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Juniper Research forecasts mobile WiMAX will replace up to 12 percent of the global DSL installed base by 2013, lead by the Far East with more than one-fifth of the 47 million subscribers in 2013.
According to report author Howard Wilcox: “WiMAX will be an attractive offer in areas where there are no wired networks, and [...]
The UK government is spending £1m to develop technologies to boost future broadband speeds.
The money is being spent on research that could boost browsing speeds to between 1 and 10 gigabits per second.
The technologies being researched are all to do with broadband delivered by fibre-optic cables.
Some of the 13 projects being funded aim to make [...]
by John C. Dvorak
According to a study done by the BBI Norwegian School of Management, those who freely download music from file-sharing sites and elsewhere buy ten times more music (yes, they actually pay for it) than people who do not participate in file-sharing systems. In fact, the figure that the report cites for [...]
The most pirated acts are likely to be the most popular, finds the study
File-sharing sites help make popular acts more popular, finds a study.
The research, by industry body PRS for Music, showed the most pirated pop songs tend to be those at the top of the music charts.
There was little evidence that file-sharing [...]
by Chloe Albanesius
Already thinking about the perfect holiday gift for the software enthusiast in your life? Put Windows 7 on that list – Microsoft confirmed Monday that the latest iteration of its operating system will be officially available for the holiday rush, assuming everything goes according to plan.
By Darren Waters
Technology editor, BBC News website
ISPs could soon be asked to monitor the online activities of their users
Persistent illegal file-sharers should be cut off from the net, an alliance of UK creative industries will tell the government later.
The alliance wants the government to force internet service providers [...]
The latest car in contention to become the world’s fastest supercar is the Maxximus G-Force (pictured), which has a 0-60mph of 2.1 seconds, making it faster than the current 0-60mph record of 2.46 seconds, held by the Bugatti Veyron. The G-Force’s creators are also claiming it has the world’s fastest top speed, though they’re yet [...]
by Himanshu Bhatt and Opalyn Mok
GEORGE TOWN (March 18, 2009) : Computer giant Dell is reducing its global workforce, including the 5,000 workers at its plants in Malaysia.
A company spokesman said a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) offer has been made across the board to its operations here. Dell has three Malaysian centres, comprising two manufacturing [...]
Check out here what Angelina Jolie is doing in her latest movie.
Peter Capella I AFP [...]
