Communications And Networking News
- Global Knowledge Offers Updated Cisco Unified Communications Manager Training Course Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 7:15AMGlobal Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT and Business training, today announced the launch of its Cisco Unified Communications Manager Boot Camp v6.1 where students learn to optimize network performance by deploying the right IP telephony network infrastructure.
- AVerMedia(R) Launches New Interactive 1080p HD Visual Presenter Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 7:00AM AVerMedia® Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology, announced today the release of the new AVerVision SPB350 Visual Presenter.
- Kevin Parker, CEO of Deltek, to be the Keynote Speaker at the Inaugural Event of The Executive Circle Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 6:54AM Kevin Parker, CEO of Deltek, the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project focused businesses, will be the keynote speaker at the first event of The Executive Circle, a group of executives only from project-based Professional Service firms including architecture, engineering, management consulting, IT consulting, communications and government contracting. The event is ...
- TI aims DLP at new applications Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 6:51AMPORTLAND, Ore. — Texas Instruments has unveiled a platform designed to ease the development of spatial light modulation applications on digital light processors (DLP).
- NASA plans lunar communication, navigation Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 6:48AMThe U.S. space agency says it is seeking ideas from companies that might provide communications and navigation services related to lunar exploration.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it has issued a Request for Information to gauge interest and solicit ideas from private companies in providing communications and navigation services that would support the development of ...
- Spacewatch Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 5:00PM A paradox of spacewatching is that some of the most secret of satellites are also the brightest and easiest to see. This is true of the US Lacrosse craft, perhaps because they are thought to need huge solar panels to power radar dishes by which they map the ground. Now they have been joined near the 700km height by Cosmos 2441, also conspicuous and believed to be the first in a new line of ...
- Race for the presidency: The colour of money Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 4:58PM It is because of Iraq that John McCain and Barack Obama are fighting for the US presidency. Both candidates were, in very different ways, defined by their positions on the war – McCain as the national security champion, Obama as the one Democrat who had the courage to say no.
- News and views on Linux-powered devices ... Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 4:31PMMotorola Linux phone ships in U.S.
- Commercial Lunar Communications and Navigation Request for Study Information Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 4:28PMCommercial Lunar Communications and Navigation Request for Study Information
- High-end FPGA dev kit supports Linux Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:31PM— Aug. 11, 2008 — Xilinx is shipping a development kit for its Virtex-5 FXT FPGA (field-programmable gate array).
- Analog Devices posts higher Q3 profit Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 2:55PMMicrochip maker Analog Devices Inc. posted a higher quarterly profit on stronger sales to industrial, communications and computer customers.
- Google rallies support for free wireless spectrum Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 2:33AMGoogle on Monday launched a website FreetheAirwaves.com, as part of a campaign to rally support for its plan to open underutilized portions of the television broadcast spectrum for high-speed wireless Internet networking.
- Businesses to plead guilty Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 2:31AMTwo north Chicago businesses plan to plead guilty to mail fraud for allegedly using the Twin Buttes School District to bilk the government out of more than $100,000 through a federal program that provides funding to schools and libraries for technology and communications equipment.
- Friends roast Chamber President Andy Dill Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 2:31AMTo celebrate a birthday and two anniversaries, friends, colleagues and community leaders lined up to roast Andy Dill, president of the Community Chamber of Commerce of East Montgomery County.
- CapRock Establishes New Positions to Support Global Business Growth Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 1:28AMCapRock Communications, a leading provider of global satellite communication services to remote locations, today announced its selection of Ron Wagnon as vice president and general manager of North America and Doug Black as country manager of Angola. The creation of these roles further enables CapRock to reliably deliver fully managed communication solutions to customers with operations around ...
- News (1691) Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 1:08AMThe West Australian Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) has delayed the appointment of an executive director to lead its AU$196 million Shared Corporate Services Project until after the WA state election on 6 September.
- CapRock Establishes New Positions to Support Global Business Growth Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 1:01AM HOUSTON & ABERDEEN, Scotland----CapRock Communications, a leading provider of global satellite communication services to remote locations, today announced its selection of Ron Wagnon as vice president and general manager of North America and Doug Black as country manager of Angola.
- Calendar Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 6:50AMAUG. 18: International Association of Administrative Professionals, Charleston chapter meeting. 6 p.m., North Charleston Police Department, 4900 LaCross Road. Cost: $10, dinner. 6:45 p.m. program is free. Information: Vicky Seigler, vseigler@charlestoncounty.org, or Sue Frost, 843-202-6776.
