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RSS 3GExperiences With MPEG-4 Multimedia Streaming
White Paper With the advent of next-generation multimedia technologies such as very-low bit rate MPEG-4 codec, multimedia streaming of high-quality video and audio has become a near-term reality. The high compression ratio and error resilience... [22 Oct 2008]
Tavarua: Video Streaming With WWAN Striping
White Paper Tavarua is a multimedia streaming system that leverages network-striping to deliver relatively high bit rate video over present-day cellular wireless wide-area networks. The Tavarua system achieves this by building on the previously... [22 Oct 2008]
BT targets small biz with mobile broadband
News With an eye on the small-business market, BT has set up two new deals based around 3G wireless data, offering a mixture of airtime and USB dongles. The two standard business-broadband offerings - BT Business Total... [21 Oct 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How tech can solve the banking crisis
Comment Written on the Eurostar between Paris and London, and dispatched to silicon.com via a 3G Mobile Data Link an hour later Like you, I have been watching the global banking fiasco with a mix of fascination and horror. [20 Oct 2008]
Quarter of broadband homes to ditch DSL for mobile
News A significant proportion of UK households have ditched the traditional landline in favour of a mobile-only connection - now it seems broadband could be getting a similar treatment. According to industry watchers Analysys, around one... [15 Oct 2008]
3G glitch halts BlackBerry Bold sales
News Orange has temporarily stopped selling the BlackBerry Bold while it tries to figure out a solution to unspecified 3G-related problems on the handset. The operator halted sales of the popular handset last late week. [14 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: Low-cost MacBook on the way?
Comment As its share price plunges, Apple prepares for a big product announcement. Seb Janacek hopes for the best. The problems affecting global markets are hitting the technology industry, and Apple in particular, hard. [13 Oct 2008]
iPhone 3G woos users to dump carriers
News Apple's iPhone 3G apparently created a summertime switch itch: 30 per cent of all the smart phone's buyers in the US bailed on their existing carriers in order to purchase the device, according to an NPD Group report... [07 Oct 2008]
Greg Wyler
AS Profile Greg Wyler is the founder of O3b Networks, which aims to make the internet accessible and affordable for billions of people in emerging and developed markets - O3b stands for the 'other three billion'. [07 Oct 2008]
Steve Jobs
AS Profile That Steve Jobs should appear on the Agenda Setters list again in 2008 should surprise no one: the Apple boss has been a stalwart of the list for some years. His continued presence, however, is testament to his ability, as the figurehead... [07 Oct 2008]
Photos: Five of the best touchscreen mobiles
Photo No, Apple did not invent touchscreen technology - though you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise considering how every touch-loving smart phone is now benchmarked against the iPhone. That said, Jobs and co did arguably reinvent the... [03 Oct 2008]
Chrome future, vintage PCs and credit crunch IT
News September's big stories were a mixed bag, with PCs of yesteryear, credit crunch crystal-ball gazing, 'virtual archaeology' and a variety of iPhone moans all garnering more than their fair share of readers' eyeballs. [03 Oct 2008]
ID cards, driverless buses and virtual shipwrecks
Photo The MoD showed off the computer games it uses to give army drivers in the Royal Logistics Corps experience of situations they might face in the Middle East. Here's a driver giving the tech a spin. To see more click here. [02 Oct 2008]
Nokia adds Oz to communications arsenal
News Nokia is bulking up its communications platform with the acquisition of Oz Communications, a privately held Montreal-based company that offers mobile email and instant messaging. On Tuesday, Nokia said it would buy Oz for an undisclosed... [01 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: Here come the iPhone competitors
Comment Though the iPhone rivals are starting to appear, Seb Janacek says Apple has someone to fear even more than the Googles and Nokias. The competition for the iPhone is about to get interesting. Last week saw the launch of the first phone... [01 Oct 2008]
