Date: 24/04/12 Poorly designed mobile sites 'drain smartphone battery'
Poorly coded websites are causing smartphone batteries to drain more than necessary, research has suggested. A team at Stanford University compared the energy consumption of leading websites including Wikipedia and the Internet Movie Database. Tests were run using an Android smartphone,
Date: 16/04/12 India top court mulls reviewing parts of telco licence cancellation order
The Supreme Court of India said Friday it will consider reviewing some points raised in its Feb. 2 order cancelling 122 telecommunication licenses given in 2008, but maintained that affected companies would have to surrender their permits four months from the ruling. A panel of Justices G.S. Singhvi and K.S.
Date: 05/04/12 Print-your-own-robots developed in US
Printed-on-demand robots might be a reality before the end of the decade if a US-based project achieves its goals. Researchers aim to build a desktop technology that would allow an average person to design and print a machine within 24 hours. The team says that making it easier to create specialised robots could
Date: 29/03/12 Transparent Memory Chips are Coming
Want a see-through cellphone you can wrap around your wrist? Such a thing may be possible before long, according to Rice University chemist James Tour, whose lab has developed transparent, flexible memories using silicon oxide as the active component. Tour revealed today in a talk at the national meeting and exposition
Date: 20/02/12 Azercell launches 4G in Azerbaijan
By the Eurovision 2012 Song Contest, to be held in May 2012 in Baku, mobile operator Azercell intends to launch the fourth generation network 4G, the company's head Ali Agan said at a press conference. He said this issue will be discussed at a meeting with Minister of Comminications
Date: 07/02/12 Peyk plant starts digital TV decoder production
The PEYK plant under the Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan will start producing digital DVB-T-tuners (to receive digital TV signals), PEYK told. Production capacity of the plant will depend directly
Date: 30/01/12 Cambridgeshire council seeks supplier to make significant investment in broadband rollout
Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) has released details of its plans to procure next-generation broadband across the region, indicating it will need "significant private sector investment" to make the rollout possible. An online prior information notice indicates that CCC is looking for a single supplier,
Date: 21/11/11 Amazon seen launching smartphone in 2012
Having already made the move into the tablet space, Amazon could launch a smartphone as soon as next year, one analyst predicted this week. Based on supply chain checks in Asia, Citigroup believes that Taiwan-based Foxconn International is developing a device in conjunction with Amazon, All Things D reported on Thursday,
Date: 17/11/11 Nokia to offer Windows 8 tablet by June 2012
Finland's mobile telephone manufacturer Nokia Corp. plans to have a tablet computer using Microsoft's Windows 8 phone software ready by June 2012, French newspaper Les Echos reported Wednesday citing the company's top official in France, Paul Amsellem. Nokia has now started selling its new smartphones that use the Windows operating system in France,
Date: 24/10/11 Azerbaijani producer signs contract on delivery of components for decoders
Azerbaijani-based KUR computer equipment production plant has signed a contract with a major supplier of barebone-platforms for the supply of a large batch of components for the production of decoders, general manager of the plant Rizvan Osmanov told. The supplier's name was not disclosed.
Date: 17/10/11 5TB External HDDs Arriving in Three Months?
Seagate may introduce a 5TB external hard drive using five 1TB platters in January 2012. Is Seagate shipping 5 TB hard drives three months from now? That's a hint the company dropped in a recent interview at GITEX 2011, a technology event held in Dubai.
Date: 13/10/11 IBM updates cloud products
International Business Machines Corp. on Wednesday introduced new features to its cloud products, hoping to ease concerns among business customers about running and storing critical applications over the Internet. The Armonk, N.Y., tech company said the updated cloud product offers more control
Date: 22/09/11 UK researchers primed to build next-generation supercomputer
The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is set to invest up to £16m to create a new supercomputer, based on the principles of so-called exascale computing. The STFC, one of seven UK research councils, is charged with ensuring that the UK can play a leading role in scientific
Date: 19/09/11 Camden Council boosts mobile security
The London Borough of Camden has implemented Computrace, a security solution from endpoint security and management firm Absolute Software that enables remote tracking and data deletion for its mobile devices. Ian Lawrence, technical services programme manager for the council, explained at yesterday's IDC IT Security Conference
Date: 01/08/11 Spain raises €1.65bn from spectrum auction
Spain's Industry Ministry Friday said telecommunications companies including Telefonica SA, Vodafone PLC and France Telecom will pay
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