- Turkcell to bring iPhone 3G to Turkey Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 6:28AMTurkcell will bring iPhone 3G to its prepaid and post-paid customers in Turkey later this year.
- XO Communications Enhances Ethernet Infrastructure to Deliver New Speeds, Extended Reach and Enable Next Generation ... Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 6:00AM XO Communications today announced that it has made significant enhancements to its Ethernet infrastructure in order to offer businesses and wholesale customers new speed options, greater availability of Ethernet services, and next generation Ethernet service offerings. XO is currently capable of delivering Ethernet services to nearly four million commercial buildings in 75 major metropolitan ...
- VPIsystems Maintains Leadership Position Among Next-Generation Network Planning Solutions Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 6:00AM Telecommunications analyst firm OSS Observer, an Analysys Mason company, has named network planning provider VPIsystems as the overall leader in wireline network planning.
- CoWare Delivers Ultra High-Speed, MIPS-Verified(TM) Instruction Set Simulators for MIPS32(R) Cores Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 6:00AM SAN JOSE, Calif. & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----CoWare®, Inc., the leading supplier of platform-driven electronic system-level design software and services, and MIPS Technologies, Inc. , a leading provider of industry-standard architectures, processors and analog IP for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, announced a partnership to deliver ultra ...
- Bullying takes twisted turn for the worse Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 12:49AMOakland first-grader Zachary Cataldo suffered a skull fracture when a fifth-grader allegedly slammed him against a tree in April as he waited to be picked up after school at Piedmont Avenue Elementary. Novato middle-school student Olivia Gardner was bullied...
- Friendships online can blur fine lines Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 10:08PMThanks for the add, teach. No thanks, says a Missouri legislator trying to stop teachers from privately communicating with students on social networking sites, like Myspace or Facebook.
- SEARCH ARTICLES Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 10:06PMJoin the DFW Chapter of the American Marketing Association’s monthly luncheon and Liz Cahill, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Lee Jeans.
- Business Calendar Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 9:19PMBusiness Calendar
- Wagoner County fire departments sign agreement Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 7:54PMThe Wagoner County Fire Fighter Association has filed a mutual aid agreement between its 14 county fire departments. The agreement allows the departments to work together to exchange ideas and information to better protect its citizens in emergency situations, said Sherry Cleland, board member.
- Hotel search site shows there’s room in the city Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 7:46PMOne floor above Hamilton’s and the bustle of the Downtown Mall, a pair of entrepreneurs sit and dream of a Silicon Valley of the South.
- Law logs on to chat rooms Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 6:01AMThe head of the MXit social networking site has defended his site amid the furore concerning "slut" lists - but The Sunday Independent has learnt that MXit and other such services will be regulated under amendments to be passed to the Film and Publications Act.
- Global & sociable Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 3:00AMMONTREAL -- Social networking is spreading worldwide as Facebook and other sites adapt to local cultures and languages with use in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific all shooting upward.
- India developing network centric warfare capability Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 1:44AMIndia is rapidly moving towards developing network centric warfare capability, Vice-Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal P V Naik has said.
- India developing network centric warfare capability: Naik Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 1:26AMMeenakshi Ganjoo Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug 16 India is rapidly moving towards developing network centric warfare (NCW) capability, Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal P V Naik has said.
- Back To School And Back In The Network Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 9:02PMBrook Custer giggles as she scours the rows of shiny new cellular phones at an Alltel wireless store in Brandon.
- ViewCast® Corporation Names Jeffrey A. Kopang Vice President of Marketing Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 7:56PMDMN Newswire--2008-8-15--ViewCast Corporation (VCST.OB), a global leader in the design and manufacture of industry -leading streaming media encoding solutions, announced the appointment of veteran marketing executive Jeffrey A. Kopang as vice president of marketing, effective immediately.
- Gadget clinic: Bobbie Johnson on running Freesat and Sky off the same satellite Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 5:14PM Is it possible to run both Freesat and Sky off the same satellite? If so, could you feed two TV sets at the same time, one watching Sky and the other watching Freesat? The major difference between Sky and Freesat - the no-subscription offering from the BBC and ITV - is not the dishes but the receiver boxes, which decode different satellite information. This means you should be able to use a ...
