple that number next year as the de...
Article | 15/10/2010 Tech hiring up almost 50 per cent since 2009, Dice says
The number of available full-time tech jobs has increased 46 per cent in the past year, and contractors' hourly rates are rising as companies seek way...
Article | 15/10/2010 Aruba strengthens Wi-Fi network software
The new version of Aruba Networks' Wi-Fi network software includes code to improve voice and video performance, automatically identify non-Wi-Fi radio...