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04/10/2012
How The Internet’s Architecture Got Its Hourglass Shape
In the natural world, species that share the same ecosystem often compete for resources, resulting in the extinction of weaker competitors. A new computer model that describes the evolution of the Internet’s architecture suggests something similar has happened among the layers of protocols that have survived – and become extinct – on the worldwide network. […]
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04/10/2012
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04/09/2012
Why Digital Return Tech Could Top Analog Soon
According to optical-transport provider Aurora Networks Inc., digital return technology is “visibly becoming cable operators’ solution of choice to meet the increasing upstream demands for today and tomorrow.” Aurora based its opinion on collected industry data, predicting that, by 2014, the annual deployment of digital return technology will surpass that of analog. “Driven by today’s […]
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04/09/2012
MultiStreamer Adds More 'Multi'
DVEO, the San Diego-based broadcast division of Computer Modules Inc., says its real-time, broadcast-quality MultiStreamer streamers now are available in all major video formats and in five different system configurations. To be featured in the company’s booth at next week’s NAB Show, DVEO’s MultiStreamer encoders create multiple simultaneous high-, medium- and low-bitrate IP streams and […]
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04/09/2012
FCC Tackles Cramming, Auctions, USF This Month
At its April 27 open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote on the following items of interest: >> Billing for Unauthorized Charges (“Cramming”) Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: The agency will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that protects consumers by adopting and […]
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04/09/2012
Streaming Server Hardware Engine Cuts Space, Energy
NPEngine, dubbed by its developer as the world’s first hardware engine for streaming servers that directly delivers video content from SSD to IP networks without accessing the server’s CPU or memory resources, will be demonstrated by Toshiba Corporation at the NAB Show next week. According to the Tokyo-based company, its NPEngine “can simultaneously deliver up […]