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11/01/2011
President Nominates a Republican and a Democrat to FCC
President Obama nominated two new commissioners for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to replace the departed Meredith Attwell Baker and Michael Copps, who will depart this year. The nominees are both lawyers with FCC experience: Jessica Rosenworcel, a democrat and Ajit Pai, a Republican. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said, "In nominating Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit […]
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10/31/2011
First Smartphones Get the Greenlight on AT&T's LTE Network
AT&T’s first LTE smartphones will be available nationwide, beginning November 6. The two new Android smartphones – the HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket – will arrive in AT&T company-owned stores in Boston, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Athens, Ga. The Nov. 6 launches expand AT&T’s 4G LTE network to nine markets, including Atlanta, […]
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10/31/2011
Amped Tailors Wi-Fi Products for Large Spaces
To deliver up to 10,000 square feet of Wi-Fi coverage, Amped Wireless introduced the R10000 High Power Wireless-N 600mW Smart Router and the SR10000 High Power Wireless-N 600mW Smart Repeater. The R10000 shares an existing broadband Internet connection and provides four wired ports for connecting additional wired network devices and includes smart features, such as […]
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10/31/2011
Internap Expands CDN Service Options for Mobile Video
Internap Network Services selected Concurrent’s recently introduced eFactor to simplify multi-format video delivery for live or on-demand content. "The new in-stream transmuxing capabilities in Internap’s Content Delivery Network leverage Concurrent’s eFactor offering, and particularly the Transmux SDK feature," said Pete Mastin, vice president/CDN business unit at Internap, in a statement. "This enables us to dynamically […]
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10/31/2011
Shaw, Cisco Trial Hotspot 2.0
Shaw Communications is conducting a technical trial of HotSpot 2.0 in conjunction with Cisco Systems, who was recently selected as Shaw’s Wi-Fi technology partner. With HotSpot 2.0, Shaw’s broadband Wi-Fi-enabled customers will automatically connect and authenticate to a Wi-Fi network without having to manage complex configuration settings on their devices. To address security, HotSpot 2.0 […]
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10/31/2011
GoogleTV: Take Two
Google has announced a software update for GoogleTV. In its corporate blog, Mario Queiroz, Google vice president/Product Management, and Vincent Dureau, Google director of engineering, wrote, "The initial version of Google TV wasn’t perfect, but launching it gave us the opportunity to learn." ?In the new release, Google focused on four areas of user feedback […]