- Social networking is spreading worldwide as Facebook and others adapt locally Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 4:04PMSocial networking is spreading worldwide as Facebook and other sites adapt to local cultures and languages with use in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific all shooting upward.
- Rackable Systems Management Adjusts Key Roles Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 3:58PMRackable Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:RACK), a leading provider of servers and storage products for large-scale data centers, today announced three new executive appointments in order to better leverage in-house expertise in engineering and product development, strategy and business development.
- Graybar Awarded DLA Prime Vendor Contract Renewal Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 2:58PM Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical and communications products and related supply chain management and logistics services, has announced it has been awarded a one-year prime vendor contract renewal for support of the Defense Logistics Agency business valued at an estimated $66 million.
- Auditors urge Pentagon to improve radio system Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 2:55PM Government auditors are urging the Pentagon to improve its oversight of a troubled program to produce new military radios, warning that delays and immediate radio replacement needs have more than doubled costs.
- Ten Small Businesses Vie to Be MED Week 2008 National Minority Small Business of the Year Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 2:22PM MED Week Conference to feature International Trade Workshop and first-ever podcast
- Social Networking Site Hi5 Nearly Doubles Monthly Visitors Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 11:13AMThe site adds executive positions as it marks a 79% increase in monthly visitors, ranking the site ahead of its competitors for its speed of growth worldwide.
- Brocade Sends Strong Signals Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 10:36AMAnother IT expert shows some muscle.
- Just how harmless is Yahoo Fire Eagle? Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 10:06AMThe Yahoo launch of Fire Eagle may appear a harmless new addition to a growing group of interactive web applications but the consequence of a widespread take-up of the application may hold more sinister consequences, privacy experts have warned.
- PCIe Packet Switch, Bridge conserve power and space. Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 9:26AMComprised of 4-port, 4-lane and 3-port, 3-lane PCIe® packet switches as well as one fully reversible PCIe-to-PCI bridge, SlimLine(TM) series enables PCI Express® connectivity in space- and power-sensitive volume applications. ROHS-compliant products come in 14 x 14 mm, 128-pin LQFP and employ PowerSave technology, which allows selectable power operation states. PCIe port drive current and ...
- HD IPTV Set-Top Box has 100% digital architecture. Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 9:24AMDesigned to facilitate installation for HD IPTV services, AmiNET130M only offers HDMI as method of connection to TV. Solution supports MPEG-4 decoding technology and lets service providers deliver end-to-end digital HD TV as multicast or on-demand, multi-room video experience. Measuring 4.48 in. wide x 1.37 in. high, STB addresses growing segment of market focused on HD services and flat screen ...
- MOSFET Ideal Diode Controller offers fast turn-on/off. Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 9:23AMRegulating forward voltage drop across external N-channel MOSFET, LTC4352 ensures smooth current transfer between supplies in diode-OR applications. Its 500 ns turn-on time ensures oscillation-free path switchover, and 500 ns turn-off minimizes reverse current if 0-18 V input supply fails or is shorted. In addition to redundant power supply ORing, LTC4352 can be used as diode replacement in ...
- Ideal Diode Controller integrates 5 A MOSFET. Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 9:22AMHoused in 4 x 3 mm 14-pin DFN or 16-lead TSSOP package, Model LTC4358 operates from 9-26.5 V and utilizes 20 mW internal N-channel MOSFET to provide low loss replacement to Schottky diodes in high-current applications. Controller regulates forward voltage drop across internal MOSFET to ensure smooth switchover from one path to another without oscillation. Pull-down circuit minimizes reverse ...
- Informex Opens Registration to InformexUSA 2009 Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 9:22AM Informex today announced that registration for InformexUSA 2009 is now open and may be arranged on the internet at informex.com. Buyers and sellers of higher value chemicals, specialty materials, biotechnology and sustainable technologies may register any time before December 1 to receive a discount on registration fees.
- Taiwan network-equipment makers to count on SMB and telecom sectors to boost sales Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 2:23AMMost Taiwan network-equipment makers are expected to focus more on boosting sales in the small and medium-size business (SMB) and telecom sectors to cushion slow sales of consumer products projected for the second half of this year, according to market sources in Taiwan.
- Legislators meet in city Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 12:12AMWinchester — The link that Interstate 81 provides for people traveling from Pennsylvania to Virginia also creates a problem for law enforcement.
