FCC Cancels Free Internet Vote (Monday 15th of December 2008 05:30:01 PM)
Earlier this year we discussed a proffer from the FCC which would have compulsion winning
bidders for a portion of the cellular phone visible visible radio-frequency spectrum to use
some of that bandwidth for free but intranet should be lowercase; micro* ...
(more)FCC Report Supports Use of White Spaces For Wireless (Sunday 12th of October 2008 06:00:01 PM)
After the FCC's tests be conspicuous early last month, andy1307 submits word of the FCC's
report (released Friday), writing that "the major telcos disagree with the FCC's report that
concluded that using white spaces to provide free digital tinkle the ...
(more)Bigger, Cheaper Solar Cells (Saturday 09th of August 2008 06:45:02 PM)
Phenombecile800 writes "First Solar, a start-up from Arizona, is making photovoltaic cells at a
segment of the usual cost. Their secret: increasing the light-catching area 'from postage-stamp
to traffic-sign dimensions,' reducing the manufacturing time ...
(more)Google Sky Now Available Through Your Browser (Sunday 16th of March 2008 06:45:03 PM)
Ars Technica brings word that Google Sky, formerly only available as an extension of the Google
Earth software, is now accessible through your web browser. The menu-driven interface of Google
Sky is quite similar to that of Google Maps, complete with ...
(more)Aftermath of Distant Planetary Collision? (Saturday 19th of January 2008 09:30:04 PM)
Gazurtoid writes "Astrobiology monthly is reporting that astronomers have announced a mystery
object orbiting the 8-million-year-old brown dwarf 2M1207 170 light-years from Earth might have
formed from the collision and merger of two protoplanets. The ...
(more)The $10 Billion Poker Game Begins (Tuesday 04th of December 2007 10:45:04 PM)
Hugh Pickens writes "Monday was the deadline for abeyant bidders to file with the Federal
Communications Commission over the auction of the 700-megahertz band, a useful swath of the
electromagnetic visible visible electromagnetic spectrum that is being ...
(more)Terabit-Per-Second Class Connections over FTTH (Sunday 18th of November 2007 05:15:03 AM)
Big Fat Dave writes "Thanks to probing from Japan's Tohoku University, an article at Tech.co.uk
wonders if someday the megabit and gigabit classes of net connections will join kilobits in the
'antique tech' bin. By doing some advanced mathematics and ...
(more)Ohio Net Censorship Law Struck Down (Saturday 29th of September 2007 01:45:03 AM)
Rfc1394 writes "C|Net reports that a federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a
portion of an Ohio statute which attempted to prevent minors from seeing material which would
be 'harmful' to them, but was so overbroad that it would have covered ...
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