Networking, Wireless & VoIP - Features

4G killer apps: A top five

Imagine sitting on the grass in a shady park, watching flawless high-definition television on your connected tablet. Imagine pausing the program and switching over to a video call from your mother.

Terry Childs juror explains why he voted to convict

Terry Childs' guilty conviction struck a nerve with IT staffers this week.

Technology runs the Boston Marathon

The runners took center stage during the Boston Marathon Monday, but behind the scenes of the prestigious road race was an enterprise-class data center capable of accurately tracking more than 26,000 runners and relaying that information to a number ...

Best deals of the week: March 26

We round up the best tech bargains of the week, including a Samsung smartphone that records HD video, a Sharp television that doubles as a Blu-ray player and a massive Harvey Norman sale!

In Pictures: CTIA 2010: Wireless show highlights

2010 CTIA Kicks Off

Setting up a wireless LAN in post-earthquake Haiti

On March 5, I stepped off a plane at Port-au-Prince airport and was confronted by two things: oppressive heat and chaos. Down the stairs and onto the tarmac we went. It looked like a war zone. But it was actually the aftermath of the tremendous earth...

Best deals of the week: 5 March

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NGO networks in Haiti cause problems for local ISPs

While the communications networks that aid groups set up quickly following the earthquake in Haiti were surely critical to rescue efforts, the new networks have had some negative effects on the local ISP community.

Best deals of the week: 12 February

Check out some of the great tech bargains we've rounded up.

Google's big fiber play: What gives?

Google on Wednesday announced that it wants to "build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States." Google's proposed networks would service anywhere from 50,000 to 500,000 people with co...

Google's leading, but where do other Web giants stand on IPv6?

The most popular Web sites are under increasing pressure to add support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to IPv4, the Internet's main communications protocol.

Best back-to-school bargains: 29 January

Grab cheap printers, TVs and a free game on the way back to school

Cisco Wi-Fi software makes video more reliable, efficient over wireless

Cisco Tuesday announced software for its Wi-Fi products to improve video performance, reliability and scaling on 802.11n wireless networks. The new code, dubbed VideoStream, compensates for Wi-Fi weaknesses that degrade video quality as the number of...

Best tech bargains of the week: 15 January

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World's biggest cruise ship sails through wireless challenges

The world's longest cruise ship posed knotty wireless networking problems but also provided Royal Caribbean the opportunity to pounce on iPhones, touchscreens and MPLS networking in order to deliver luxury services.