Tag: networking
Can an Open Cloud Compete?
- By Michael Fitzgerald
- 10/06/2011
- 3 Comments
A new foundation will promote free software as an alternative to proprietary cloud-computing technologies.
A Quantum Communications Switch
- By Kate Greene
- 03/22/2011
The device could one day let superfast quantum computers talk to each other.
A Broadband Boom in the Boondocks
- By Scott Woolley
- 02/08/2011
- 6 Comments
A massive injection of spectrum might be about to revolutionize the digital infrastructure of rural America.
Mobile Networks Move Indoors
- By Tom Simonite
- 12/01/2010
- 9 Comments
Miniature cell-phone towers can improve patchy coverage and provide super-fast data speeds.
Internet Hijackings Prove Hard to Stop
- By Robert Lemos
- 11/23/2010
- 5 Comments
For 18 minutes in April, one-seventh of the Internet was routed through China— a major problem with no ready solution.
A Cell-Phone Network without a License
- By Tom Simonite
- 10/20/2010
- 14 Comments
A trial system offers calling, texting, and data by weaving signals around the chatter of baby monitors and cordless phones.
Software Router Smashes Speed Records
- By Christopher Mims
- 08/23/2010
- 13 Comments
A novel approach to networking will enable new Internet protocols.
Hacking the Smart Grid
- By Erica Naone
- 08/02/2010
- 9 Comments
The technology could open up all kinds of opportunities for attackers, researchers say.
How ISPs Could Combat Botnets
- By Robert Lemos
- 05/05/2010
- 3 Comments
Focusing on the top 50 infected networks could eliminate half of all compromised machines.
4G Wireless: It's Not Just for Phones Anymore
- By Erica Naone
- 04/19/2010
- 8 Comments
Verizon says its next wireless network technology could link up cars, home appliances, and more.
The Year Online
- By Erica Naone
- 12/23/2009
- 1 Comment
We saw innovations in real-time search, streaming video, and an operating system for the cloud.
Rethinking Voice as an App
- By Erica Naone
- 12/18/2009
VoIP does for voice what cloud computing did for the Web, experts say.
Splitting Up Search
- By Duncan Graham-Rowe
- 11/06/2009
- 1 Comment
Distributing a search engine's index around the world could make it faster and more efficient, researchers say.
Nobel for Revolutionary Optical Technologies
- By Katherine Bourzac
- 10/06/2009
- 5 Comments
The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to a fiber-optics pioneer and the inventors of digital-imaging chips.
Energy-Aware Internet Routing
- By Will Knight
- 08/17/2009
- 1 Comment
Software that tracks electricity prices could slash energy costs for big online businesses.
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