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Intel adds mileage to Wi-Fi

News A standard Wi-Fi antenna broadcasts its signal in a 360-degree circle. Creating a direct signal isn't easy. The antennas need to be precisely aligned with one another, and physical objects that get between the two can interfere with the signal.

28 March 2007, 10:29

How do you get ratings for mobile TV?

News For the last year and half, Nielsen has been distributing detectors that can 'hear' this signal to some members of its audience panels. By comparing the time encoded in the signal with the actual clock time, the company can now tell whether those...

13 December 2005, 10:59

Photos: Busting up a PlayStation

News According to a forum post on nfggames.com, the Sony CXM4015R chip converts the raw video signal from the CPU/GPU into RGB video. As part of the signal processing, the chip handles the MacroVision (copy protection) mixing and Sync-On-Green...

Tags: ports, post, chip, cable

1 February 2008, 9:53

These walls (and teddy bears) have eyes

News In this system, a Wi-Fi base station times how long it takes a signal to reach a laptop and for the laptop to send back a return signal. The person holding the notebook, he added, can also cut off the tracking signal and still get Internet access...

10 June 2005, 9:35

ICANN to lift price caps on .net domains

News It's a move that may signal ICANN's intent to get out of the business of regulating domain-name pricing," noted Internet services firm Netcraft. Owners of .net Web addresses may face higher registry fees in the future -- but not until 2007.

11 July 2005, 10:27

Wi-Fi dips in Christmas festivities

News Though rarely considered in past years, a well-dressed Christmas tree and some decorations hung around the office could diminish the strength of a business' Wi-Fi signal by as much as 35 per cent. And that drop could be the difference between a...

7 December 2006, 9:40

Media gurus threatened by user content

News User-generated content is one of the media and entertainment industry's biggest threats according to a survey -- a signal that some established businesses are struggling to cope with some of the Web 2.0 trends.

18 April 2007, 9:36

Virgin Trains may opt for WiMax

News The WiMax signal would in turn be relayed to Wi-Fi access points on the trains to provide seamless connectivity for passengers even in tunnels or underground. Travellers on Virgin Trains' West Coast line may soon be getting Wi-Fi access with WiMax...

22 September 2006, 10:21

Will RFID-guided robots rule the world?

News Take a closer look and you'll see the children wearing small electronic devices, tiny radio transmitters that signal the bot when the kids wander out of safe range. Picture a typical playground. It's a sunny day and kids are playing tag, kicking a...

11 July 2005, 11:11

UK still divided in the digital world

News Crucial to driving an awareness of digital communications among these groups is television and, although the message is starting to get through that digital television will soon be a necessity for those who want to watch once the analogue signal...

2 June 2006, 9:17

News.blog: Slingbox runs on Origami

News The Slingbox turns your home TV signal into an Internet stream. Die-hard football fans and TV junkies will have another option for watching their team or favourite TV show while on the road. On Thursday, Sling Media, the maker of the Slingbox, a...

10 March 2006, 9:55

Photos: Top ten holiday gadgets

News The Slingbox plugs into your TV, satellite receiver or set-top box and uses your broadband connection to pipe the TV signal over the Web, where it can be viewed on a computer using special software. Summer holidays are supposed to be about getting...

26 July 2006, 10:55

Ofcom officially okays ultra-wideband

News UWB connects devices at up to 2Gbps and with a theoretical range of about 30m by spreading an extremely low-power signal across a very wide range of frequencies. Home-communications devices using ultra-wideband wireless technology can be used...

Tags: range, devices, commission, frequencies

13 August 2007, 9:15

Spymac gives away 1GB of email storage

News The launch could signal changes to the free email business Yahoo and Microsoft's Hotmail dominate. Spymac, a Web hosting company for Macintosh aficionados, is giving away email accounts that come with 1 gigabyte of storage, mimicking a move that...

6 April 2004, 9:10

Samsung to unveil world's largest LCD

News The video signal is reproduced at 120Hz, compared with the 60Hz offered by conventional high-definition LCD panels, enabling "rapidly moving video images to be reproduced with crystal clarity", the company said on Monday.

22 August 2006, 10:03