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Article | 27/01/2011 Enterprise IPv6 address planning considerations
With interest in IPv6 accelerating and adoption heating up more attention is being paid to address planning, but where do you start?
Article | 25/01/2011 Five ways to speed up your home network
Maybe you're tired of paying the cable company and want to get your movies and other entertainment from the Web. Naturally you'll want to watch those ...
Article | 25/01/2011 DNLA software push for home networks
The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has been busy certifying hardware, with more than 9,000 consumer electronics products receiving its stamp o...
Article | 25/01/2011 Huawei sues Motorola for IP infringement
Chinese telecommunications technology vendor Huawei Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions, accusing the co...
Article | 21/01/2011 Wi-Fi Direct still finding its stride
Wi-Fi Direct is still scarce in announced or shipping products, but it would be wrong to reach a gloomy conclusion about the new peer-to-peer technolo...
Article | 20/01/2011 Yahoo IPv6 upgrade could shut out 1 million Internet users
Yahoo is forging ahead with a move to IPv6 on its main Web site by year-end despite worries that up to 1 million Internet users may be unable to acces...
Article | 19/01/2011 The IETF at 25: Unfinished business
As I write this, the IETF has been around for 25 years and a few hours. The first meeting started at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, 1986, in San Diego w...
Article | 18/01/2011 DoCoMo's LTE is quick, but quickly disappoints
NTT DoCoMo's LTE (Long-Term Evolution) data network, launched in three of Japan's biggest cities on Dec. 24, promises speeds of up to ten times those ...
Article | 17/01/2011 Wi-Fi network designed to tackle Sundance crowds
When the annual Sundance Film Festival lands in Park City, Utah, the movers and shakers of Hollywood demand a lot more wireless capacity than the moun...
Article | 13/01/2011 Facebook, Google, Yahoo commit to 'World IPv6 Day' trial
Several of the Internet's most popular Web sites - including Facebook, Google and Yahoo - have agreed to participate in the first global-scale trial o...
Article | 13/01/2011 MIT pioneers ad hoc network-bottleneck breaker
Two researchers may have found a way to greatly reduce traffic bottlenecks that could take place in ad hoc networks. Such work may be essential for th...
Article | 11/01/2011 Cloud computing used to hack wireless passwords
German security researcher Thomas Roth has found an innovative use for cloud computing: cracking wireless networks that rely on pre-shared key passphr...
Article | 10/01/2011 WiMax update set for go-ahead this year
A faster, more secure and energy-efficient update to the WiMax wireless Internet standard will get final approval and see commercialization within a y...
Article | 7/01/2011 Cisco unveils Internet TV and more at CES
Cisco this week unveiled a suite of video products designed to combine digital TV, online content, social media and other communications applications ...
Article | 7/01/2011 T-Mobile: 4G speeds will double this year
T-Mobile announced Thursday that it plans to double the speed of its HSPA+ networks and unveiled a line-up of new 4G products including tablets and ph...
Article | 7/01/2011 Skype buys Qik mobile video streaming service
Skype has acquired Qik, the mobile-to-mobile video streaming service, as part of an effort to expand its voice and video calling service beyond PCs an...
Article | 6/01/2011 LG to show off Wi-Fi Direct on upcoming smartphone
Wi-Fi Direct, a wireless LAN mode that doesn't require a hotspot, is starting to emerge in handsets and will be demonstrated on an LG Electronics smar...
Article | 6/01/2011 Qualcomm to acquire Wi-Fi specialist Atheros
Qualcomm has entered into an agreement to purchase chip maker Atheros for $US3.1 billion, or $45 per share, in cash, the company said on Wednesday.
Article | 5/01/2011 Qualcomm reportedly close to buying Atheros
Wireless technology provider Qualcomm is in advanced talks to acquire Atheros Communications, a major vendor of Wi-Fi chips, according to news reports...
Article | 4/01/2011 Skype still operating in China despite reports of ban
Skype and other Internet phone services continue to operate in China days after media reports said the country's government was cracking down on them.

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