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GlassesFree 3D HDTV Coming This Year

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Okay, your wishes have been heard and the display gods are going to give you what you asked for. Just remember that when you get it, I told you so. One of the big splashes at CES 2012 was the unveiling of Toshiba’s monster 55″ 3D HDTV, and to the breathless adoration of the technology [...]

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Look Ma No Box

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One of the most curious developments to come out of CES 2012 for the television industry was the announcement from DIRECTV and Samsung. The two companies are going to partner by building set-top box functionality into a line of Samsung Smart TVs. This becomes curiouser when you add the fact that Verizon and LG made [...]

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175 Million Broadband Connections by 2014 Best Media Info

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IANS 175 million broadband connections by 2014Best Media Info“India will have 175 million broadband connections by 2014,” said R Chandrasekhar, Secretary, DoT and DIT & Chairman Telecom Commission, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology at the launch of a report titled India: The Impact of ...Report ties GDP to broadband coverageLivemintInternet penetration to boost India's [...]

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Nawras Offers 50pc Discount on Home Broadband Products

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Nawras offers 50pc discount on home broadband products 26 July 2010 MUSCAT -- Nawras last week opened its doors to customers with the launch of its new broadband Internet and voice packages. Read more on Zawya Tags: broadband products, home broadband, Products, Nawras, 50pc

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Join the Broadband Crusade East Anglian Daily Times

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East Anglian Daily Times Join the broadband crusadeEast Anglian Daily TimesThe authority is looking for more households to register their support to extend broadband coverage across the county – and prevent the digital divide becoming even greater. At present the speed of internet connection in Suffolk varies hugely. ... and more& » Read the full [...]

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UVerse Service Faced Delays Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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U-Verse service faced delaysMilwaukee Journal SentinelBy Rick Barrett of the Journal Sentinel Some AT&T customers have waited longer than expected for U-verse broadband service to be turned on because of an equipment shortage, the company has confirmed. U-verse modems were on back order from Motorola Co., ...AT&T ENHANCES MOBILE BROADBAND COVERAGE AT MAYFAIRWauwatosa Now all [...]

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The World Watches Less TV

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Brace yourself. According to a new report by Accenture, the number of consumers watching broadcast or cable TV in 2011 in an average week was just 48%. That number is down from 71% just two years earlier in 2009. (The survey includes an international sample, drawing data from the United States, France, Japan, China, and [...]

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And for Great Deals on HDTVs, Shop Dell?

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Sure, anyone who works with computers is familar with Dell, the company that built an empire based on online shopping for desktops and notebooks. (They even managed to make us forget Gateway, with their spotted-cow shipping boxes, which is now part of Acer.) But would you think of Dell for your next HDTV? You might [...]

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The FCC Changes What Broadband Is

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The FCC Changes What Broadband Is The FCC has just changed their definition of broadband Internet (via IntoMobile). Now broadband is 4 megabits per second download speed and 1 megabit per second upload speed. By this definition, roughly 24 million people do not have access to broadband Int... Read more on I4U Tags: Read, broadband, [...]

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AT&T Expands Wi-Fi Hotzone Pilot Project to Additional Cities

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AT&T Expands Wi-Fi Hotzone Pilot Project to Additional Cities AT&T* today announced it has created an AT&T Wi-Fi hotzone in downtown Charlotte, N.C. to enhance the mobile broadband experience for AT&T customers. The large outdoor Wi-Fi hotzone provides coverage along South Brevard Street from the area around the NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza to East [...]

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Avaya Leverages Nortel With Latest UC Offerings

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Avaya officials are following through on promises to aggressively integrate technologies acquired from Nortel to build up its enterprise communications offerings. The newest UC and contact center offerings are the latest examples. - When Avaya officials last year announced their intention to buy struggling Nortel Networks enterprise business for $915 million, both they and some [...]

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Vox Targets Rural South Africa With Broadband Business Day Says Bloomberg

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Vox Targets Rural South Africa With Broadband, Business Day SaysBloombergVox Telecom Ltd. (VIX) plans to offer low- cost Internet broadband services to remote areas not covered by traditional telecommunications infrastructure using a satellite to be launched by Yahsat next month, Business Day reported, citing Vox product ... Read the full story: Vox Targets Rural South [...]

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A True LED HDTV

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One of the most interesting stories to come out of CES 2012 is about a pair of technology demonstration displays that were tucked away in the Sony booth. Labeled “CrystalLED”, these 55″ HDTV panels were quite different from any other display that has been marketed as an “LED HDTV” in recent years. These panels actually [...]

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Government Looks to Spark Homebased Business Surge With National Telework Week StartupSmart

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BigPond News Government looks to spark home-based business surge with National Telework WeekStartupSmartBy Michelle Hammond The Federal Government will stage National Telework Week in November in a bid to highlight the benefits of working from home, on the back of the National Broadband Network rollout. National Telework Week, initiated by the government ...Telework push to [...]

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Broadband Project Hits Temporary Snag Columbia County News Times

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Broadband project hits temporary snagColumbia County News TimesBy From Staff Reports Twitter @ColumbiaCounty The federally funded project to expand broadband access throughout Columbia County hit a snag recently when bids for work on the latest portion came in far higher than budgeted. Phase 6 of the project, ... Read the full story: Broadband project hits [...]

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“Dragon TV” Will Let You Talk to Your HDTV

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Okay, before I get to my point, I have to stage a little hissy fit that is related to the topic. The topic is the news that Nuance has announced “Dragon TV” which will let future televisions understand your spoken command. And an enormous number of my colleagues in the technical press have written about [...]

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Allocating Broadband for Maximal Innovation Innovation Excellence Blog

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Allocating Broadband for Maximal InnovationInnovation Excellence (blog)Will investing additional broadband resources in university towns create new inventions that ultimately create high-value jobs? According to last week's op-ed piece by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, the answer is yes. ... Read the full story: Allocating Broadband for Maximal Innovation - Innovation Excellence (blog) Tags: New [...]

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Avaya Brings Mobility to IP Office 8.0 UC Solution

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Avaya is offering a mobile app to Android devices that will enable users to manage and run conferences from their mobile phones. Support for Apple iPhones will soon follow. - Avaya is bringing its unified communications capabilities for smaller businesses to the mobile world. The company is rolling out a mobile application for its Avaya [...]

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Taiwan Broadband Speeds Lag Far Behind World's Average AsiaOne

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AsiaOne Taiwan broadband speeds lag far behind world's averageAsiaOneTaiwanese net-surfers often rightly complain about the slow broadband service. According to a survey conducted by the Consumers' Foundation, Taiwan's average download speed is 13 Mbps, and 2.7 Mbps for upload. This lags behind the world's average of ...Taiwan broadband speeds lag far behind world's average: CFChina [...]

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Five Rings in 3D

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Yup, sales of 3DTVs have been lower than what some people have predicted, or that what manufacturers had hoped for. The reason is not the goofy glasses or the high prices. You now pay little more to get 3D support in a television, and people are just fine with wearing the glasses in the local [...]

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