I am playing catch up with Cliffside, an Intel project to put WiFi in the personal area network disclosed at IDF Shanghai. Turns out this work and another effort (stay...

Continue reading "WiFi uber alles?"

Posted by Rick Merritt on May 28, 2008 08:31 PM in Computing

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Laird Technologies is donating $100,000 for relief efforts of the recent earthquake in Chengdu, China. In addition, individual company employees in China have donated over $35,000 in a grass roots...

Continue reading "When the global village burns"

Posted by Nic Mokhoff on May 27, 2008 01:05 PM in Consumer

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Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio has based his appeal on insider-trading charges on whether his refusal to work with the National Security Agency set him up for government retaliation....

Continue reading "Who Needs an NSA Invitation?"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on May 27, 2008 10:37 AM in Communications

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I spent a couple days researching GDDR5 for an EE Times story last week. From what I learned, here are a few quick and free from-the-hip predictions. Take them for...

Continue reading "The graphics forecast"

Posted by Rick Merritt on May 27, 2008 01:37 AM in Computing

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The PR engines are begining to crank up for the next generation of computer graphics chips from Advanced Micro Devices, Nvidia—and the new entrant Intel Corp....

Continue reading "Here come da GPUs"

Posted by Rick Merritt on May 19, 2008 02:58 PM in Computing

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Challenge X is in its fourth and final year competition in the race to convert a gasoline-based 2005 Chevrolet Equinox SUV into a hybrid vehicle....

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on May 16, 2008 06:31 PM in Consumer

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I had the pleasure of talking this morning with Bill Thigpen who oversees engineering for NASA's advanced supercomputer division at the Ames Research Center. He provided some solid perspective for...

Continue reading "Intel, SGI and NASA redux"

Posted by Rick Merritt on May 15, 2008 01:26 AM in Computing

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Asus and Lamborghini have co-branded the Asus-Lamborghini ZX1 PDA phone, which Asus says is born out of a passionate racing spirit, the pursuit for excellence in technological innovation and impeccable...

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on May 9, 2008 06:42 PM in Consumer

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No big surprise that Conexant sold off its powerline networking group today. Linking the dots on its future, it's not a big shocker HomePNA specialist CopperGate Communications was the buyer....

Continue reading "Musical chairs in home nets"

Posted by Rick Merritt on May 7, 2008 09:12 PM in Computing

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One of the most interesting debates at the March CTIA Wireless show was whether WiMax would become a primary path to 4G services, equal to Long-Term Evolution, or whether...

Continue reading "Can $14 Billion Change 4G?"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on May 7, 2008 10:44 AM in Communications

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The controversial H1-B visa program is back in the news following a settlement the U.S. Department of Justice struck with iGate Mastech, a computer consulting company that ran ads that...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on May 5, 2008 02:54 PM in Computing

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I'm sure your heard the one about sending a probe to the sun at night so that when it gets there it won't melt because the sun's not so hot...

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on May 3, 2008 04:14 AM in Consumer

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Jockeying for position in the home network circa 2010 will be a major consumer sport with the HomeGrid Forum jumping into the fray. The players all will want to position...

Continue reading "Waiting on Home Net 2010"

Posted by Rick Merritt on May 1, 2008 02:56 PM in Communications

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The exhibitor list for the recent Interop show in Las Vegas featured as many network equipment manufacturers as it has for the past 20 years. But peruse the workshops...

Continue reading "Infrastructure as Wallpaper"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on May 1, 2008 11:00 AM in Communications

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Masdar, a city in the largest emirate of the UAE Abu Dhabi on the Persian Gulf, is being created in collaboration with the Massachussetts Institute of Technology to house 50,000...

Continue reading "Utopian city on the Gulf"

Posted by Nic Mokhoff on May 1, 2008 09:46 AM in Consumer

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