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  • Apple unveils new iPod touch, with high-res screen

    Apple today unveiled its newest iPod Touch, in effect a Wi-Fi version of the iPhone. Like the iPhone 4, the newest iPod touch features iOS 4.1 and A4 processor, the same high-resolution touch display, FaceTime video chat, and high definition video recording.

    Written by John Cox02 Sept. 10 07:12
  • 6 useful Wi-Fi tools for Windows

    We live in a mobile world; if you have a laptop (and who doesn't?), that means constantly connecting to the Internet via Wi-Fi. You most likely use Wi-Fi not just when you're on the road at cafés, airports or hotels, but to connect to your home network too. You might even connect to a wireless network at the office.

    Written by Preston Gralla02 Sept. 10 04:16
  • Clearwire launches pay-as-you-go 4G

    Clearwire is now offering a 4G mobile hotspot that can give users access to its WiMAX network without signing a contract.

    Written by Brad Reed01 Sept. 10 05:51
  • Bluesocket unveils virtual Wi-Fi controller on VMware

    Bluesocket is offering its rebuilt enterprise Wi-Fi controller software on virtual machine platforms, the first one being VMware. The company will port the code for other hypervisor platforms in the future.

    Written by John Cox01 Sept. 10 05:51
  • Xsigo gives Ethernet a path into converged I/O

    I/O virtualization vendor Xsigo Systems is tapping into the most ubiquitous network connections around, offering an appliance that lets enterprises carve many virtual links out of the Gigabit Ethernet or 10-Gigabit Ethernet port built into a server.

    Written by Stephen Lawson01 Sept. 10 05:09
  • Skype launches Skype Connect for businesses

    Skype has launched a Session Initiation Protocol-based voice service for businesses that integrates free and low-cost calling into corporate IP PBXs, providing an opportunity to add voice features to corporate Web sites and to cut back on some phone expenses.

    Written by Tim Greene31 Aug. 10 08:15
  • Cisco patches bug that crashed 1 percent of Internet

    Cisco has fixed a bug in its IOS (Internetwork Operating System) router software that contributed to a brief Internet blackout last week, thought to have affected about 1 percent of the Internet.

    Written by Robert McMillan31 Aug. 10 07:24
  • Sierra Wireless readies HSPA+ modules for laptops

    Sierra Wireless on Monday announced the AirPrime MC8801, a module that will allow makers of laptops, netbooks and tablets to integrate mobile broadband using HSPA+ (High-Speed Packet Access) at download speeds up to 42M bps (bits per second) into their products.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs31 Aug. 10 03:50
  • Purdue app slows servers when cooling fails

    While chip manufacturers continue to make their processors ever more powerful, at least one customer has found it useful to slow these chips down, at least long enough to keep them running when the data center air conditioning falters.

    Written by Joab Jackson30 Aug. 10 05:50
  • Microsoft's big Bing theory targets Google

    With Microsoft and Yahoo officially teaming up in the search market this week, it's time to wait and see if this move could eat into Google's hearty lead over its top opponents.

    Written by Sharon Gaudin26 Aug. 10 20:05
  • US FTC drops P2P file sharing probe of LimeWire

    In a rare break for LimeWire, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week decided to drop its investigation into the embattled software company's controversial Peer-to-Peer file sharing software.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan27 Aug. 10 04:39
  • HP acquires automation vendor Stratavia

    HP has acquired Stratavia, which makes <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100307-stratavia-data-center-automation.html">database and application automation software</a>, for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced today.

    Written by Ann Bednarz27 Aug. 10 01:33
  • Brocade suit alleges A10 copied Foundry

    Brocade Communications claims in a suit filed earlier this month that the founder of A10 Networks improperly used trade secrets and recruited top employees in order to build application delivery products that competed with those offered by Brocade.

    Written by Stephen Lawson26 Aug. 10 10:15
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