Stories about: Bell Labs

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    Alcatel claims new optical network speed 29/09/2009 06:50:00

    Alcatel-Lucent researchers said they have figured out how to multiply the speed of the fastest undersea cables by a factor of 10, an achievement that someday could send the contents of 400 DVDs hurtling from Paris to Chicago in one second.
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    Deadline closes for Nortel enterprise sale 09/09/2009 04:18:00

    Avaya may be competing against other suitors in its efforts to acquire the enterprise assets of Nortel Networks, published reports indicate.
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    Unix turns 40: The past, present and future of the OS 28/07/2009 01:27:00

    Forty years ago this summer, a programmer sat down and knocked out in one month what would become one of the most important pieces of software ever created.
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    Research could instantly wake shut-down laptops 30/04/2009 05:05:00

    Researchers have developed a technology that could allow laptops to wake up instantly from a shut-down state without draining battery life the way sleep states do.
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    Morris worm turns 20: Look what it's done 03/11/2008 07:57:00

    The Internet will mark an infamous anniversary on Sunday, when the Morris worm turns 20.
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    US innovation: On the skids 23/10/2008 09:35:00

    It would be hard to exaggerate the angst that has gripped the US in recent months as the election nears, markets churn and assets melt. But the headlines that have made us dread picking up the newspaper mask a long-term problem that may shape the future of America more than John McCain's plan for Iraq, Barack Obama's health care ideas or Uncle Sam's heroic efforts to rescue the economy.
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    Firewall pioneer wanted a 'super-secure' blogging service ... so he's built his own 07/08/2008 10:29:22

    Bill Cheswick -- best known for writing "Firewalls and Internet Security" in 1994 and his earlier work at Bell Labs -- doesn't want to let commercial blogging software within hacking distance of his hardened Web server. A self-described Apple fanboy, Cheswick does want to host his own blogs, however, one about his job as lead member of the technical staff at AT&T Research and another about personal stuff, "if I can tell the difference."
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    History lesson: The origins of wiki, blog and other high-tech lingo 27/06/2008 10:08:00

    Though sometimes it's hard to pin down exactly who deserves the credit — or blame — here's a shot a some of the more familiar terms.
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: C++ 25/06/2008 21:50:00

    Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. Previously we have spoken to Alfred v. Aho of AWK fame, S. Tucker Taft on the Ada 1995 and 2005 revisions, Microsoft about its server-side script engine ASP, and Chet Ramey about his experience maintaining Bash. We have also spoken to Charles H. Moore about Forth. In this interview, we chat to Bjarne Stroustrup of C++ fame about the design and development of C++, garbage collection and the role of facial hair in successful programming languages.
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    The origins of high-tech's made-up lingo 25/06/2008 08:38:29

    Technology we take for granted today was new not so long ago, and somebody had to name it. Though sometimes it's hard to pin down exactly who deserves credit -- or blame -- here's a shot a some of the more familiar ones.
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    Five hot -- and cool -- storage technologies 16/06/2008 11:09:57

    Down economy or not, the growing appetite for enterprise data storage won't be sated anytime soon, if ever. The rise of data-heavy multimedia files, new customer touchpoints, evolving reporting and compliance standards and other trends are contributing to near exponential growth rates in the amount of data created and stored in the digital universe.
 
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